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| > | Our Commitment | |||||
By upholding the highest standards of integrity in our business practices around the world, we do our part to foster a fair and competitive marketplace. We compete vigorously, but fairly, for our business. We will not engage in or support unfair business practices, such as disparaging competitors and their services or misrepresenting the facts. |
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| > | Choosing Business Partners | |||||
We will protect our reputation by avoiding business relationships with any company or person who intentionally violates the law. Nor will we hire a third party to perform any acts prohibited by law or by our Code of Business Conduct. Careful consideration must be given to the clients, agents, consultants and alliances with which our company becomes affiliated. Employees are responsible for familiarizing themselves, to the extent appropriate, with the background, reputation and standards of conduct of our clients, potential clients, and other companies or people that we engage to act on our behalf or otherwise do business with. |
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| > | Fair Competition | |||||
We will comply with antitrust and competition laws—laws that relate to, among other things, price discrimination, price fixing and monopolies—throughout the world. In all of our business dealings we will: |
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| > | Compete vigorously, and with integrity. | |||||
| > | Avoid discussing our fees or any matter affecting our fees with competitors, with a view toward price or fee fixing. |
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| > | Engage in accurate and truthful marketing and advertising. Deliberately misleading messages, omission of important facts or false claims about our company or our competitors are never acceptable. |
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| > | External Business Practices | |||||
| Anti-Bribery | ||||||
The United States is one of 34 countries that adhere to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions. Most countries in which we operate are party to this agreement, which requires them to adopt laws prohibiting bribery of government officials in any country and to maintain accurate books and records. We will comply with these laws as well as any other anti-bribery laws that apply in the countries in which we do business. We will not, directly or indirectly through another party, offer or make any corrupt payments to government officials, including employees of state-owned enterprises and candidates for political office. These requirements apply to all of our directors, executive officers, partners, employees, consultants and other agents, no matter where they are doing business. |
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| Boycotts and Trade | ||||||
We will comply with anti-boycott laws that prohibit our company from participating in—and require us to report to the authorities any request to participate in—an international boycott (i.e., a boycott of a country or businesses within a country). If you receive such a request, report it to the Chief Legal Officer. We also will not engage in business with any government, entity, organization or individual where doing so is prohibited by applicable law. |
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| > | Truth in Marketing | |||||
Our clients and candidates depend on us to be absolutely honest about our qualifications, our capabilities and competencies, the goals of a search, what we say we can do, and how we say we are going to get it done. Any one company can effectively raise standards and respect for its entire industry, or lower them. Heidrick & Struggles chooses to lead the way in improving our industry. |
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