Compliance at Bösch Boden Spies

Importance of Compliance at Bösch Boden Spies

A corporate philosophy can achieve a lot – if it is an example of how to ensure that values are actually lived.
We live our values and are committed to a fair and reliable partnership with our business partners and among ourselves. We are committed to standardised compliance guidelines that serve as an ethical and moral guide for all our employees to behave with openness and integrity. This applies not only within our group of companies, but also towards our customers, partners, competitors and thus all stakeholders.

Code of Conduct and Ethical Guidelines

The Code of Conduct of BBS is based on the international labour standards for the protection of labour rights such as conventions and declarations of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the United Nations (UN) Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights as well as the Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Bösch Boden Spies is committed to these principles and obliges itself and its business partners to implement the following 11 key points step by step in the supply chain and to ensure compliance:

  • Fair remuneration:
    Our company respects the right of workers to
    fair remuneration.
  • Health and safety:
    Our company provides a healthy and safe working
    environment, evaluates the risk, and takes
    all necessary measures to eliminate or reduce it.
  • Special protection for the young:
    Our company offers special protection to all workers who
    are not yet adults.
  • No bonded labour:
    Our company does not engage in forced labour, human trafficking, or involuntary labour.
  • Ethical business conduct:
    Our company does not tolerate
    acts of corruption, extortion, embezzlement,
    or bribery.
  • No discrimination:
    Our company provides equal opportunities and does
    not discriminate workers.
  • Right to freedom of association and representation of interests:
    Our company respects the right of workers to form their own representations of interests.
  • Reasonable working hours:
    Our company complies with the Working Hours Act.
  • No child labour:
    Our company does not hire workers below the
    legal minimum age.
  • No precarious employment:
    Our company hires employees based on legally documented contracts.
  • Environmental protection:
     Our company takes the necessary measures to avoid
    environmental damage.

Reporting compliance violations

We expect every employee to comply with our BBS Code of Conduct. Please report possible compliance violations immediately using the communication channels listed below. Please use the following e-mail address to our Compliance Officer Beschwerde@boeschbodenspies.com
In addition, it is also possible to report a possible incident anonymously in our digital reporting system. All reports will be reviewed and processed conscientiously and with due regard for the confidentiality of all parties concerned.

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