Code of Ethics VOLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A.

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Code of Ethics VOLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A.
Code of Ethics
Organization,
Management and Control Model
A C C O R D I N G T O L E G I S L AT I V E D E C R E E N . 2 3 1 / 2 0 0 1
Introduction
Dear colleagues,
Since its foundation, VOLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A. has believed that ethical
conduct is a basic principle to reaching its company objectives.
The Code of Ethics presented to you is proof of daily operations marked by the principles
of honesty, fairness, and respect which are the guiding values of the people who work
with VOLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A..
The Code of Ethics also represents a guarantee for all internal and external stakeholders of the Company that their individual and professional rights will be consistently
assured.
It is our pleasure to share with you the Code of Ethics of the VOLKSWAGEN GROUP
ITALIA S.P.A., as an essential reference model for conduct, which identifies the values we
believe in as individuals and as a company.
M. Nordio
M. Obrowski
The Code is an essential part of the Organization, Management and Control
Model required by article 6 of the Legislative Decree 231/01 bearing
the “Regulations on the administrative responsibility of legal persons
and of bodies without legal personality, pursuant to article 11 of Italian Law
300 of 29 September 2000”.
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Perimeter and area of application ___________________________________________ 5
Principles in company management __________________________________________ 6
2.1 Fairness and honesty __________________________________________________
2.2 Impartiality _____________________________________________________________
2.3 Compliance with workers basic rights _____________________________________
2.4 Compliance with the law ___________________________________________________
2.5 Compliance with company regulations ___________________________________________
2.5.1 Accuracy in the accounting entries and extraordinary transactions ______
2.6 Protection of the job, health and safety ________________________________________
2.7 Environmental protection _____________________________________________________
2.8 Quality policy ______________________________________________________________
2.9 Privacy and data security _______________________________________________________
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Guidelines for conduct and behaviour _________________________________________ 10
3.1 Customer _______________________________________________________________ 10
3.2 Official distribution network and industry associations __________________________ 10
3.3 Car makers _______________________________________________________________ 11
3.4 Suppliers and business partner _____________________________________________________ 11
3.5 Employees _______________________________________________________________ 12
3.5.1 Equal opportunity ________________________________________________ 12
3.5.2 Respect and co-operation ___________________________________________ 12
3.5.3 Developing and train human resources _______________________________ 13
3.5.4 Management _______________________________________________________ 13
3.5.5 Confidentiality and handling of private information ___________________ 13
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3.5.6 Conflict of interest ___________________________________________________ 13
3.5.7 Duties of the employees __________________________________________________ 13
3.5.8 Handling company assets ________________________________________________ 14
3.5.9 Gifts ______________________________________________________________________ 14
3.5.10 Institutions and public administration ____________________________________ 14
3.5.11 Labour unions and political organizations _______________________________________ 15
3.5.12 Mass media and sources of information _____________________________________ 15
3.5.13 Non-profit associations, schools and universities _______________________ 16
Implementation methods ____________________________________________________ 17
4.1 Vigilance Body __________________________________________________________________ 17
4.2 Access to the code of ethics _____________________________________________________ 17
4.3 Reporting violations _______________________________________________________ 17
4.4 Penalties ________________________________________________________________ 18
4.5 Amendments and addenda ________________________________________________ 18
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Perimeter
and area of application
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T
he company purpose of
VOLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA
S.P.A. (henceforth also the
“Company”) is to distribute automobiles, spare parts and accessories of
the Volkswagen, S̆koda, Audi, Seat
and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
brands, merchandise and provide
service to the branded products represented, ensuring a quality service
to achieve Customer satisfaction and
create the lasting company loyalty of
its partners in the sales and service
organizational network.
This Code of Ethics (henceforth also
the “Code”) represents the values
and rules of conduct expected of the
Company and the addressees as set
forth below.
The Company undertakes to promote
the knowledge and compliance with
the concepts of the Code with all of
its subsidiary companies, so that the
rules of conduct defined therein are
understood and followed by all.
employees of other Group companies
who work, permanently or temporarily, with VOLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA
S.P.A., directors, auditors, attorneys,
consultants, agents, business intermediaries, dealers and service
partners, suppliers, contractors,
direct subsidiaries and any party who
works in the name of or on behalf of
VOLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A.
