CANDIDUS' philosophy

Our overall philosophy is very simple: we treat people like we want to be treated.

To make this clear, we have adopted the Caux Round Table Principles for Business, an excerpt of which appears below:

Customers

We believe in treating all customers with dignity, irrespective of whether they purchase our products and services directly from us or otherwise acquire them in the market. We therefore have a responsibility to:

• provide our customers with the highest quality products and services consistent with their requirements;
• treat our customers fairly in all aspects of our business transactions, including a high level of service and remedies for their dissatisfaction;
• make every effort to ensure that the health and safety of our customers, as well as the quality of their environment, will be sustained or enhanced by our products and services;
• assure respect for human dignity in products offered, marketing, and advertising; and
• respect the integrity of the culture of our customers.

Employees

We believe in the dignity of every employee and in taking employee interests seriously. We therefore have a responsibility to:

• provide jobs and compensation that improve workers' living conditions;
• provide working conditions that respect each employee's health and dignity;
• be honest in communications with employees and open in sharing information, limited only by legal and competitive constraints;
• listen to and, where possible, act on employee suggestions, ideas, requests and complaints;
• engage in good faith negotiations when conflict arises;
• avoid discriminatory practices and guarantee equal treatment and opportunity in areas such as gender, age, race, and religion;
• promote in the business itself the employment of differently abled people in places of work where they can be genuinely useful;
• protect employees from avoidable injury and illness in the workplace;
• encourage and assist employees in developing relevant and transferable skills and knowledge; and
• be sensitive to the serious unemployment problems frequently associated with business decisions, and work with governments, employee groups, other agencies and each other in addressing these dislocations.

Owners / Investors

We believe in honoring the trust our investors place in us. We therefore have a responsibility to:

• apply professional and diligent management in order to secure a fair and competitive return on our owners' investment;
• disclose relevant information to owners/investors subject to legal requirements and competitive constraints;
• conserve, protect, and increase the owners/investors' assets; and
• respect owners/investors' requests, suggestions, complaints, and formal resolutions.

Suppliers

Our relationship with suppliers and subcontractors must be based on mutual respect. We therefore have a responsibility to :

• seek fairness and truthfulness in all our activities, including pricing, licensing, and rights to sell;
• ensure that our business activities are free from coercion and unnecessary litigation;
• foster long-term stability in the supplier relationship in return for value, quality, competitiveness and reliability;
• share information with suppliers and integrate them into our planning processes;
• pay suppliers on time and in accordance with agreed terms of trade; and
• seek, encourage and prefer suppliers and subcontractors whose employment practices respect human dignity.

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