Information on reporting violations

  1. All employees and our business partners (customers and suppliers) are entitled to submit reports.
  2. We currently do not accept violations that are submitted in an anonymous form, as we are not legally obliged to do so. We therefore need your contact details or personal data to investigate a violation. Your identity will not be disclosed to anyone other than the outsourced internal reporting office and those familiar with it without your express consent (exceptions may apply in particular in the case of official investigations or legal proceedings).
  3. Only the outsourced internal reporting office will be informed of your report in a first step and will accompany the further essential steps of the investigation. Employees of the company who are not authorized will not have access to your report. All information in your report will be treated in strict confidence.
  4. The purpose of the whistleblower system is to receive reports of violations of laws, the Code of Conduct and guidelines.
  5. Please only submit notifications that you are certain are the facts communicated are true. You should refrain from making deliberately untruthful claims or untrue facts, as this may result in criminal liability for the whistleblower. In cases of doubt, please mark your report as Assumption or statement by third parties.
  6. Upon receipt of your report, you will receive a confirmation of receipt. You will then receive feedback from the outsourced internal reporting office within a maximum of three months of receipt of the report on the follow-up measures planned or already taken and the reasons for these follow-up measures (such as internal inquiries or investigations).

Please also note our data protection information for the whistleblower system.  Data protection reporting system

Submission of a report on the basis of the Whistleblower Protection Act

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