Addressees are required to be familiar with the contents of this Code,
understand its meaning and ask
for clarification of any part of it, if
necessary, as set forth in the section
“Methods of Implementation” in this
document.
The Company undertakes to inform
all the parties subject to the rules
of the Code or parties to whom the
Company has an interest on the directives and underlying principles.
The addressees of the directives
contained in the Code include: all
VOLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A.
employees, regardless of function
and credentials, employees, trainees,
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2.1
Fairness and honesty
V
OLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A.
follows the principles of fairness
and honesty in operating its
business. All parties that directly or
indirectly carry out any activities for the
Company or on its behalf are required to work in conformity with these
principles.
The addressees of the Code are required to acknowledge and strictly and
completely comply with the following
basic rules of conduct:
fraudulent practices and actions,
acts of corruption, favouritism and
any conduct that violates the law,
industry regulations, internal regulations and any rules set forth under
the present Code, are prohibited;
giving or receiving gifts for any reason
that might be interpreted as exceeding normal commercial practice or
crossing the line of courtesy, or which
may be interpreted as being done
with a view to currying favourable
treatment for oneself or in any actions
related to the Company, is prohibited.
These actions are prohibited and will
be strictly punished regardless of whether they were carried out or merely
attempted, directly or through third
parties, to obtain personal gain or gain
for others or for the Company.
2.2
Impartiality
V
OLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A.
avoids any form of discrimination based on age, gender,
sexual orientation, health condition,
race, nationality, political views or religious beliefs against its stakeholders
in carrying out any activity.
2.3
Compliance with
workers basic rights
V
OLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A.
respects human rights, supports
their observance and acts in
accordance with the applicable requirements of the International Labour
Organization.
The Company recognizes the basic
right of all employees to establish trade unions and labour representatives.
The Company denies any deliberate
use of forced or compulsory labour and
pays attention to the minimum age
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requirements for employment in accordance with governmental obligations.
Child labour is prohibited.
Relations with employees are regulated
in keeping with the National Collective
Bargaining Agreement (Contratto Collettivo Nazionale del Lavoro).
2.4
Compliance with the law
V
OLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A.
considers compliance with the
law and regulations as a key
value in carrying out all aspects of the
Company business. Each addressee
must perform his or her duties in full
and complete compliance with applicable law and regulations.
The Company will not commence or
continue any relationship with partners which do not intend to implement
and comply with this principle. This is
also true for negligent, malicious or
illegal conduct that, shown by individuals, can generate a benefit, interest
or advantage for the Company.
Any conduct that might be construed
as relevant to any criminal offence is
strictly prohibited, especially if specifically contemplated by Legislative
Decree 231/01 as amended.
2.5
Compliance with
company regulations
V
OLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A.
provides access to information,
on its own premises, on company regulations in full compliance
with workers’ rights, prevailing legal
provisions and the relevant national
bargaining agreement. Each employee must have a copy of and comply
with the directives pertaining to their
responsibilities and duties.
2.5.1
Accuracy
in the accounting entries
and extraordinary
transactions
Every transaction and deal must
be accurately reported, authorised,
verifiable, legitimate, consistent and
congruent. If the addressees discover
any omissions, falsifications or inaccuracies in the accounting entries or in
the records containing these entries,
they are required to promptly inform
the Vigilance Body of their findings.
The financial statements and any
other company communications useful for shareholders and third parties
must guarantee true, complete and
correct information on the economic,
financial and business situation as a
whole
Each addressee that contributes to
preparing this information must:
a) ensure that the operating events
are represented correctly and promptly in the accounts;
b) ensure:
that appropriate supporting
documentation is available for each
transaction, so as to guarantee easy
accounts recording, identification of
the various levels of responsibility
and an accurate reconstruction of
the event;
utmost co-operation;
completeness and clarity of the
information provided;
the accuracy of the data and processing;
the precision of the information
produced and supplied.
