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• Discrimination. Making employment-related
decisions based upon a person’s race, color,
gender, national origin, age, religion, citizenship,
disability, medical condition, sexual orientation,
gender identity, gender expression, marital status,
veteran status or other status protected by law.
• Economic sanction. Penalties applied by a country
or group of countries on another country, individual
or entity, typically in an eort to force political or
policy changes by causing negative economic
impacts. Economic sanctions often take the form
of embargoes or other trade barriers, restrictions on
financial transactions, isolation from key markets
or of key industries, asset freezes and travel
restrictions. See also Trade control laws; trade
embargo or restriction.
• Export. Movement of a product, software or
technology from one country to another, either
through physical shipment, electronic transmission
(e.g., via e-mail or download), or visual or oral
disclosure (e.g., via telephone or an in-person
meeting), either to a recipient located in another
country or to a citizen of another country
regardless of where they are located.
• Facilitation payment. Payments made to a
government ocial to secure or expedite the
performance of a routine governmental action
that involves nondiscretionary acts (i.e., acts one
would be entitled to have performed in the due
course absent the payment). Such actions may
include obtaining permits, licenses or other ocial
documents such as visas and work orders. These
payments are also sometimes referred to as
“grease” payments, and are illegal in all countries in
which they are made. Legitimate expediting or other
handling fees provided for under applicable local
law, rule or regulation that are paid to a government
entity rather than a government ocial are not
considered facilitation payments.
• Family member. A spouse, domestic partner
(opposite or same sex), child, stepchild, adopted
child or other child who lives with an individual in a
regular parent-child relationship, parent, stepparent
or relative who has filled the role of parent of the
individual or individual’s spouse or domestic
partner, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother, sister,
grandparent or grandchild, niece, nephew, aunt
and uncle, or any other family member who lives
with an individual or who is otherwise financially
dependent on the individual, or on whom the
individual is financially dependent.
• Gifts or entertainment. Nearly anything of
value provided to or received from a third party
other than a payment for goods or services duly
received, or that is otherwise provided for as a
matter of contract or of law, could be considered
a gift or entertainment. This could include meals,
travel, lodging, tickets to sporting or other events,
reimbursements for the same, discounts or other
similar benefits, prizes, loans, services, use of
vehicles or vacation homes, or favorable terms on
a product or service.
• Good faith. A sincere, honest intention or belief,
regardless of the outcome of an action.
• Government ocial. See Public ocial.
• Harassment. Any unwelcome conduct that has the
purpose (or can be reasonably construed to have
the eect) of creating an intimidating, oensive or
hostile work environment. This can include physical,
written or spoken remarks, videos or pictures, or
other unwelcome conduct that unreasonably
interferes with an individual’s work performance.
• Import. The transfer of goods into a country through
physical or intangible means from a foreign or
external source.
• Improper payment. Any payment made with
corrupt intent, in an eort to obtain or retain
business or some competitive advantage.
“Payment” in this context should be construed
broadly to include provision or oer to provide,
or the funding, facilitation, approval of or
acquiescence in any provision or oer to provide
anything of value to a recipient. Such payments
can take the form of cash or cash equivalents;
reimbursements of expenses; gifts, entertainment
or travel; charitable or political donations; and other
tangible and intangible benefits. See also Bribe.
• Inside information. Material non-public information
about BlackBerry or another company about
which you become aware through your work
at BlackBerry, that would be likely to aect an
investor’s decision to buy, sell or hold securities.
See also Insider trading; tipping.