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Code of Conduct
Reliability, transparency and openness combine to form the basis of B. Braun Medical business practices and integrity forms the cornerstone of all B. Braun Medical's business practices and conduct. As a family company, our aim is to create sustainable value and to meet our responsibility to customers, employees and society at large. A trust based working relationship is fundamental to our everyday activities.
It is important to us that all parties dealing with us share our commitment to the conduct of business with integrity.
These standards (“Standards") apply to individuals/entities that provide services, raw material, active ingredients, components, finished goods, or other products ("Suppliers"). Where a Supplier has its own written ethics and compliance standards, such standards will be replaced by these Standards to the extent that they are not inconsistent with these Standards and are incorporated into a written agreement between B. Braun Medical and Supplier.
Suppliers must comply with the applicable laws, rules, regulations, and ethical standards of the country in which they operate laws, as well as these Standards.
Applicable laws include the following:
B. Braun Medical includes B. Braun Medical (H.K.) Ltd. and other affiliated companies established in Hong Kong at present or in the future.
Suppliers must abide by applicable data privacy laws and regulations when handling personal information.
Suppliers must immediately report unauthorized use, disclosure, or loss of B. Braun Medical related personal information to the Compliance Officer. Information and contact particulars of the Compliance Officers can be found on B. Braun Medical's website.
All Suppliers must comply with laws and regulations on fair competition.
Suppliers are expected to comply with all applicable laws and regulations regarding environment, health and safety.
Suppliers working with B. Braun Medical or onsite at a B. Braun Medical location must work in a way that assures their own safety and the safety of others and in compliance with applicable B. Braun Medical and governmental environmental, health and safety requirements.
Suppliers are prohibited from directly or indirectly paying anything or value to a government official or any director, officer or employee in any non-governmental organization in order to:
Win or retain business or to improperly influence the act or decision of any such recipient. Recipients in this context include (i) directors, officer, employees of any organization; (ii) government officials, (iii) political party, (iv) candidates for political office, or (v) official of a public international organization;
Gain an improper advantage; or
Illegally influence the action of any individual, customer, company, or company representative.
In addition, notice is hereby given to all Suppliers that B. Braun Medical does not require and expressly prohibits any payments, gifts or gratuities to be made to any B. Braun Medical director, officers and employees.
Suppliers are required to keep accurate and transparent records that reflect actual transactions and payments and are to adhere to guidelines which may be issued from time to time on record retention.
B Braun recognises and respects local customs and market practices but neither B. Braun Medical nor any Supplier shall participate in any corrupt, unethical or illegal practices.
All financial books and records must conform to generally accepted accounting principles.
Supplier records must be accurate in all material respects.
Records must be legible, transparent, and reflect actual transactions and payments.
Do not hide, fail to record, or make false entries.
Do not maintain separate books, records or transactions for different purposes.
Suppliers may be required to keep and maintain records of material intended for production purposes. Such records may be required to be kept and maintained in conformity with quality requirements and requirements of various governmental bodies and requirements will be incorporated in a written agreement between B. Braun Medical and Suppliers.
All interactions between Suppliers and Healthcare professionals which are entered into, whether on behalf of B. Braun Medical or which are directly or indirectly related to the business of B. Braun Medical shall be in accordance with industry standards and B. Braun Medical's code of conduct on interaction with Healthcare professionals in the relevant country.
All transactions (whether payment or benefit) provided to a healthcare professional on behalf of B. Braun Medical or which are directly or indirectly related to the business of B. Braun Medical must comply with the policy for the country or region in which the Healthcare professional resides and/or practices medicine.
All Suppliers requiring the exchange of confidential information with B. Braun Medical are required to execute a confidentiality agreement with B. Braun Medical in advance.
Exchange of confidential information is limited to that required to fulfill contracted performance requirements.
Suppliers shall not share B. Braun Medical's intellectual property or confidential information or any other information that they acquire with respect to B. Braun Medical business (including information developed by Suppliers and information relating to products, customers, suppliers, pricing, costs, know-how, strategies, programs, processes, and practices).
Supplier is put on notice that any unauthorized sharing will result in irreparable damage which will entitle B. Braun Medical to bring a lawsuit and request Supplier for compensation.
Suppliers must immediately report unauthorized disclosure of B. Braun Medical's confidential information, whether inadvertent or not, to the Compliance office of the relevant B. Braun company Supplier is dealing with.
Suppliers must comply with all applicable Employment laws and regulation including statutes prohibiting discrimination in the workplace.
Suppliers agree to comply with the International Labour Organization's (ILO) core conventions and the B. Braun Group Declaration.
In particular, Suppliers will not produce or manufacture goods or services using forced or indentured child labor. Regular full-time employees are to be at least 18 years of age. Suppliers must disclose the existence of part-time work, temporary workers, employment agency workers, vacation job programs for individuals under the age of 18 to B. Braun Medical.
Suppliers acknowledges that it is aware that B. Braun Medical is a subsidiary of B. Braun SE and that B. Braun Medical would be obliged to comply with the provisions of the German Supply Chain Law and that in the performance of its obligations to B. Braun Medical, Suppliers will not engage in any conduct which would be in contravention of such law.
Suppliers must comply with the letter and spirit of all applicable import and export controls, sanctions, and other trade compliance laws of Germany and Hong Kong and the laws of the applicable country(ies) where the transaction(s) occur(s).
A conflict of interest arises when personal interests or activities influence, or appear to influence, the ability to act in the best interests of B. Braun Medical. Some situations that could cause a conflict of interest include:
Having a significant financial investment in any company that competes, does business, or seeks to do business with B. Braun Medical.
Providing similar services for direct competitors of B. Braun Medical, with access to confidential or competitive information.
When family members or close friends or relation of a Supplier work for B. Braun Medical.
Suppliers will be asked to confirm if any director, officer or employee of B. Braun Medical or persons connected such director, officers have any interest, finance or otherwise in the Supplier. Suppliers will also be asked to confirm if any family members, close friends or relations of any director, officer or employee of Supplier works for B. Braun Medical.
All apparent or actual conflicts of interest are to be disclosed to B. Braun Medical, and if B. Braun Medical approves an apparent or actual conflict, the approval decision must be documented.
Gifts and entertainment are not needed in order to conduct business with B. Braun Medical and are highly discouraged.
The following situations are always inappropriate and are expressly prohibited:
Giving a gift, entertainment, or preferred treatment with the intention of trying to influence the decision-making objectivity of a B. Braun Medical director, officer or employee.
Offering any gift, entertainment, or preferred treatment while involved in a current purchasing or contracting decision process (RFI, RFQ, RFP).
Any gift of cash or cash equivalents, including "gift cards", "vouchers".
Offering entertainment (e.g., sports/event tickets).
Offering extravagant recreational outings, travel, or lodgings at Supplier sponsored events.
B. Braun Medical employees are not permitted to solicit Suppliers for gifts, whether for personal consumption or for any organization, including gifts to support charitable causes or gifts for B. Braun Medical. Suppliers are required to report to the B. Braun Medical Compliance Officer of any such solicitations.
We, the undersigned hereby confirm that: