FairPoint Communications 2010 Annual Report Download - page 172

respect, trust and responsibility. All of our employees should contribute to the creation and maintenance of such an environment and our executive officers and
management and supervisory personnel should take a leadership role in achieving a work environment that meets our diversity standards and is free from the
fear of retribution.
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The Company strives to provide each employee with a safe and healthful work environment. Each employee has a responsibility for maintaining a safe
and healthy workplace for all employees by following safety and health rules and practices and reporting accidents, injuries and unsafe equipment, practices
or conditions.
Violence and threatening behavior are not permitted and the use of illegal drugs or alcohol in the workplace will not be tolerated. Employees should report
to work in condition to perform their duties, free from the influence of illegal drugs or alcohol.
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The purpose of this policy is to set forth and convey the Company’s requirements in managing records, including all recorded information regardless of
medium or characteristics. Records include paper documents, CDs, DVDs, email, computer hard disks, email, floppy disks, microfiche, microfilm or all
other media. The Company requires honest and accurate recording and reporting of information in order to make responsible business decisions.
Many employees, officers and directors regularly use business expense accounts, which must be documented and recorded accurately. If you are not
sure whether a certain expense is legitimate, ask your supervisor or contact the Company’s Controller. Please refer to the Company’s business travel policy for
further information regarding business expenses.
The Company’s responsibilities to its shareholders and the investing public require that all of the Company’s books, records, accounts and financial
statements must be maintained in reasonable detail, must appropriately reflect the Company’s transactions and must conform both to applicable legal
requirements and to the Company’s system of internal controls and generally accepted accounting practices and principles. No one should rationalize or even
consider misrepresenting facts or falsifying records. Unrecorded or “off the books” funds or assets should not be maintained unless permitted by applicable
law or regulation.
Business records and communications often become public, and we should avoid exaggeration, derogatory remarks, guesswork, or inappropriate
characterizations of people and companies that can be misunderstood. This applies equally to e-mail, internal memos, and formal reports. Records should
always be retained or destroyed according to the Company’s record retention policies. No record or document shall be destroyed which is the subject of a
subpoena or other legal process or if there is a reasonable belief that litigation proceedings or government investigative proceedings are likely to occur and it is
anticipated that such record or document is relevant to such proceedings. All employees are expected to comply with all federal, state and industry-specific
record retention rules and requirements as well as the Company’s record retention policies.