Permits and licenses, focus of attention in Grupo Coppel’s business integrity program

With a staff of more than 115,000 employees, all hired directly, Coppel Group presented its business integrity program, the reinforcement of which covers several areas, but the vulnerability they detected was in the permits and work licensesTherefore, “the entire management issue is a central and vulnerable focus in everything that has to do with corruption, and that is why we constantly and permanently have a very clear policy in this regard,” he said in an interview. Teresa Cabrera, Legal Director, Compliance and Regulatory Links of Grupo Coppel.

He added that it is increasingly important to eliminate any type of corruptionTherefore, in the company “there is zero tolerance for corruption”; to which are added other issues of the same importance such as the prevention of money laundering, “and beyond the regulatory, it is an obligatory task, to be very aware of the different focuses depending on the activity, it is a fact that no company and of no size it escapes or is susceptible to corruption issues, the important thing is to be clear about this principle that allows you to stand firm in the face of an eventual circumstance of this, in which the position always remains one I do not tolerate this, “he said.

Cabrera explained that there is an anonymous complaint line, “this process begins with an investigation, because we have to be very careful that we really do the same and once the formal investigation of each of these complaints, which arrive, must be detected. that in effect, the act happened, if it proceeds with a collaborator, the sanction is the termination of the employment relationship ”.

Likewise, in the case of suppliers, he said, the contract is terminated, “all depending on the legal actions that are initiated for the act that has been committed, but there must be a consequence. That is why it is zero tolerance for corruption. You cannot have policies that do not live, there have to be consequences and more if it is proven, but we obviously have to be very careful, due to the respect we have for the principle of innocence and the principle and respect for human rights, but it has followed an investigation process and based on that, it is determined ”.

He highlighted that the process of hiring collaborators is carried out with a selection very similar to that of all organizations, but “what the collaborator is clear from the first day he enters is that there is this policy of business integrity that is based on the code of ethics, which signs the code of ethics, adheres to the conduct of the code of ethics and which must be complied with and that if it fails to comply with them, the consequence is, if it is proven, to take legal, civil, criminal action and administrative ”.

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