SOCIAL RESPONSABILITY
AND SUSTAINABILITY
REPORT
2018
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2017 saw the completion of the process of implementing
and reviewing the Crime Prevention
Model, spearheaded primarily by the Compliance
Unit.
PRISA’s Compliance Unit is ultimately entrusted
with the interpretation of the Code of Ethics and
the Internal Code of Conduct (RIC) and must resolve
any doubts or questions that arise with regard
to their application and content.
CODE OF ETHICS
PRISA’s Code of Ethics encompasses a range of
principles and rules of conduct that govern the
actions of the companies that form part of Grupo
PRISA and its professionals (members of the
governing bodies, managers, workers, trainees
and interns – regardless of the legal form of their
employment or service, their rank, geographical or
functional location or the specific Group company
they provide services for) in order to ensure ethical
and responsible conduct in their business activity.
The Code sets out general ethical principles (such
as human rights and civil liberties, professional
development, equal opportunities, non-discrimination
and respect for people, health and safety
at work, as well as environmental protection) and
general rules of conduct relating to:
• Regulatory compliance and integrity of professional
conduct.
• Use of resources for the performance of professional
activity.
• Conflicts of interests among professionals, and
customer relations with the Group.
• External activity of professionals and competition.
This has been reinforced with the Policy for the
Protection of Competition, approved by the company
in 2017.
• Internal control and prevention of corruption. This
has been reinforced with the Anti-Corruption Policy
approved by the company in 2017, and the
Gifts Policy and the Policy for the Prevention of
Money Laundering, both approved by the company
in 2016.
• Corporate image and reputation.
• Relations with other stakeholders.
Professionals subject to the Code should raise
any issues or queries regarding the Code to their
immediate superior or their Human Resources
Department, who must address them.
The Code of Ethics, available in Spanish, English
and Portuguese, has been communicated and
disseminated among all Group employees to
whom it applies. In 2017, the Communications
Department of PRISA carried out, under the supervision
of the Compliance Unit, a plan for internal
communications of the Code, covering its
basic principles and other important information.
In particular, there was a focus this past year on
how to behave on social media, data protection,
conflicts of interest, antitrust and anti-corruption.
The Code of Ethics is permanently available on
the corporate website www.PRISA.com and the
global intranet of the Group,Toyoutome
ETHICAL CODE
Ethical Code of Group PRISA, approved by the Board of Directors of Promotora de Informaciones,
S.A. (PRISA) on December 18, 2015.