Code of conduct

At thyssenkrupp, we firmly believe that responsibility, respect and compliance with rules and laws are the cornerstones of any cooperation.

We set ourselves the highest standards, which our business partners worldwide can rely on and which we equally expect from them. Our Code of Conduct provides all of our company's employees with a framework for orientation. It applies at all our locations worldwide and summarizes the key principles and basic rules of our actions and our conduct towards business partners and the public and serves as a foundation for the following topics in particular:

• Compliance with the law

• Avoiding conflicts of interest

• Fair competition

• Preventing money laundering

• Equal treatment and non-discrimination

• Human and labor rights

• Cooperation with employee representatives

• Occupational safety and health

• Sustainability and protection of environment and climate

• Donations

• Political lobbying

• Presentation in public and communications

• Reporting

• Confidential company information/insider information

• Data protection and information security

• Protection of company property