Customer Code of Conduct
Simple Telecom Pvt. Ltd. (STPL) is committed to the prevailing industry standards and compliance of operational quality, resource protection, information security and data privacy.
This Customer Code of Conduct (“Code”) describes the expectations of Simple Telecom towards its customers. It is a set of guidelines designed to foster a positive, respectful, and safe environment. It outlines customer behaviour, ensuring that interactions remain professional and courteous. By adhering to this code of conduct, customers contribute to a trustworthy and ethical business atmosphere, which can enhance an overall experience and satisfaction.
STPL expects its customers and its group entities with which it conducts business (“Customers”) to ensure they understand this as a framework of essential requirements and apply the necessary level of commitment towards business practices. The core values, which are the guiding force of our approaches, processes, people, policies, principles and technologies - Simplicity, Authenticity, Connectivity, Credibility, Security, Innovation.
Simple Telecom expects its customers to apply commitments towards the following:
1. Legal Compliances
We comply with all legal compliances and expect our customers to comply with all legal compliances of the industry and jurisdiction it operates. The Customer shall maintain and implement procedures for timely correction of any deficiencies or violations identified in legal compliances during assessment, inspection, investigation, or review.
2. Labour and Human Rights
- Discrimination: The Customer shall not discriminate against any worker based on age, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, marital status, race, religion, political affiliation, or union membership, in hiring and other employment practices.
- Bullying: The Customer shall commit to a workplace free of bullying and groupism.
- Sexual harassment: We recommend our Customers to have a POSH policy at their workplace.
- Forced Labor: The Customer shall not resort to a forced or involuntary labor or bonded labors
- Child Labor: The Customer shall employ only workers who meet the legal age of employment in the country of operation. When such age is not defined, it must be considered to be at least 15 years.
- Wages: The Customer shall ensure that all workers receive at least the legally mandated minimum, accurate wages and benefits in a timely manner.
- Safe Place to Work: The Customer will provide its employees or contractors with an environment which meets the highest standards of health and safety regulations or at minimum, local legislation.
- Human Rights: The Customer commits to respect and comply with all applicable civil rights and human rights regulations wherever it operates.
3. Ethics
STPL expects the highest standards of ethical conduct in all its endeavours. The Customer shall always be ethical in every aspect of its business, including relationships, practices, sourcing, and operations.
- Work with Integrity: The Customer shall not engage in corruption, money laundering, extortion, embezzlement, or bribery to obtain an unfair or improper advantage. The Customer shall abide by all applicable anti-corruption laws and regulations of the countries in which it operates.
- Maintain confidentiality: The Customer shall maintain the confidentiality of the information classified as confidential and have the necessary training and awareness to understand the importance of confidentiality.
- Segregation of duties: The Customers shall ensure that they do not create or encourage conflicts of interest involving STPL duties and authorities.
- Protection of Intellectual Property: The Customer should respect intellectual property rights and safeguard knowledge sharing. The Customer shall manage technology and know-how in a manner that protects intellectual property rights.
- Disclosure of Information: The Customer shall accurately record information regarding its business activities, labor, health and safety, and Personally Identified Information (PII). The Customer shall disclose such information without falsification under legal conditions. The PII data shall be disclosed only with the prior consent of the data principal and/or under jurisdiction laws.
- Service Utilization: The utilization of services and facilities by the customer should be in the manner they are intended, without causing damage or disruption.
- Feedback and Complaints: The Customer should provide feedback or lodge complaints constructively and ethically, using the appropriate communication channels as provided by STPL. The Customer should provide leverage for resolutions, where there is dependency or cause cannot be diagnosed easily.
4. Policies
There shall be policies pertaining to information security and privacy information. The Customer should give significant importance to information security in all stages of the information life cycle using information security controls like restricted access, risk-based approach, incident management policies, change management.
5. Health Safety and Wellbeing (HSW) Measures
STPL expects its customers to comply with all applicable laws about HSW including related labor laws and regulations. The Customer shall instruct its employees and contractors to comply with industry best practice safety requirements to prevent injury to a person or loss or damage to property.
6. Environment
STPL is committed to protecting the environment under whatever scope it can. We aim to work with our customers who share our commitment towards protecting the environment wherever possible. The Customer is strongly encouraged to act in an environmentally responsible manner while using the STPL services or facilities. The Customer may demonstrate commitment to protecting and restoring the environment through energy conservation, eco-design, recycling, adequate waste disposal or any other relevant means.
7. Intellectual Property
STPL's intellectual property is an invaluable asset that should be protected at all times. Our intellectual property includes our trademarks, trade names, brands, designs, logos, copyrights, inventions, patents, and trade secrets. A Customer is not permitted to use the intellectual property without the prior written authorization from STPL.
8. Communications
STPL expects its customers to ensure smooth, timely and effective communication which may encompass security event reporting, vulnerability reporting, escalations, emergency preparedness plans and commercial exchanges.
9. General
The Customer acknowledges its compliance with the STPL policies as identified above and further undertakes to notify STPL of any subsequent non-compliance with this code of conduct declaration immediately or as soon as reasonably practical upon the occurrence of the event or becoming aware of the event.