We have training and awareness programmes to ensure employees understand our policies and the standards expected of them.
Our booklet Ethics and You summarises our ethics policies and incorporates our five ethics principles. Copies are currently being distributed to all employees in Australia, the UK, Saudi Arabia and South Africa. It will be available on our intranet and internet sites.
A similar booklet entitled Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct is distributed to all US employees and contains additional information on regulations for US government contracts. We provide training on our anti-bribery programme to managers from commercial, procurement, finance, customer support and other functions as well as to marketing staff and other senior managers. On completing the training, employees are required to sign a statement confirming that they will comply with our policies and will report any issues of concern. This training is mandatory for all senior employees and for those employees involved in dealings with marketing advisers.
In 2006 we introduced new online Ethics Awareness training for all UK employees covering "What is Business Ethics and Why is it Important to me?", "Why Following the Law is Not Enough" and "Examples of Ethics in the Workplace". Employees must complete a test at the end of the course to measure understanding. A DVD and classroom training package was used for employees who did not have ready access to a computer. Both training packages were introduced and endorsed by our CEO, Mike Turner.
In the US, all new employees must complete four online ethics training modules. All employees in the US are also required to view an ethics training video every year. Over 33,000 employees completed this annual training.
All BAE Systems’ marketing advisers are subject to rigorous due diligence under our compliance programme, are made aware of our anti-bribery policy and are expected to maintain our ethical standards.
