My role as a manager
As a manager, you contribute not only to the Group’s performance, but you also assure the well-being of your team.
You inspire your employees by your exemplary behavior, and create the trust necessary to encourage their questions : you regularly let your team members know that you are listening to them, reminding them that retaliation against an employee who, in good faith, makes an alert about a possible violation of this Code is not tolerated.
Regarding people under my responsibility
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o I make sure that they know and respect the values, principles and prescriptions defined by the Michelin Group, including this Code.
o I point out the content of this Code that is most relevant to their activity.
o I lead by example; by not hesitating, if necessary, to share my questions, or to report inappropriate behavior.
Support
- Accountability: when an employee tells me about an ethical concern, I ask them beforehand if they have used the questioning procedure in the Code. If not, I go through it with them.
- I make sure that they respect the applicable laws and regulations.
- If doubt remains about a situation, I make sure that the experts referenced in this Code are contacted to provide an answer (refer to the section “Whom to Contact” at the end of each page).
- I make sure that no one is subjected to retaliation of any form for reporting in good faith an inappropriate situation or for raising a question.
- I make sure that any ethical concerns or alerts are transmitted to the Ethics Line so that they can be recorded and treated quickly and efficiently.
Protection of whistleblowers
Using the Ethics Line allows you to make an alert anonymously if need be, confidentially and securely.
If you are not certain that an alert is appropriate in a given situation, first consult this Code or discuss with the Region Compliance Officer before reporting it on the Ethics Line. It will allow you to learn how the situation is viewed and will help ensure that it is treated appropriately.
Other reporting channels exist within the Group: the Personnel Department, the Anticipation Prevention and Protection Department, the legal function, your manager or any other manager, the health department, the Region Compliance Officer.
The Group has created and put at your disposal the Group Whistleblowing Procedure which provides a transparent, detailed description of how Michelin collects and processes alerts, and of the people involved, accessible on the Ethics Line website or on the Group website.
The Group Chief Compliance Officer is accountable of the functioning of the whistleblowing system.
No matter what method of alert is used, no one is permitted to take retaliatory action against an employee who, in good faith, has reported a possible violation of this Code, of the law, or of Michelin’s principles and prescriptions.
Any employee who believes they are the subject of retaliation must report it using this same procedure.
More information: Michelin Group Ethics Line.