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In particular, all employees must:use the company assets entrusted to them scrupulously and sparingly;use company property only if expressly authorised, in an appropriate manner and in compliance with the laws and company regulations, for company purposes and for authorised personal use.avoid improper and/or personal use of company assets that may cause damage, reduce efficiency or that are otherwise contrary to the interests of the company.not exploit for personal purposes business opportunities that may arise from the use of company property, information or company roles;With regard to IT applications, all employees shall:strictly adopt the provisions of the Company’s security policies in order not to compromise the functionality and protection of the IT systems;read and accept the provisions of Vimar’s “IT data management”;not browse websites with undignified or offensive content, and which are otherwise not in the interest of the Company or the work activity it carries out;not use company resources to reproduce, display, distribute or store material that violates any trademark, copyright, licence or other intellectual property rights;not copy authorised software onto devices other than the original ones.r) Social MediaWhen using social media, all employees/collaborators shall act with respect for confidentiality, integrity and company loyalty, and refrain from disclosing confidential or false information about Vimar, from posting photos that show the company’s activity and work environments, and avoid making comments that may violate the principles of this Code of Ethics and damage Vimar’s reputation.s) Gifts and gratuitiesVimar requires its employees and collaborators to operate with constant honesty and integrity.The Code of Ethics sets out Vimar’s policy on receiving and offering gifts, gratuities, gifts, hospitality and entertainment (i.e. free goods and services for promotional or public relations purposes, hereinafter jointly referred to as “Gifts”).Vimar accepts that giving and/or accepting Gifts may occur in the ordinary course of business.However, certain gifts (be it given or received by Vimar) may be construed as an effort to gain inappropriate influence or as a conflict of interest, or may be considered an act of bribery and therefore illegal and detrimental to Vimar’s reputation.Vimar, its employees and/or third parties are therefore strictly prohibited from giving, promising, offering, requesting or receiving any Gift that may be of a nature or value that may even potentially be considered excessive or unusual.
