TIR complience and conduct

As a family-managed business and internationally operating logistics service provider, TIR has a responsibility toward society and its standards.

 

Aside from its own moral commitments and values, ongoing monitoring is an additional reason for Tir to conduct all business and services in an ethical and legally flawless manner. To avoid any conflict of interests, all Tir employees, without exception, abide by the applicable laws in the market served by us, as well as our internal regulations.

 

Our compliance management includes a Tir code of conduct as well as the Tir behavior policy guidelines that provide direct guidance to our employees.

 

TIR Code of Conduct

 

PREAMBLE

The foundation for all activities at Tir is our adherence to legally binding regulations at a national and international level, as well as any obligations entered into on our own free will. All of the employees and organizational units at Tir are obliged to inform themselves about the rules and regulations applying to their areas of responsibility within the company, to adhere to these, and in case of doubt to obtain more information and advice from the relevant departments or authorities. An employee’s superiors should always be the first person of contact.

 

This Code of Conduct applies to all employees at Tir. It describes binding principles of conduct which are to be upheld by everyone. This will help to secure the long-term success of our company. Violations of the Code of Conduct will not be tolerated and will lead to disciplinary measures. Furthermore, violations against the applicable laws can lead to consequences resulting from criminal and liability law.

 

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Sustainability represents a corporate value for Tir. It is particularly important to us that our commitment in this area is always measurable and transparent. We aspire to operate economically and environmentally, and to not only be aware of our social responsibility, but also to practice it actively. Creating and maintaining safe and fair working conditions Tir takes responsibility for its employees and strives to create and maintain an attractive working environment for them, and to maintain it. Tir to ensure fair payment and reasonable working hours for its employees, and condemns every form of forced or child labour. Tir wants to preserve and promote the health of its employees. For this reason it is one of the company’s aims to guarantee a high level of safety at all of its production sites. Tir expects all of its employees, especially managerial staff, to be committed to uphold on-the-job safety at all times. Protection of the environment Tir considers itself committed to the careful handling of natural resources. It is therefore natural that Tir should uphold the legal regulations that apply to the protection of the environment.

 

Prevention of discrimination

Tir follows objective and comprehensible criteria in its dealings with employees and with its business partners. Tir guarantees its employees a working environment in which discrimination and any type of aggravation or disadvantage on account of race, ethnic origin, gender, religion, worldview, disability, age or sexual identity are not tolerated. Tir expects its employees to respect different views on life as well as cultural and national differences in their dealings with other employees, including temporary employees and people employed for training purposes, applicants, former employees, and also business partners. In addition to this, Tir expects its managerial staff to make a special effort to promote equality between men and women in professional life.

 

Lifelong learning

At Tir, further vocational education and training is understood to be a strategic factor for success. It’s necessary to prepare employees for current and future challenges in the company.

 

BUSINESS PARTNERS

We aim to fill our customers with enthusiasm, which is why our daily work is based on an exceptional quality of service. With a seamless organization, we have created the conditions for this. Our employees excel in competence and a solution-oriented approach. We constantly strive to improve, and we proactively shape our future.

 

Competition and anti-trust law

Tir respects free and fair competition. Employees are obliged to adhere to the relevant laws regulating competitive activities. Generally speaking the applicable laws particularly forbid agreements or agreeing on practices with competitors regarding pricing or conditions, with the purpose of dividing up the market or customers and other unfair competition practices. Tir does not take part in boycotts and refusals to deal. Tir prohibits Agreements involving competitors that involve restricting the supply of goods if they have the purpose or effect of substantially lessening competition in a market in which the businesses operate. Not only are actual agreements forbidden, but also agreed-on modes of behaviour and informal discussions aimed at or effecting restricting competition are prohibited.

 

Fighting corruption

Tir is confident of the quality of its products and services as well as the performance of its employees.

 

Bribery

Tir firmly rejects the bribing of business partners with money, objects of value, or other services equivalent to money. It is forbidden for employees to demand, accept, or accept the promise of money or objects of value in return for the purchase of products or other services.

 

Donations

Giving or receiving donations of any kind is strictly forbidden if it could give the impression of having unauthorized influence or even giving rise to the assumption of an obligation.

