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WE DO WHAT'S RIGHT

WE ALWAYS DO THE RIGHT THING FOR OUR CUSTOMERS, OUR PARTNERS, OUR INDUSTRY, AND OURSELVES.

Fair Competition

We don't:

  • Discuss our prices or strategies with our competitors
  • Make agreements with competitors to allocate territories, markets, or customers
  • Discuss restricting trade or excluding competitors with customers or suppliers
  • Improperly collect proprietary or confidential information that belongs to our competitors

Competition laws, sometimes called antitrust laws, can be complex and vary from country to country. If you have any questions or concerns about fair competition, contact the Legal Department.

Click here for more information on Fair Competition.

OUR CODE DEFINED:
Antitrust laws are laws that are designed to level the playing field of the free market by ensuring that businesses compete fairly.
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Conversations with competitors may be permissible so long as those conversations do not pertain to our business operations or involve sensitive or proprietary information. If a competitor tries to discuss things like pricing, territories, new products, or other competitive or sensitive information, you should stop the discussion immediately and report the incident to your manager, the Compliance Committee, or another Speak Up resource.