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d. Anti-Boycott Policy e. Reporting Violations
In the United States, Congress has promulgated All employees and parties associated with SEKO are
laws and regulations that makes it illegal for any U.S. responsible for compliance with this Code of Conduct. In
Citizen or American based business (incorporated the area of ethics, legality and propriety, all parties have
and unincorporated) to participate in any foreign an obligation to SEKO to be alert to possible violations
boycott not sanctioned by the U.S. Government. of the Code of Conduct in any business transaction and
In addition to prohibiting all unsanctioned foreign are encouraged to report such violations promptly to
boycotts, it is also illegal to engage in the following: SEKO Corporate Ethics, in writing, to the following email:
ethics@sekologistics.com
• Agreeing to refuse or actual refusal to do business Employees and all other parties representing SEKO
with or in Israel, or with blacklisted companies.
will also be expected to cooperate in any type of
• Agreeing to or actually discriminating against investigation. In addition, any Employee, Partner,
other persons based on their race, religion, sex, and/or Agent who is convicted of a felony, should make
national origin or nationality. this known to SEKO Corporate Ethics (unless otherwise
• Agreeing to furnish or actually furnishing prohibited or protected by law from doing so).
information about business relationships with In all cases when there is questionable activity
or in Israel, or with blacklisted companies. involving the Code of Conduct, or other misconduct,
an investigation will be conducted to determine
• Agreements to furnish or actual furnishing
of information about the race, religion, sex, appropriate action. Whenever possible, SEKO will
or national origin of another person. keep confidential the identity of all employees and
other parties. SEKO’s Confidentiality Policy will keep
confidential all information about or against whom
The U.S. has a strong interest in ensuring that
U.S. Citizens and U.S. businesses are not helping allegations of violations are brought, until it has been
to effectuate foreign policies that are contrary to determined that a violation has occurred. Similarly,
U.S. policies. Therefore, all SEKO employees, and whenever possible, SEKO will keep confidential the
representatives must refrain from participating in identity of anyone reporting a possible violation.
any unsanctioned foreign boycott. Violations of U.S. Retaliation against any employee for reporting a
anti-boycott will not only result in the termination of suspected violation is strictly prohibited.
relations with SEKO, but may also be subjected to
criminal penalties.

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