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MANDATORY CONTENTS
1.5 Po
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The Company encourages employees to
participate in public activities as responsible
citizens. However, HTC employees are
prohibited from engaging in political activities on
behalf of HTC. The Company is not allowed to
donate or engage the political activities in most
global operations. Therefore, employees must
be aware of that their involvements are on an
individual basis, and no contribution or donation
to political candidates or parties can be made
under the company name. Furthermore,
employees must not organize or hold any
speeches or activities connected to political
activities on Company premises.
2.0 VENDERS/SUPPLIERS AND CUSTOMERS
RELATIONSHIP
It is a basic principle in Company business
operations to maintain a good relationship with our
venders/suppliers and customers.
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In securing and negotiating business, all
employees should attempt to establish long-
term relationships with our customers and
venders/suppliers by providing essential and
accurate information about our products and
services. Employees shall demonstrate their
professionalism with a sincere, firm, and rational
attitude while dealing with customers or
venders/suppliers. Conflicts caused by
emotional languages or behaviors are strictly
prohibited.
2.2 Produ
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The Company is committed to pursue
excellence and maintain quality at all times.
The Company strives to improve the quality of
products and service in compliance with the
related safety regulations/laws in order to
benefit our customers and venders/suppliers
and achieve world-class competitiveness. To
maintain HTC's valuable reputation and the
benefits to our customers and
venders/suppliers, all employees must comply
with our quality processes and safety
requirements.
2.3 P
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Con
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Company contracts must be executed not only
in accordance with the requirements of each
contract, but also in compliance with all the
laws and regulations applicable to our
business. Any unfair or unreasonable
regulation or condition should be avoided.
Purchasing decisions must be made in the best
interests of HTC by considering the venders'
/suppliers' suitability, quality, price, and delivery
of products or services; any personal
preferences are not allowed for special offers.
Purchasing agreements/sales contracts and
related evaluation information should be
X
2. Documents, databases, or other related
materials to any computer programs or any
development stages thereof;
3. Discoveries, concepts, ideas, designs,
sketches, engineering drawings,
specifications, circuit layouts, circuit diagrams,
mechanical drawings, flow charts, production
processes, procedures, models, molds,
samples, components, trouble shooting
guides, chips and other know-how;
4. Proprietary information of any third party (such
as customers or venders/suppliers) that the
Company has a duty of confidentiality
pursuant to contracts or required by any
applicable laws.
1.3 Pro
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Copyrights, patents, trade marks/secrets, the
terms of license agreements and any kind of
intellectual property are under protection by
related laws or regulations; violations are strictly
prohibited. The Company's assets are not
limited to physical equipment and facilities only,
but also include technologies, trademarks, and
other invisible concepts & confidential
information. The utilization of company assets is
for business matters and should be maintained,
updated, and recorded properly and regularly.
This is also applicable to the use of employee
personal data. Those who are dealing with
employee data shall consider the business
matters and employees' privacy as well. The
only exception that permits the revelation of
employees' personal data is where such
disclosure is required by government laws.
1.4 Equ
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Oppor
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:
HTC's Employment Policy is to comply with all
applicable laws. Hiring decisions are based on
HTC's business needs and the qualifications of
applicants, and HTC strives to provide equal
employment opportunities for all applicants and
employees without regard to non-job-related
factors, such as race, color, social class,
language, religion, political affiliation, national
origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status,
appearance, disability, previous union
membership etc.
Everyone must be treated with dignity and
respect. This principle applies to all areas of
employment, including, but not limited to,
recruitment, hiring, training, promotion,
compensation, benefits, transfer, and social and
recreational programs. All employees should be
responsible for the data accuracy and quality in
any type of report in all aspects of their daily
work. Any intention of misleading or incorrect
data is not acceptable and may cause
disciplinary action.
MANDATORY CO NTENTS