Chief Executive Officer
Compliance with ethical rules is one of the cornerstones of Legrand's corporate social responsibility. General Management's commitment is reflected in the Compliance Program, which relies on a dedicated organization to ensure compliance with the rules and policies in place.
• A dedicated organization: Business ethics are the responsibility of the Group Legal and Compliance Department, which relies on a network of compliance officers in charge of implementing the Compliance Program throughout the Group.
• A strong commitment from General Management: country managers sign a letter of commitment to respect the rules of business ethics;
• Business ethics guides and charters;
• Corruption risk mapping;
• A system for assessing the integrity of third parties (mainly customers, suppliers, subcontractors and partners), based on the definition of risk profiles and the implementation of risk-proportionate preventive measures;
• An internal control system designed to prevent and detect corruption and fraud;
• A training program for employees exposed to the risk of corruption;
• A disciplinary system which ensures that failure by an employee to comply with the provisions of the Guide to Best Business Practices and applicable laws may result in disciplinary action up to and including dismissal for misconduct;
• An internal whistleblowing system that complies with the legal requirements of the Sapin 2 law and those of the law on the duty of care. It enables all Group employees and stakeholders to report ethical breaches. It is therefore accessible both internally and externally. Reports are made via the URL legrand.signalement.net, available in various languages. This system complements the Group's other reporting channels (management; Human Resources; ethics correspondents; compliance officers; Group Internal Audit; Group Management Control, etc.).
The Charter of Fundamentals represents the Group's code of ethics and is addressed to both employees and external partners. It is a document of fundamental importance as it reflects how we interpret and conduct our business, specifying the values we believe in and seek in others, and how we wish to distinguish ourselves as a company.
The Guide to Best Business Practices is the Group's anti-corruption code of conduct. It summarizes the company's commitments and principles by defining and illustrating the different types of prohibited behavior that are likely to constitute acts of corruption.
The Guide to Best Business Practices :
- presents the practices that constitute corruption in the specific context of the company (i.e. gifts and hospitality, facilitation payments, conflicts of interest, sponsorship, etc.); and
- describes the types of behavior and situations employees are likely to encounter;
- explains prohibited practices (facilitation payments, gifts and invitations, etc.)
- indicates the behaviors to adopt to control high-risk situations.
The Competition Charter recalls that respect for competition law is one of the fundamental principles upon which the Group's work is based and requires each employee to contribute to its implementation and promotion in the management of their day-to-day activities.
The purpose of this Charter is to make Group employees aware of the rules and practices relating to competition.
Our whistleblowing system is open to anyone: employees, temps, external stakeholders such as customers and suppliers.
This system can be used to report (including anonymously) illegal, unethical and/or dangerous facts or behavior affecting the general interest, people or the company, such as a breach of competition law, an act of corruption, a violation of human rights - discrimination, harassment, forced labor, freedom of association... - as well as environmental risks.
As specified in the Group's Charter of Fundamental Principles, Legrand protects whistleblowers. This means that no one can suffer retaliation, or the threat of retaliation, for having reported an ethical problem in good faith.
The information gathered by all the recipients of the report and the persons concerned remains strictly confidential. Personal data is collected in compliance with legal provisions, and in particular with the amended French Data Protection Act (Loi Informatique et Libertés) and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The persons concerned (sender of the alert, persons involved in the collection or processing of the alert, person who is the subject of an alert as a complainant, person implicated or witness to the facts) may exercise their right of access, by means of the email address fr-sm-data-protection-officer@legrand.com. or by letter addressed to the Group DPO. By exercising this right, these persons will not receive any data relating to third parties.
To send an alert: legrand.signalement.net
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