 

Gifts, Hospitality & Entertainment

This applies also to entertainment, hospitality, and invitations to events over and beyond what is customary and legally acceptable. Unauthorized gifts may not be made or received indirectly through third

parties either. The giving and receiving of the common courtesies and advertising giveaways’ of low value is permitted, as is the giving or acceptance of business meals and invitations to events with a direct connection to

business, to an extent appropriate to the business situation and the position of those involved.

 

Facilitation Payments

Tir rejects the making of “facilitation payments”. Facilitation payments are small payments made to lower-level governmental employees to secure the performance of a routine government action. Tir prohibits Facilitation

Payments as these are bribes and illegal.

 

OUR EMPOIEES’ RESPONSIBILITY

 

Confidentiality

The success of Tir as a business is based on the innovative capacity of its employees and the knowledge they have acquired over 20 years. All employees must therefore ensure that the operational and business secrets

of Tir as well as its business partners do not become known outside of the company. It is forbidden to publicize operational or business secrets without permission, to pass them to third parties, or to utilize them for one’s own

purposes without permission.

 

Protecting company assets

Tir expects its employees to deal responsibly with the company’s assets, and to make business decisions on the basis of risk and benefit analyses that can be followed from a business perspective. This includes carefully checking the integrity of Tir’s business partners. Tir places great value on the integrity of its employees. Depending on the type of business, the place where employees work and the activities they are involved in, it may at times be necessary to assess their financial situation and personal integrity.

 

Reporting

All of Tir’s documents – including financial reports (for external use) and accounting documents and invoices (internal use) – must present the relevant factual content correctly and clearly.

 

Data protection

Employees are not permitted to utilize operational resources for their own personal purposes, unless this has been expressly allowed in their work contract, or in a separate agreement, or by their superiors. In particular it is forbidden for employees to utilize Tir’s IT systems to view, save or send pages or messages containing legally prohibited or offensive material.

 

Avoiding conflicts of interest

Tir expects its employees not to enter into any activities or tasks which violates the interests of the company. It is forbidden to grant preferential treatment to particular business partners for reasons of private interest –

especially family members. Even the appearance of preferential treatment for private interests should be avoided.

 

CONFIDENCE

Compliance with the principles of national and international trade Tir complies with all national and foreign trade regulations. Employees must abide by these, especially any applicable bans on exports or imports, official authorization requirements, and applicable customs and tax regulations. Transactions offered by customers which contradict these regulations must be turned down. Tir may not provide any services or products if a suspicion

exists that these could support such illegal transactions. In this context it is especially important to observe the regulations aimed at the prevention of terrorist activities. Tir also places particular emphasis on adherence to national and international laws for the prevention of money laundering.

 

Dealings with the media

Providing the public – including the media – with clear, dialogue-oriented and consistent information strengthens the global image of Tir. Official statements, especially to the media, may therefore only be made after

consultation with the authorized employees.

 

COMPLIENCE WITH THE CODE OF CONDUCT

 

Implementation and organization

All of Tir’s employees are obliged to abide by this Code of Conduct. Managerial staff play a particularly important role in this. They are role models, they are to be available for any questions regarding the code of conduct and they are responsible for ensuring that within their area of responsibilities, the employees are sufficiently aware of the principles and the other elements of Tir’s system of values. All of Tir’s employees receive training which is specially designed for their areas of activity and their needs. The Code of Conduct is reviewed regularly and amended in accordance to the current requirements (changes in law, for example). If and when required, guidelines will be drawn up to supplement the principles of this Code of Conduct; they will contain detailed instructions for action; and they shall be considered to be binding. Our business partners will be made aware of this Code of Conduct. We also

expect them to behave fairly, with integrity, and in compliance with the law.

 

Reporting of violations

Tir employees are obliged to report violations of laws or internal regulations to the managers, or the Compliance Office. All the information conveyed will be treated as confidential.

 

Whistleblower protection

Tir does not tolerate any action against people who report actual or suspected Code of Conduct violations. In return, Tir reserves the right to take disciplinary measures against employees who knowingly make false

accusations.

 

TIR DOOEL Skopje

 

Managing director

Sashka Blazevska Cholanchevska