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Phillips Infrastructure Holdings / PIH / Code of Ethics and Business Conduct
Acquiring Business Intelligence Information about competitors is a valuable asset in today’s competitive business environment. When collecting business intelligence, employees, and others who are working on our behalf, must always live up
Do What’s Right
• Obtain competitive information only through legal and ethical means, never through misrepresentation. • Respect the obligations of others to keep competitive information confidential.
to the highest ethical standards. We must never engage in fraud,
misrepresentation, or deception to obtain information. Nor should we use invasive technology to “spy” on others. We also need to be careful when accepting information from third parties. You should know and trust their sources and be sure the knowledge they provide is not protected by trade secret laws, non-disclosure, or confidentiality agreements. While we employ former employees of competitors, we recognize and respect the obligations of those employees not to use or disclose the confidential information of their former employers.
Be Aware Of
• Retaining papers or computer records from prior employers in violation of laws or contracts. • Using anyone else’s confidential information without appropriate approvals. • Using job interviews as a way of collecting confidential information about competitors or others. • Receiving suggestions from third parties for new products, product features, or services when the source of the original idea is not fully known.
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