APPLE蘋果供應(yīng)商行為準則（二）
Dormitory and Dining
Suppliers shall provide workers with clean toilet facilities, access to potable water, and sanitary
food preparation and storage facilities. Worker dormitories provided by the Supplier or a third
party agency shall be clean and safe and provide adequate emergency egress, adequate heat
and ventilation, reasonable personal space, and reasonable entry and exit privileges.
Health and Safety Communication
In order to foster a safe work environment, Suppliers shall provide workers with appropriate
workplace health and safety information and training, including written health and safety
information and warnings, in the primary language of the workers. Suppliers shall post, in the
primary language of its workers, Material Safety Data Sheets for any hazardous or toxic
substances used in the workplace and properly train workers who will come into contact with
such substances in the workplace.
Worker Health and Safety Committees
Suppliers are encouraged to initiate and support worker health and safety committees to
enhance ongoing health and safety education and to encourage worker input regarding health
and safety issues in the workplace.
Environmental Impact
At Apple, environmental considerations are an integral part of our business practices. Suppliers
shall commit to reducing the environmental impact of their designs, manufacturing processes,
and waste emissions.
Hazardous Substance Management and Restrictions
Suppliers shall comply with the most recent version of Apple’s Regulated Substances
Specification, 069-0135 and with any applicable laws and regulations prohibiting or restricting
the use or handling of specific substances. To ensure safe handling, movement, storage,
recycling, reuse, and disposal, Suppliers shall identify and manage substances that pose a
hazard if released to the environment and comply with applicable labeling laws and
regulations for recycling and disposal.
Solid Waste Management
Suppliers shall manage and dispose of non-hazardous solid waste generated from operations
as required by applicable laws and regulations.
Wastewater and Stormwater Management
Suppliers shall monitor, control, and treat wastewater generated from operations before
discharge as required by applicable laws and regulations. Supplier shall take appropriate
precautions to prevent contamination of stormwater runoff from its facilities.
Air Emissions Management
Supplier shall characterize, monitor, control and treat air emissions of volatile organic
chemicals, aerosols, corrosives, particulates, ozone depleting chemicals, and combustion byproducts
generated from operations, as required by applicable laws and regulations, before
discharge.
Environmental Permits and Reporting
Suppliers must obtain, maintain, and keep current all required environmental permits (e.g.
discharge monitoring) and registrations and follow the operational and reporting requirements
of such permits.
Pollution Prevention and Resource Reduction
Suppliers must endeavor to reduce or eliminate solid waste, wastewater and air emissions,
including energy-related indirect air emissions, by implementing appropriate conservation
measures in their production, maintenance and facilities processes, and by recycling, re-using,
or substituting materials.
Ethics
Suppliers must be committed to the highest standards of ethical conduct when dealing with
workers, suppliers, and customers.
Business Integrity
Corruption, extortion, and embezzlement, in any form, are strictly prohibited. Suppliers shall
not violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), any international anti-corruption
conventions, and applicable anti-corruption laws and regulations of the countries in which they
operate, and shall not engage in corruption, extortion or embezzlement in any form.
Suppliers shall not offer or accept bribes or other means to obtain an undue or improper
advantage.
Suppliers must uphold fair business standards in advertising, sales, and competition.
Disclosure of Information
Suppliers must accurately record and disclose information regarding their business activities,
structure, financial situation, and performance in accordance with applicable laws and
regulations and prevailing industry practices.
Whistleblower Protection and Anonymous Complaints
Suppliers shall create programs to ensure the protection of Supplier and worker whistleblower
confidentiality and prohibit retaliation against workers who participate in such programs in
good faith or refuse an order that is in violation of the Apple Supplier Code of Conduct.
Suppliers shall provide an anonymous complaint mechanism for workers to report workplace
grievances in accordance with local laws and regulations.
Community Engagement
Suppliers are encouraged to engage the community to help foster social and economic
development and to contribute to the sustainability of the communities in which they operate.
Protection of Intellectual Property
Suppliers must respect intellectual property rights; safeguard customer information; and
transfer of technology and know-how must be done in a manner that protects intellectual
property rights.
Management Commitment
Suppliers must adopt or establish a management system designed to ensure compliance with
this Code and applicable laws and regulations, identify and mitigate related operational risks,
and facilitate continuous improvement. ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, Eco Management and Audit
System (EMAS) may be useful resources. The management commitment should contain the
following elements:
Company Statement
A corporate social and environmental responsibility statement affirming the Supplier’s
commitment to compliance and continual improvement, to be posted in the primary local
language at all of the Supplier’s worksites.
Management Accountability and Responsibility
Clearly identified company representatives responsible for ensuring implementation and
periodic review of the status of the Supplier’s management systems.
Risk Assessment and Management
A process to identify environmental, health and safety, business ethics, labor, human
rights, and legal compliance risks associated with their operations, determine the
relative significance of each risk, and implement appropriate procedures and physical
controls to ensure compliance and control the identified risks. Risk assessments for
health and safety must include warehouse and storage facilities, plant and facility
support equipment, laboratories and test areas, bathrooms, kitchens, cafeterias, and
worker housing.
Performance Objectives with Implementation Plans and Measures
Written standards, performance objectives, targets, and implementation plans, including
a periodic assessment of the Supplier’s performance against those objectives.
Audits and Assessments
Periodic self-evaluations to ensure that the Supplier, its subcontractors and its next-tier
Suppliers are complying with this Code and with applicable laws and regulations.
Documentation and Records
Supplier shall have processes to identify, monitor, and understand applicable laws and
regulations and the additional requirements imposed by this Code. Supplier shall obtain,
maintain and keep current a valid business license as required by applicable laws and
regulations.
Creation of documents and records to ensure regulatory compliance and conformity to this
Code, with appropriate confidentiality measures to protect privacy.
Training and Communication
Programs for training managers and workers to implement the Supplier’s policies and
procedures and fulfill Supplier’s improvement objectives.
A process for communicating clear and accurate information about the Supplier’s performance,
practices, and expectations to its workers, suppliers, and customers.
Worker Feedback and Participation
An ongoing process to obtain feedback on processes and practices related to this Code and to
foster continuous improvement.
Corrective Action Process
A process for timely correction of any deficiencies identified by an internal or external audit,
assessment, inspection, investigation, or review.
References
Apple consulted the following references in preparing this Code.
Eco Management & Audit System
www.quality.co.uk/emas.htm
Electronic Industry Code of Conduct
http://www.eicc.info/EICC CODE.htm
Ethical Trading Initiative
www.ethicaltrade.org/
ILO Code of Practice in Safety and Health
www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework/cops/english/download/e000013.pdf
ILO International Labor Standards
www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/norm/whatare/fundam/index.htm
ISO 14001
www.iso.org
National Fire Protection Agency
www.nfpa.org/catalog/home/AboutNFPA/index.asp
OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
www.oecd.org
OHSAS 18001
www.bsi-global.com/index.xalter
SA 8000
www.cepaa.org/
SAI
www.sa-intl.org
United Nations Convention Against Corruption
www.unodc.org/unodc/en/crime_convention_corruption.html
United Nations Global Compact
www.unglobalcompact.org
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
UN Norms on the Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations and other Business Enterprises with Regard to Human
Rights
www.ohchr.org
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