Principles of our Business Conduct
Our Values
KraussMaffei operates internationally and works in accordance with national and international laws and competition rules in the respective markets. As part of our Code of Compliance and Ethics, we have defined principles for our business conduct that must guide our employees and business partners acting on behalf of the KraussMaffei Group.
The external KraussMaffei Compliance Officer is a central complaints office for non-compliant business practices within the KraussMaffei Group. The lawyer Dr. Andreas Minkoff from the Munich law firm “FEIGEN / GRAF Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB” was appointed as the external compliance officer to provide a protected communication channel. Employees and third parties can contact this neutral body in confidence and, if they wish, anonymously if they observe improper business practices at KraussMaffei.
(Anonymous) Compliance Whistleblower System for Business Partners of the KraussMaffei Group and Employees of the Corporation
The external compliance officer is available to you verbally in German and English and, by arrangement within the firm, also in Spanish, Russian, Italian and French. In other languages, please submit a written description of the compliance violation.
External Compliance Officer
Dr. Andreas Minkoff
FEIGEN / GRAF Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB
Maximiliansplatz 14
80333 Munich
+49 89 3576906-00
+49 89 3576906-99
minkoff@feigen-graf.de
Free telephone number of the external compliance officer (also for anonymous reports):
- Worldwide (except USA): +800 0 5647687 or 00 800 0 5647687
- USA: (+1) 800 959 6509
Procedure
The external Compliance Officer receives the report and confirms receipt of the report to the whistleblower within seven days at the latest.
The external Compliance Officer checks the validity of the report received, in particular whether there are sufficient indications of a violation of laws or the KraussMaffei Code of Compliance and Ethics. He or she will maintain contact with the whistleblower - as far as possible - and request further information if necessary. At the request of the whistleblower, a personal meeting is also possible. If there are sufficient indications of such a violation, the Compliance Officer shall forward the facts of the case to the Group Compliance Officer of KraussMaffei in a permissible form (agreed with the whistleblower) for further investigation.
If there are sufficient indications of such a violation, KraussMaffei will conduct a detailed investigation of the facts. The entire investigation is carried out in compliance with the relevant laws, data protection and taking into account the interests of all parties involved; it is conducted neutrally and objectively in compliance with the presumption of innocence. If the report concerns specific persons, they will be informed of the report (in anonymized form if necessary) and given the opportunity to comment. In particular, the investigation will also examine which measures are suitable, necessary and appropriate in the individual case in order to punish any violations identified and to counteract the risk of such violations in the future. The investigation of the facts is carried out centrally at KraussMaffei; however, the original responsibility for responding to identified violations remains with the respective KraussMaffei Group companies. It may therefore be necessary to pass on information (if necessary in anonymized form) in connection with the report to the responsible persons at these Group companies.
Insofar as internal inquiries or investigations are not affected and the rights of the persons who are the subject of a report or who are named in the report are not impaired, feedback will be provided to the whistleblower within the statutory period, usually within 3 months.