We stand for com­mit­ment, lon­ge­vi­ty and thus for secu­ri­ty. The clo­se ties bet­ween the owner fami­ly and the com­pa­nies are reflec­ted in the cor­po­ra­te philosophy.

We have com­ple­te­ly revi­sed our Code of Con­duct (“Code of Con­duct”) with the new edi­ti­on 4.0 in 2022.

New: From now on the­re is only one ver­si­on for cus­to­mers, sup­pliers and employees. The new CoC is avail­ab­le in several languages.

With the new edi­ti­on, we defi­ne the legal and inter­na­tio­nal­ly app­li­ca­ble pro­vi­si­ons, the frame­work of our value and value com­mit­ments for us even more clearly.

The Code of Con­duct ser­ves to set stan­dards for our­sel­ves and our expec­ta­ti­ons of third par­ties with whom we work. For each of us, the Code of Con­duct is a pro­mi­se to our cus­to­mers*, sup­pliers, busi­ness part­ners* and other inte­res­ted parties.

We com­ply with the laws of the coun­tries in which we ope­ra­te. Each employee* is respon­si­ble for com­ply­ing with the app­li­ca­ble laws.

Our Code of Con­duct hel­ps ensu­re that we meet the hig­hest stan­dards by mee­ting the hig­hest expectations.

This poli­cy and the values descri­bed the­r­ein have been deve­lo­ped in col­la­bo­ra­ti­on with our employees* from the various sites and busi­ness units and have been drawn up and for­mu­la­ted in clo­se coope­ra­ti­on with our com­pli­an­ce officers.

It reflects our com­mit­ment and the values of our com­pa­ny: respon­si­bi­li­ty, inte­gri­ty, muta­bi­li­ty, per­for­mance, but abo­ve all appre­cia­ti­on and respect for each individual*!

We see com­mit­ment to our shared values and the actions deri­ved from them as a pre­re­qui­si­te for our inter­na­tio­nal suc­cess. The full inte­gra­ti­on of our Code of Con­duct is cru­cial for our glo­bal­ly ori­en­ted company.

It gives our cus­to­mers* con­fi­dence in our pro­ducts, our ser­vices and our pro­mi­se. Our com­mit­ment ensu­res that we can be proud of our per­for­mance and our per­cep­ti­on as a respon­si­ble and inter­na­tio­nal­ly ori­en­ted company.

The new Code of Con­duct for Cus­to­mers, Employees and Sup­pliers sum­ma­ri­zes our 10 princi­ples that govern our cooperation:

1. Social respon­si­bi­li­ty and sustainability
2. Manage­ment sys­tems / Qua­li­ty assurance
3. Envi­ron­ment and sustainability
4. Labor law princi­ples
   A. Gene­ral
   B. Occup­a­tio­nal health and safe­ty
   C. Smo­king ban and addic­tion pre­ven­ti­on
   D. Employ­ment of fami­ly mem­bers and rela­ti­ves
   E. Employ­ment of for­eig­ners*
   F. Child labor
   G. For­ced labor
5. Busi­ness and tra­de secrets
6. Intel­lec­tu­al and indus­tri­al pro­per­ty rights
7. Dealing with our busi­ness part­ners* and third parties
8. Anti­trust laws
9. Anti-Bri­be­ry and Anti-Cor­rup­ti­on Policy
10. IT secu­ri­ty manage­ment and data protection

Infor­ma­ti­on, reports on ano­ma­lies and sug­ges­ti­ons for impro­ve­ment or opti­miz­a­ti­on, or in the event of suspec­ted vio­la­ti­ons of the law and our inter­nal code of con­duct, as well as feed­back for the opti­miz­a­ti­on of the regulations/guidelines, can be sent to us via the fami­li­ar com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on chan­nels. You are also wel­co­me to send us an e‑mail to the fol­lowing address: compliance@lukad.com

Com­ple­men­ta­ry:

This Code of Con­duct sets out the basic rules, stan­dards and beha­vi­ors requi­red to achie­ve the­se goals.

The Code of Con­duct app­lies to all of us who work in or for LUKAD’s affi­lia­ted com­pa­nies (“Employees”). The­se are the exe­cu­ti­ve bodies, mana­gers, employees (inclu­ding tem­pora­ry workers, etc.) and other employees of LUKAD Hol­ding GmbH & Co. KG. If LUKAD is men­tio­ned in the Code of Con­duct, this refers to all com­pa­nies direct­ly or indi­rect­ly con­trol­led by it.

2. Trust through honest and faith­ful manage­ment of busi­ness — a per­so­nal chal­len­ge and the result of joint efforts.

We can only achie­ve the­se goals if ever­yo­ne invol­ved coope­ra­tes. The Code of Con­duct the­re­fo­re for­mu­la­tes bin­ding requi­re­ments for all employees.

Mana­gers act as role models. They are respon­si­ble for their own con­duct and the con­duct of employees in their area of respon­si­bi­li­ty, as well as for pro­per com­pli­an­ce with all pro­ce­du­res pro­vi­ded the­r­ein to avoid repu­ta­tio­nal and legal risks. They shall take necessa­ry and rea­son­ab­le steps to ensu­re full com­pli­an­ce with the Code of Con­duct in our busi­ness prac­ti­ces and procedures.

All other employees are sup­por­ted in knowing and obser­ving all rele­vant laws and offi­cial regu­la­ti­ons in their work envi­ron­ment. In this con­text, the inter­nal inst­ruc­tions and gui­de­li­nes pro­vi­de essen­ti­al sup­port and orientation.

All employees are requi­red to behave honest­ly and fair­ly in their work envi­ron­ment and to avoid any con­flict bet­ween pri­va­te and busi­ness inte­rests of LUKAD or the inte­rests of our customers.

All employees are stron­gly encou­ra­ged to approach the Com­pli­an­ce Con­ta­ct or their super­vi­sor if they beco­me awa­re that someo­ne may not be beha­ving in accordance with the rules. This can pre­vent small pro­blems from beco­m­ing big ones. No employee who makes a com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on in good faith need fear any dis­ad­van­ta­ge — even if the com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on should turn out to be unfoun­ded. This is the respon­si­bi­li­ty of the com­pa­ny management/the ope­ra­ting par­ties. Com­mu­ni­ca­ti­ons may also be made anonymously.