|
Code of Employee Conduct
All directors, officers, employees and consultants (collectively, “Employees”) will comply with the Company’s Code of Employee Conduct, which reaffirms the Company’s high expectations of its Employees.
- Drugs and Alcohol
Illegal drugs are not acceptable or permitted in the workplace. Where prescription drugs which are likely to affect performance or safety are involved, you must notify your manager to ensure that safety performance is properly managed.
Employees must not allow alcohol to affect their performance at work.
Additional rules may be applicable to drugs and alcohol on an exploration or mine site and if you are on such a site, you must familiarize yourself with these rules.
- Gifts
No one is permitted to ask for or accept any gift, loan, unusual or expensive hospitality or other benefit of significant value. In particular, Employees must not seek or accept a significant gift that could cause pressure on our judgment, or could seem to be a conflict of interest, or could damage relationships with others.
Hospitality in the form of entertainment in the interests of normal business practice is normally acceptable. It is important, however, not to give any impression that there may be a connection between the hospitality and business opportunities.
- Obligations on leaving the Company
On leaving the Company no matter what the circumstances, each Employee must hand over all Company assets and items containing business information. Even after leaving the Company, all Employees have a continuing obligation to maintain the confidentiality of such information, which includes intellectual property that may have been created while working with the Company. Certain Employees may be subject to acquisition or other restrictions within specified areas of interest.
- External Employment
Employees should keep outside activities separate from Company work.
Employees should ensure that outside activity does not involve the use of the Company’s property, information, money, facilities, time or the services of fellow Employees.
Employees should avoid outside activity likely to adversely affect either their work or someone else’s, or which could discredit either the Company or ourselves, or which could conflict with the Company’s interests.
The Company takes its role in the community in which we operate, and in the general community, seriously. Employees can improve their own standing and the standing of the Company by working in the community. The Company may assist and support you if you have a role in the public or community.
- Political Associations
The Company should not be used to support a political party, a member of a party, or an independent politician, regardless of location, without the approval of the CEO. When acting on the Company’s behalf, your actions should not be seen, or conduct should not be such that it can be interpreted to be promoting a political party. This does not include normal hospitality when conducting business. It is against the Company’s policy to take any action against any Employee for his or her reporting in good faith any violation of this Code of Employee Conduct or any of the Company’s other guidelines, codes of conduct or policy statements.
If you have any questions about this Code of Employee Conduct or what is expected of our Employees, please contact the Corporate Secretary.
EFFECTIVE DATE
This Code was implemented by the Board in May 2007.
|
|
