HTC Corporation
Supplier Code of Conduct
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HTC CORPORATION SUPPLIER CODE OF CONDUCT
HTC's Supplier Code of Conduct ( Code ) describes our corporate responsibility requirements for our suppliers. As a condition of doing business with HTC, we expect suppliers and their next tier suppliers to acknowledge and implement these requirements and ensure responsible business practices. HTC
will assess compliance to these requirements and will consider the Suppliers' progress in meeting these requirements and their ongoing performance in making partnership selections.
The labor, health and safety, and ethics requirements outlined in the Code are consistent with the concepts and language of the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) Responsible Business Alliance Code of Conduct and the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Other references can be found in the References section of this Code.
LABOR
Suppliers are required to uphold the human rights of their employees and to treat them with dignity and respect as understood by the international community. This applies to all workers including temporary, migrant, student, contract, direct employees, and any other type of workers.
Freely Chosen Employment
Supplier shall not use any form of forced, bonded (including debt bondage) or indentured labor,
involuntary or exploitative prison labor, or slavery or trafficking of persons. This includes transporting,
harboring, recruiting, transferring, or receiving persons by means of threat, force, coercion, abduction,
or fraud for labor or services. There shall be no unreasonable restrictions on workers' freedom of movement in the facility in addition to unreasonable restrictions on entering or exiting companyprovided facilities. As part of the hiring process, workers must be provided with a written employment agreement in their native language that contains a description of terms and conditions of employment prior to the worker departing from his or her country of origin and there shall be no substitution or change(s) allowed in the employment agreement upon arrival in the receiving country unless these changes are made to meet local law and provide equal or better terms. All work will be voluntary, and workers shall be free to leave work or terminate employment at any time upon reasonable notice.
Workers shall not be required to hand over government-issued identification, passports or work permits to the Suppliers or labor agent as a condition of employment. Employers and agents may not hold or otherwise destroy, conceal, confiscate, or deny access by employees to their identity or immigration documents, such as government-issued identification, passports, or work permits, unless such holdings are required by law. Workers shall not be required to pay employers' or agents'
recruitment fees for their employment. If any such fees are found to have been paid by workers, such fees shall be repaid to the worker.
Non-Discrimination
Suppliers should be committed to a workforce free of harassment and unlawful discrimination.
Suppliers shall not engage in discrimination based on race, color, age, gender, sexual orientation,
gender identity and expression, ethnicity or national origin, disability, pregnancy, religion, political affiliation, union membership, covered veteran status, protected genetic information, or marital status in hiring and employment practices such as wages, promotions, rewards, and access to training.
In addition, workers or potential workers should not be subjected to medical/pregnancy tests that could be used in a discriminatory way. Workers with disabilities will be provided reasonable job accommodations as needed to perform their job function. Workers shall be provided with reasonable accommodation for religious practices.
