Compliance
Observing our company's values, legal provisions, and internal policies holds great significance at DTK, as illegal conduct can cause considerable damage and lead to offense proceedings or criminal proceedings. Furthermore, there is the danger of harming the company's reputation and thus its market position.
The term "compliance" refers to conduct that is consistent with specific requirements. These include laws, regulations, and internal company policies, e.g., a code of conduct or ethics.
Since the DTK Group acts through its employees, every employee is obligated to follow applicable laws. Internal corporate conduct policies (e.g., Code of Conduct, Compliance Policy, Antitrust Law Policy, Anti-Corruption Policy) provide employees with standards for lawful conduct. The principles formulated in these policies apply in particular to interactions with customers, suppliers, other companies, shareholders, authorities, employees, and supervisors and include adherence to anti-discrimination provisions, product and occupational safety regulations, and environmental protection, in addition to prohibiting anti-competitive behavior and corruption.
Observance of legal provisions and conduct policies is ensured by three factors: prevention, monitoring, and sanctions. Preventive measures include internal policies, consultation, and especially employee training. For example, employees regularly participate in face-to-face and online training related to the topics of antitrust law and anti-corruption. Corporate auditing has a monitoring function. It verifies whether provisions and internal policies are being observed. If breaches of the law or internal policies are discovered, sanctions come into effect under labor law, civil law, or even criminal law.
Local compliance officers at the individual Group sites are also available to answer employees’ questions.