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In defining and managing extraordinary transactions and in processing
economic, business and financial
situations of an extraordinary nature,
the Company undertakes to comply with the principle of protecting
the company capital to guarantee
creditors.
e) adapt to technical progress;
f)
g)
2.6
Protection of the job,
health and safety
T
he Company undertakes to comply with current legislation on
workplace protection, and enforce
compliance with its suppliers, dealers,
and service partners; special attention
must be paid to any matters set forth by
law on occupational health and safety.
VOLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A. promotes responsible actions by its employees and provides the appropriate tools
to prevent occupational accidents to
protect the health of its personnel.
Any activities taken by the Company
and individual employees must be
made with a view to workplace protection, according to best practices and
legislation on the issue.
The Company is inspired by the following criteria and guiding principles
in managing occupational health and
safety:
a)
avoid risks;
b) assess risks that cannot be avoided;
c)
d)
combat risks at the source;
adapt the work to the individual,
especially as regards the design
of workplaces, the choice of work
equipment and the choice of working and production methods, in
order to alleviate monotonous and
repetitive work and reduce their
effect on health;
replace the dangerous with the
non-dangerous or the less dangerous;
develop a coherent overall prevention policy which covers technology, organization of work, working
conditions, social relationships and
the influence of factors relating to
the working environment;
h)
i)
give priority to collective protective
measures over personal protective
measures;
give appropriate instructions to
workers.
2.7
Environmental
protection
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n order to carry out an ecofriendly and socially sustainable
mobility, the Volkswagen Group is
committed to producing and distributing its automobiles with the lowest
environmental impact and to investing
in the development of ecologically
efficient advanced technologies.
VOLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A.
aims to increase the use of alternative
power sources in order to satisfy its
energetic demand and promotes such
eco-friendly behaviours also among its
dealers and service partners.
The Company is committed to encouraging each employee to make
appropriate and economical use of
natural resources and ensure that its
activities have the lowest influence on
the environment.
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2.8
Quality policy
V
OLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A.
views Quality Certification as
a tool for achieving company
objectives.
All employees are responsible for working to ensure that the quality policy is
consistently observed; every employee
contributes with their work and their
actions for reaching this objective.
2.9
Privacy and data security
V
OLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A.
guarantees that the personal and sensitive data in its
possession relating to its employees
commercial partners, customers and
suppliers will be handled in complete
compliance with regulations on the
issue; to this end, the Company has set
up measures to protect the confidentiality and correct handling of the
information.
The Company ensures the full protection of information and data in its
possession and uses them only in complete respect of existing regulations.
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Guidelines
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3.1
Customer
V
OLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A.
understands that its primary
objective is protection and
satisfaction of its customers, in the
broadest sense. To provide a service
that meets the needs and demands of
customers, it is essential that employees do their utmost to maintain an
honest, co-operative and respectful
relationship with the sole purpose of
increasing customer satisfaction and
monitoring this satisfaction.
Each employee must use the following fundamental rules to guide
their actions and conduct:
always show courtesy, willingness
and good manners;
use procedures and conduct to provide an adequate level of information and support, which guarantees the shortest response times and
uses available communications
channels (phone, mail, E-mail, fax);
be easy to reach;
maintain a problem-solving attitude;
when in doubt, always act according
to the general principles, values and
guidelines of the Volkswagen Group.
The Company is committed to ensuring honest, truthful and correct business communication; to this end, the
Company has implemented the Code
of Conduct for Advertising.
3.2
Official distribution
network and industry
associations
V
OLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A.
undertakes to strive for transparency and accuracy in its relationships with the dealers and service
partners (official distribution network)
and with the associations that represent them as preferential stakeholders
and a direct expression of the image of
the brands represented; in carrying out
their duties, each employee undertakes
to maintain the highest standards of
quality in their work in order to meet
the expectations and demands of the
official distribution network.
The approach used with dealers and
service partners must always been in
keeping with the rules set forth above,
paying particular attention to the
following guidelines:
always strive to constantly improve
the level of service to the network in
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their role and in carrying out their
duties;
Therefore, employees are asked to:
provide all available information to
facilitate the quality of others’ work;
act in compliance with binding contractual provisions put forth by the
Car makers;
foster dialogue and reciprocal collaboration;
steer their conduct to meet reciprocal rules of transparency;
maintain utmost professionalism
and always act correctly.
provide complete, reliable, and accurate data and information;
The Company undertakes to increase
attention to the needs of the Network
through:
contribute to maintaining optimal
professional relationships for the
purpose of increasing the quality of
the service offered to our common
customers.
constant and progressive improvements in the services offered;
clear and transparent disclosure of
the initiatives proposed and a reinforcement of the tools to collect and
process requests;
communicating expected quality
standards in terms of objectives and
effectiveness indicators, combined
with the commitment to monitor
results.
