1. Compliance@SCHOTT
“Compliance is a must, not an option,” – this is the guiding principle behind the Compliance Program at SCHOTT.
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Compliance@SCHOTT is the main title of the Compliance Program at SCHOTT, in other words the SCHOTT Code of Conduct, the corporate guidelines and measures derived from it and the Compliance Organization responsible for enforcing it. The main goal of Compliance work is to ensure that SCHOTT remains a successful company over the long-term. Making our people more aware of Compliance topics is one of the main objectives. The aim is to do preventive work in a systematic manner in order to prevent violations of the law and our corporate guidelines. SCHOTT mainly achieves this with the help of a worldwide training program, by setting internal Compliance standards and by systematically following up on the Compliance measures that have been established, but also by sanctioning violations of the rules that apply.
SCHOTT AG established the Compliance Office as a central Corporate Function in order to make sure that this is achieved during our everyday work. The main responsibilities of the Compliance Office pertain to the topics of Anti-Corruption, Antitrust, Data Protection, Export Control, Information Protection as well as Security. The Compliance Office is supported by regional Compliance Representatives in the United States and Asia as well as local Compliance Representatives who work for SCHOTT Business Units and sites worldwide.
SCHOTT has also had a
integrity helpline in place since 2011.
8. Integrity Helpline
The SCHOTT corporate culture is characterized by responsibility and mutual respect for our employees and business partners. Compliance with laws, standards and internal guidelines has the highest priority. To enable us to remedy grievances immediately and thus effectively avert damage to SCHOTT, our employees and business partners, we depend on being notified immediately of potential (legal) violations and violations of internal regulations.
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For this purpose, we have established a worldwide whistleblower system. If there is a suspicion of compliance violations committed by SCHOTT employees in connection with their employment (e.g. violations of antitrust laws, criminal offences such as bribery, embezzlement, fraud, etc.), both employees and business partners can contact external independent attorneys (ombudspersons) in confidence and, if desired, anonymously. Of course, indications of violations can also be reported directly to the SCHOTT Compliance Office (
compliance.office@schott.com).
The following three ombudspersons are working for SCHOTT, divided into regions:
Our ombudspersons have the task of reviewing information and forwarding the information – in anonymous form if desired – to SCHOTT for further processing. Discrimination against the persons providing information will not be tolerated.
Please note: Our ombudspersons do not perform any customer service tasks!
Do you have any questions regarding the use of the Integrity Helpline? Here you will find the answers to frequently asked questions: FAQs
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