SOCIAL COMPLIANCE

We conform to the rules of social accountability not only to our own policies and practices but also those of our supply and distribution chains. It is a continuing process in which we keep on looking for better ways to protect the health, safety, and fundamental rights of our employees, and to protect and enhance the community and environment in which we operate.

Compliance with Applicable Laws and Regulations

We comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including but not limited to:

Environmental

We comply with established environmental legal mandates, regulations, mitigation measures and approved plans and permits. We review, assess and document the performance of industry and MMS. (MMS regulations require operations to be conducted in a manner that prevents damage to our waste of natural resources or the environment.

Health and Safety

We provide our workers with a safe and healthy workplace and safe working conditions.

Child Labor

We do not use child labor. The term "child" will be governed by the national law of the country in which the production is being conducted, including laws defining the age for completing compulsory education. If the laws of that country do not provide a definition or if the definition includes individuals below the age of 14, we define a "child" to be anyone below 14 years of age.

Forced Labor

We do not use forced labor, whether in the form of prison labor, indentured labor, bonded labor or otherwise.

Wages and Benefits

We abide with all applicable laws relating to wages and benefits, and pay the legally prescribed minimum wage or the prevailing industry wage, whichever is higher.

Working Hours

We do not require our employees, on a regularly-scheduled basis, to work in excess of 60 hours per week (or fewer hours if prescribed by applicable laws and regulations). All overtime is voluntary and is fully compensated in accordance with the requirements of local law, and except in extraordinary circumstances, employees are entitled to at least one day of rest in every seven-day period.

Harassment or Abuse

We respect the rights and dignity of our employees. We do not tolerate human rights abuses, including physical, sexual, psychological or verbal harassment or abuse of workers.

Discrimination

Workers are employed, retained and compensated based on their ability to perform their jobs, and are not discriminated against on the basis of gender, race, color, national origin, religious, ethnic or cultural beliefs, age, or any other prohibited basis.

Freedom of Association

We respect the rights of our workers to choose (or choose not) to freely associate and to bargain collectively where such rights are recognized by law.

Environment

We are committed to environmentally friendly business practices such as reusing, reducing and recycling waste.

Subcontractors

We ensure that all subcontractors and any other third parties we use in the production or distribution of our goods comply with the same principles we do.

CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY and CORPORATE COMPLIANCE

Good business practice in today's complex business environment demands that companies take steps to ensure that all of their employees are acting in a lawful manner and avoiding any appearance of impropriety. The hallmark of our corporate compliance to prevent and detect violations of law is that we exercise due diligence in seeking to prevent and detect criminal conduct by our employees and other agents. The basic fiduciary duty of care principle, requires that our directors/managers act in good faith with the care an ordinarily prudent person would exercise under similar circumstances.

Duty of Care

As the name implies, the duty if care refers to the obligation of corporate directors/managers to exercise the proper amount of care in their decision-making process.