The Company’s Ethics Committee is formed by a multidisciplinary and independent collegiate body, with the responsibility of regulating operations and creating subcommittees or local representations, in the case of units and branches located in different cities. This regulation must be submitted to the Board of Directors for approval.
The main duties of the Ethics Committee include:
- Permanently assessing the relevance and pertinence of this Code, suggesting any necessary changes;
- Proposing the necessary actions to strengthen its disclosure and dissemination;
- Responding to queries made to the Committee and analyzing complaints received in order to propose appropriate measures;
- Evaluating the application of the Code by Managers and proposing measures to correct deviations;
- Issuing communications to the Company on matters of general interest, seeking to consolidate conducts compatible with the values of GTFoods and this Code;
- Directly investigating the most serious cases, taking the result to the Company’s Board of Directors with the recommendation of appropriate measures, under the terms of the law and internal regulations;
- Analyzing and deciding on cases that are not covered by this Code