3.3
Car makers
V
OLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A.
as the official distributors of
the brands Volkswagen, S̆koda,
Audi, Seat and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles for the Italian market,
recognises and emphasises the
importance of the organizational and
commercial relationships with the
Makers of the individual brands; this
is why each employee must contribute to maintaining these relationships,
abiding by principles of co-operation
and must work in full respect for the
directives accepted by the Company
as restrictive or necessary to reach
common commercial objectives.
3.4
Suppliers
and business partner
V
OLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A.
follows objective and documented criteria of competitiveness and quality in searching
for and selecting its suppliers and
business partners, to meet the
principles under this Code of Ethics.
Moreover, the Company is committed to dealing fairly with them and
to guaranteeing a free and undistorted competition.
In dealing with Suppliers and business
partners, employees involved must use
honesty, transparency and sincerity
in their actions and maintain the full
respect for the general principles of
Volkswagen Group. In addition, employees have to respect legal regulations
on fair competition and antitrust law.
The Company also expects its suppliers
and business partners to act with regard to safeguarding fair competition.
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3.5
Employees
V
OLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A.
recognises the importance and
value of its employees, which include: employees, temporary personnel
and trainees.
Employees are an essential and
invaluable asset to our Company; the
Company is fully aware that it has
been able to reach and can improve on
the exceptional results that characterise our reference market only thanks to
the work of our Personnel. This is why
the Company undertakes to:
cultivate a climate within the organizational structure that is conducive to the human and professional
growth of its employee;
respect the dignity, professionalism,
health and safety of its employees;
act in full compliance with prevailing law, the national bargaining
agreement and the national collettive agreement (Contratto Collettivo
Nazionale);
develop personnel and promote
their training and professional growth;
foster a work environment characterised by open dialogue and reciprocal communication.
3.5.1
Equal opportunity
VOLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A.
undertakes to avoid discrimination
in its personnel selection and hiring
practices, assigning jobs and responsibilities, training, compensation and
professional growth.
3.5.2
Respect
and co-operation
VOLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A.
believes that the quality of the
relationships between its employees
is very important and believes that
all personnel working in its premises
should be allowed to reach their full
potential; this is why the Company
asks every person who works there to
follow the general principles in the
previous Chapter and in particular, to:
respect others’ work and foster
the work of all stakeholders who
have professional relationships
within the organizational structure;
work with colleagues in order to
achieve the company objectives in
the very best way;
contribute to maintaining a peaceful
climate in the work place.
avoid any kind of discrimination.
VOLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A.
understands the importance of
co-operation between the individual organizational units in order
to achieve the planned company
results.
As a result, the Company asks all
service providers to maintain the
highest levels of co-operation
and communication between the
various organizational units, with a
view to reaching the ultimate goal
of company success while maintaining the specific qualities of the
jobs and the objectives assigned to
each role.
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3.5.3
3.5.6
Developing and train
human resources
Conflict
of interest
VOLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A.
works to develop the skills and professionalism of its personnel through
training, upskilling and developmental
tools to promote the growth of its
employees.
VOLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A.
undertakes to avoid any situation of
conflict of interest, in compliance with
current legislation. Employees are
required to avoid any situation of personal gain related to performance of
their working activities. The Personnel
Manager must be notified of situations
of potential conflict of interest and will
assess the circumstances pursuant to
the Audi Board Directive n.0007 (”Avoid
conflicts of interest and corruption”).
Examples of situations of conflict of
interest are set out below by way of
example:
3.5.4
Management
Each manager serves as a role model
and must act in strict accordance with
the Code of Ethics, and has the duty
to promote and spread its values and
principles among his or her employees.
Each manager has responsibility for
his or her employees. The relationship
must be based on mutual respect.
