Etics Alert/Whistleblower Form

Corruption :

The act of promising, giving, offering, soliciting, or receiving an undue advantage to influence or obtain a decision. Non-compliance with legal or internal regulations.

Conflicts of Interest:

Refers to situations in which a private or personal interest compromises the objective performance of professional duties to the detriment of the company’s interests.

Fraud:

Refers to deliberate concealment, misappropriation, falsification, or circumvention of company rules with the intent to obtain a benefit for oneself or a third party.

Financial Offenses:

Refers to the execution of illicit financial operations:

  • Using privileged information likely to influence a company’s stock price or wholesale energy prices.
  • Using resources derived from illegal activities to conceal their origin (money laundering).
  • Enabling the financing of terrorist activities.
Competition Law Breaches:

Refers to behaviors intended to prevent, restrict, or distort competition in a market by obstructing competitors’ activities.

International Sanctions and Trade Controls:

Refers to the violation of prohibitions or restrictions on trade imposed by national or international authorities on countries, organizations, or individuals that threaten peace, international security, human rights, or involve technologies with potential civil or military uses.

Harassment – Discrimination:

Refers to:

  • Repeated behavior infringing upon a person’s rights and dignity or impairing their physical and/or mental health (moral harassment), or behavior intended to obtain an unwanted sexual act (sexual harassment).
  • Unfavorable treatment of a person based on origin, gender, age, disability, political or religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or any other criterion defined by law (discrimination).
Human Rights and Personal Protection:

Refers to violations of the economic, social, cultural, and political human rights recognized by international law for every individual, ensuring their fundamental freedoms, health, and safety.

Serious Environmental Damage:

Refers to serious damage caused to the air, atmosphere, water, soil, land, landscapes, natural sites, coastal or marine areas, and biological diversity, as well as the interactions between these elements.

Personal Data Protection:

Violation of regulations designed to protect information that directly or indirectly identifies an individual, as well as the rights of the persons concerned.

Assault:

A violent act committed against any person with the intent to cause harm. Assaults may take three forms: sexual (sexual assault committed against another person), physical (bodily harm intended to injure or humiliate the victim), and verbal (insult, defamation, threat), whether spoken or written.

Request for Advice / Exercising Data Protection Rights:

Requests for information regarding the whistleblowing system, including its operation, reporting topics, handling procedures, the whistleblower protection framework, or requests relating to the exercise of personal data rights (information, access, rectification, deletion, and objection).