Ethics and Governance

Flextronics' commitment to the highest standards of ethics and integrity helps us earn the continued confidence of our employees, investors, customers, vendors and communities. Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics ("Code of Conduct") weaves that commitment into principles, standards and responsibilities that help guide our behavior and decision making. The Code of Conduct prohibits unethical behavior such as conflicts of interest, corruption (kickbacks, bribery, etc), fraud, improper accounting and the improper use of company assets or funds. The Code of Conduct also mandates compliance with the laws of the countries in which we do business, protection of confidential information and intellectual property, the selection of suppliers in accordance with set business criteria, and strict adherence to all public reporting requirements.

The principles and processes covered in our Code of Conduct are executed through our company’s compliance program. In our compliance program, subject matter experts from 14 different areas of legal compliance collaborate across organizations on a programmatic and standardized approach to corporate compliance everywhere we do business. Examples of some of the subject matter areas we cover include: anticorruption, Sarbanes-Oxley, human resources, environmental, health and safety, global trade, and procurement practices. We track the company’s legal compliance performance and report our quarterly progress to our executive management team and the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors.

Anonymous Reporting

The Flextronics Ethics Hotline is available to all employees, suppliers, customers, investors, and other stakeholders anywhere in the world to report suspected violations of the Code of Conduct. Reports can be made either by calling anonymous toll-free hotline or by filing a report on the Internet. The Ethics Hotline is available 24 hours a day, every day of the year in multiple languages. For a list of the toll-free numbers, click here.

The Ethics Hotline allows Flextronics to detect and investigate ethical problems, to manage them responsibly, and to take measures to prevent similar problems in the future. All reports are investigated by our internal audit team working in conjunction with compliance subject matter experts and the company’s legal department, as needed.

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