Managers must provide support and
adequate information, agree with
employees upon clear, ambitious and
realistic goals and promote the job
development of their employees.
3.5.5
Confidentiality
and handling
of private information
taking on professional roles outside
of the company without proper
authorisation;
conducting personal business during
working hours;
using company assets for personal
needs;
owning shareholdings in companies
that have professional relationships
with VOLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA
S.P.A. without notifying the competent officers;
performing jobs or services for
companies that have professional
relationships with VOLKSWAGEN
GROUP ITALIA S.P.A. without notifying the competent officers.
The Company guarantees confidentiality in handling data, notices and
information according to current
legislation. Personnel working for the
Company and external partners are
strictly prohibited from disclosing
confidential information about the
VOLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A. and
its stakeholders that they may come to
know as part of their jobs.
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3.5.7
Duties
of the employees
Every employee must use conduct
that respects the dignity, professionalism, health and safety of their
colleagues; each employee must also
pay attention to their personal appearance and dress, on and off site, so
that it is appropriate to their professional role and work responsibilities.
In particular, each employee must
avoid inappropriate behaviours that
can damage image and reputation of
VOLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.p.A. and
of the Volkswagen Group.
For anything not expressly set forth
in this Code, employees must comply
with the requirements under Title XVI
of the National Collective Bargaining
Agreement of the Commercial Sector,
according to the matters set forth
and described in the Section “Personnel” on the company intranet site
(Ad@).
3.5.8
Handling
company assets
When receiving a company asset,
employees must undertake to use it
diligently and strictly comply with the
regulations that govern its use, according to the specific characteristics of
the asset.
All company assets must be considered working instruments and must be
used exclusively for that purpose.
employees are never allowed to use
company assets, especially IT and network resources, for purposes that are
illicit, contrary to public order or public
decency, nor to commit crimes, such
as child pornography, incite others to
commit crimes or incite racial hatred,
glorify violence or violate human
rights.
3.5.9
Gifts
Employees are not authorised to
receive or offer gifts in doing their
jobs worth more than € 100. Anyway
these gifts must be purely symbolic
and be construed as a gesture of
courtesy.
Furthermore they may only be
accepted at the headquarters of
VOLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A..
3.5.10
Institutions and
Public Administration
VOLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A.
maintains relationships with Institutions and Public Administration,
perceived as public employees (public
officials or public service employees),
private commercial liaisons in the
case of outsourced public services,
that follow principles of transparency
and accuracy in order to guarantee
unequivocal conduct that cannot be
interpreted by the parties involved as
ambiguous or contrary to current law.
Relationships with these parties must
only be handled by the specifically
delegated organizational units, Offices
and employees.
Specifically:
a) employees are prohibited from
offering cash or gifts to any Public
Administration officials, directors
or employees or their family, Italian
or foreign, unless the gifts are of
modest value;
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b) illicit payments made directly by
Italian authorities or their employees and illicit payments made
through persons who act on
behalf of these authorities in Italy
or abroad are considered acts of
corruption;
c) employees are specifically prohibited from accepting any object, service, or valuable favour in exchange
for special treatment in relation to
any relationship entertained with
the Public Administration;
d) in business dealings, requests or
relationships with Public Administration, Company personnel
must never attempt to inappropriately influence the decisions
of the counterparty, including the
decisions of officials who deal with
or make decisions on behalf of the
Public Administration;
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e) in the specific case of contracts
with Public Administration, employees must comply with the law and
commercial best practices;
f)
if the Company uses a consultant
or another third party to represent it in its relationships with
Public Administration, the contract that regulates the relationship between the parties - with
the consultant and his personnel
or with the third party - must
include a provision stating that
the same directives apply to the
employees of the authority;
g) the Company must not be represented by a consultant or other
third party in relationships with
the Public Administration if this
creates conflicts of interest;
h) in business dealings, requests or relationships with Public Administration, the following actions, taken
directly or indirectly, are prohibited:
considering or making job offers
and/or commercial proposals that
can personally benefit employees
of Public Administration; requesting or obtaining confidential
information that can compromise
the integrity or the reputation of
both parties.
3.5.11
Labour unions and
political organizations
VOLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A.
undertakes to maintain a consistent
relationship with union representatives
based on the principles of correctness
and transparency, as part of the legislative provisions and those contained
in the National Collective Bargaining
Agreement.
Outside of this framework, the Company will not directly or indirectly
provide financial support or loans
to parties, organizations, events and
initiatives that are exclusively political
or labour union related.
3.5.12
Mass media and sources
of information
VOLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A.
respects and observes the principles
of free expression of opinion and the
principles concerning the right to
information and recognises the importance played by the “mass media”
as a tool for information disclosure to
society in general.
This is why the Company undertakes
to liaise through its press and public
relations offices, to work equally with
all accredited news agencies, in compliance with the company regulations
and the duties of confidentiality.
To this end, relationships will be inspired by full compliance with the right
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of information, according to principles
of timeliness, clarity, correctness and
transparency.
Each employee, within in being procedures and in compliance with his
or her company functions, bears full
responsibility for any information given
to third parties.
3.5.13
Non-profit
associations,
schools and universities
VOLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A.,
aware of the social importance of its
work, provides donations and contributions on a voluntary basis without expecting any kind of advantage.
The Company, in particular, supports
qualified non-profit organizations, and
promotes and coordinates charity works.
The Company also strives to reinforce
the connection between the academic
world and the business world by partnering with the institutions designated
to educate and train young people.
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4.1
4.3
Vigilance Body
Reporting violations
A
A
4.2
Vigilance Body
Volkswagen Group Italia S.P.A.
Viale G.R. Gumpert, 1
37137 Verona (I)
s part of the organizational system and the controls currently
in effect, the Vigilance Body will
be responsible for monitoring interpretation of the founding principles
expressed in this Code and correct
application and compliance.
Access to the Code
of Ethics
T
he Code of Ethics, as amended, is
accessible on the Company’s intranet site and on the Company
website; printed copies of the Code of
Ethics are available at the Personnel
Department.
Furthermore, the Company carries out
specific training and communications
actions using appropriate instruments
to inform the addressees and other
parties potentially subject to the Code
or others to whom it is in the interest
of the Company to provide information
on its contents.
ny person who discovers behaviour that could represent a violation to the rules of the Code
of Ethics is required to send a report to
the Vigilance Body. These notifications,
which shall be considered confidential,
may be sent by regular post to the
following address:
or by e-mail to the following address:
[email protected]
In case of reported violations, any kind
of repercussion is forbidden towards
who sends notifications that represent
a violation of the Code of Ethics, if in
good faith.
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4.4
Penalties
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f violations are discovered to
the rules, the principles and
values expressed in this Code,
VOLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.p.A. will
adopt sanction measures commensurate with the seriousness of the facts,
recurrence of the failing, intensity of
the wilful misconduct or the degree of
fault.
The disciplinary measures can be
pronounced
by the Personnel Department for
employees of the Company;
by the Board of Directors in case
of subjects with management or
leading roles;
by the Legal Office in case of
subjects linked to the Company only
by contractual relationships.
res provided for by the applicable National Collective Bargaining Agreement
in the case of employees.
As far as the other addressees of the
Code are concerned, the infringement
of the provisions included herein can
result in the adoption of disciplinary
measures such as the valid termination
of the contracts in force with them.
4.5
Amendments
and addenda
T
he Board of Directors of
VOLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A.
reserves the right to amend or
add addenda this Code of Ethics and
promptly notify of any changes.
Approved by the Board of Directors in
the session of 30th October 2009 and
subsequently updated in the session of
27th September 2011.
The Personnel Department, the Legal
Office, or the Vigilance Body can
express their opinion or require the
adoption of sanction measures as
provided for by current legislation, by
the relevant National Collective Bargaining Agreement and in line with the
company regulations and in particular
with the provisions of Chapter 11 of
the General Part of the Organization
Model, entitled precisely, “Disciplinary
System”.
The infringement of the provisions provided for in the Code can result in the
adoption of several kinds of sanctions
depending on the infringing subjects:
the foreseen measures go from the
simple admonition up to withdrawal
of mandate for justified reasons for the
administrators, executive officers, and
the auditors and the sanction measu-
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