Compliance
WHAT WE STAND FOR
In use worldwide – with tradition since 1876
With our products and services we want to inspire our customers (gn*). The basis for this is responsible corporate governance. With our compliance management system we permanently anchor compliance in the thinking and actions of all C.A.PICARD® employees (gn*). Standing up for integrity means, for C.A.PICARD®: Wherever we do business, we act in accordance with our values – responsible – excellent – innovative. An essential element of integrity is compliance, that is, adherence to laws and our own regulations. Our maxim is: no tolerance whatsoever towards corruption and anti-competitive conduct.
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Compliance Management System
The C.A.PICARD®compliance system is structured into three levels of action: prevent, detect and respond. In it we bundle a comprehensive system of measures to ensure that our business is always fully in line with the law as well as our internal principles and rules.
Compliance is the prerequisite for a fair and transparent business practice. The exemplary and responsible conduct of each individual employee (gn*) strengthens the performance and reputation of C.A.PICARD®. For only those who conduct themselves correctly in all business areas can continue to hold their own in competition and live up to the trust of customers (gn*), suppliers (gn*) and partners (gn*) in future as well.
Act responsibly. Work successfully.
Compliance thus supports the economic and social success of C.A.PICARD®. It gives employees security in everyday life, protects them and the company from unnecessary risks and, in cases of doubt, shows the right way. Compliance with regulations is a natural part of our everyday work. Compliance requires responsible action by each individual, in accordance with all relevant laws, voluntary self-commitments and our internal guidelines. For violations of external and internal rules can cause severe economic damage.
All employees of C.A.PICARD® are personally responsible for adhering to the compliance requirements. Our managers additionally bear the entrepreneurial responsibility for the consistent implementation of the compliance programme. Both employees and managers are supported in this by the compliance organisation.
A process we renew again and again
Exemplary corporate governance and the assumption of social responsibility are the foundations of our corporate policy. Compliance is therefore an essential component for securing the long-term success of the company and forms the basis of our business relationships.
Since 2018 we have been training all our employees in Germany in a web-based course on integrity, compliance and law. This gives them the tools to make the right decisions in difficult situations and to minimise risks.
Our compliance management system also includes a reporting channel. Employees, as well as business partners and third parties, can report rule violations by email or hotline to our compliance officer.
It is particularly important that incidents are reported which indicate a criminal act – for example theft, fraud or bribery – or a systematic violation of laws or internal company rules.
Our aim is to develop compliance, which is essentially rule-based, into a primarily values-based one.
Report a compliance case: compliance@capicard.de
C.A.PICARD Compliance Hotline: +49 2191 893-145
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Our Code of Conduct
As C.A.PICARD® we stand by our social responsibility towards our employees (gn*), our customers (gn*), suppliers (gn*) and partners (gn*), society and the environment. To live up to this claim, we behave in all matters in a legally compliant, trustworthy and exemplary manner.
Compliance at C.A.PICARD® is a firm component of this entrepreneurial set of values. To make our aspirations for legally compliant conduct clear and transparent, we at C.A.PICARD® have given ourselves our own code of conduct. It is a binding framework of orientation for all our employees. It thus outlines the fundamental minimum standards regarding compliance with statutory regulations and ethical questions, to which we – management, executives and employees – are bound. The code of conduct, with its downstream detailed instructions for action, helps us all to identify legal risks and avoid legal violations. In the interest of us all, we will not tolerate violations of our code of conduct and will pursue and sanction them emphatically.
Code of Conduct C.A.PICARD® download
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The compliance organisation
C.A.PICARD® began in 2015 to introduce a compliance management system (CMS) and to set up a central compliance organisation. The compliance organisation, together with the compliance committee, is led by the central compliance officer, in-house lawyer Cordula Schönfeld, and reports directly to the management of the parent company.
Following the introduction and establishment of the compliance organisation in Germany, the international alignment now follows in accordance with the structure of the subsidiaries. Regional compliance officers will support the national companies in taking on their responsibility for compliance in day-to-day business and in appropriately countering possible risks.
Preventive and control measures include the four-eyes principle, the strict separation of operational and control systems, and regular audits.
