Whistleblower system care

16 | CODE OF CONDUCT November 2021 9. Whistleblower system We care It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, youll do things differently. Warren Buffet Misconduct concers us all. Violations of compliance can cause material damage to our companies and damage the reputation of the WALTER GROUP strongly. For that reason the WALTER GROUP has implemen - ted We care , a high-security web-based communi- cation platform on which employees, business part- ners and third parties can anonymously report infor - mation on suspected illegal and abnormal behaviour. Such as: White-collar crime, corruption Conflicts of interest, breach of trust Theft, fraud, sabotage, betrayal of business and company secrets health and safety standards, environmental protection Employment protection, human rights, discrimination Data protection, data abuse Other offences as well as violations of the Code of Conduct This also applies to our cooperation with third parties in order not to be affected by offences by external partners against the compliance requirements of the WALTER GROUP, Our compliance team checks every report with the departments concerned and determines suitable measures in coordination with the department ma - nagement or the general management if necessary. The identity of the whistleblower is kept strictly confidential. The externally hosted and operated communication platform gives all whistleblowers the security that the sending address (or IP-address) cannot be tracked and that all reports therefore remain anonymous. The executive board of the WALTER GROUP encou- rages all employees to protect the corporate group from grievances and rule violations or to report grievances. https://waltergroup.secureveal.com