HUMAN RESOURCE POLICY OF BHARTH AIRTEL
OBJECTIVE
The Company is committed to maintaining the highest standard of conduct and professionalism and towards this end has formulated a policy that will provide clarity about the method and process for stakeholders to voice genuine concerns about unprofessional conduct in breach of this Code. This policy should be read in conjunction with Bharti'sCode of Conduct.
This policy aims to: * Provide an independent forum by means of the Office of the Ombudsperson, for employees and external stakeholders of the company to raise concerns and complaints about improper practices which are in breach of the Bharti Code of Conduct. * Put in place a fair and equitable inquiry process and redressal mechanism * Reassure employees and other stakeholders raising the concerns, that each one will be fully protected against possible reprisals, intimidation, coercive action, dismissal, demotion or victimization when a serious and genuine concern of apparent unprofessional conduct has been made in good faith
Scope of policy * This policy is applicable to all employees of the Bharti Group, and to all other stakeholders interacting with the Bharti Group. It allows those individual employees and other stakeholders to raise concerns, issues or information of acts or conduct that are in breach of the company's Code of Conduct.
This policy provides advice and guidance on the procedures to be followed.
who can raise concerns? * Any employee - be it full-time, part-time or associate employee - or external stakeholder (e.g. strategic partners, vendors, suppliers, contractors) who observes unprofessional behaviour can approach the Ombudsperson to voice his or her concerns. The complainant may be either an observer who is not directly impacted, or a victim who is directly or indirectly affected by such practices.