Who Should Follow These Policies The Spirit & The Letter must be followed by anyone who works for or represents GE.
THIS INCLUDES • GE directors, officers and employees.
• Subsidiaries and controlled affiliates. Entities in which GE owns more than 50 percent of voting rights, or which GE has the right to control, are required to adopt and follow GE compliance policies.
Non-controlled affiliates should be encouraged to adopt and follow GE compliance policies.
GE EMPLOYEES WORKING WITH THIRD PARTIES
such as consultants, agents, sales representatives, distributors and independent contractors must:
• Require these parties to agree to comply with relevant aspects of GE’s compliance policies.
• Provide these parties with education and information about policy requirements.
• Take action, up to and including terminating a contract, after learning that a third party failed to abide by GE’s compliance policies.
Important: This Code and the policies described in it are not an employment contract. GE does not create any contractual rights, express or implied, by issuing the Code or the policies.
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