Our Ethics and Compliance Program
QatarEnergy is committed to the highest standards of business conduct and has launched an
organizational-wide, principles-based, Ethics and Compliance (E&C) Program.
The core of the E&C Program is our Code of Conduct. All of our employees
are required to read, understand and acknowledge their compliance with the
principles outlined in it. We require them to acknowledge their understanding
and compliance on an annual basis and believe in the continuous reinforcement
of our standards through various training and awareness initiatives. Likewise,
we have a team of Integrity Ambassadors who help to embed our culture of
integrity throughout the QatarEnergy organization. Together these activities reinforce
our standards for ethical and principled business conduct, no matter where we
operate.
The
E&C program incorporates our six core values where transparency and
openness are found to be key pillars to our value of Integrity. This comes to
the heart of QatarEnergy’s business dealings, both internally and externally. In order
to build strong relationships, we invite our employees, business partners and
other stakeholders to speak up whenever they believe that unethical behavior
has occurred - most especially when they believe it conflicts with our
standards of conduct as outlined in our Code. Together, we build strong
relationships and believe that we will achieve better results when we are open
to listening to others.
Our Foundational Policies
Our
Code of Conduct is supplemented by a series of foundational policies that are
core to our beliefs and outline our compliance with the laws and regulations
applicable to our operations. Where our policies set higher standards than
those required locally, the higher requirements of our policies will always
apply. We expect our employees and all persons doing business with QatarEnergy to comply
with these policies and will only work with those who share our standards of
business conduct.
Our
Speaking Up Line
As
part of our E&C Program, QatarEnergy has put in place a Speaking Up Line where
concerns around our conduct can be reported to us. We invite employees and any
external third party interacting with us to raise their concerns or report any
suspected or potential breaches of the law or our business conduct, including
actual or alleged violations of our Code of Conduct and its related policies.
Our Speaking Up Line has been set up to receive these concerns. It has been
designed to ensure confidentiality and to safe guard the rights of both the
caller and the potential subject of the concern. All concerns are received and
investigated by a dedicated team of ethics and compliance professionals within
QatarEnergy’s internal audit department. We do not tolerate any sort of retaliation
against anyone who raises a concern to us in good faith.
Reporting a Violation
To report a violation, please contact our Speaking Up Line:
Tel: +974-40135222
QatarEnergy is committed to achieving the highest standards in business practice and ethical behavior embedded in our strong culture of collaboration, integrity and trust.
