Our principles guide us to perform at our best and deliver the best outcomes.
Building Compliance Systems (BCS) is committed to operating under the principles and guidance of the UN Global Compact. We value and respect our responsibility as a business to enact these principles across all levels of our operations. These principles underpin our ethos and the way we work. We will continue to work hard to establish a culture of integrity, ensuring that we not only meet the commitments we make to our customers and partners, but also our basic responsibilities to people and planet.
The Ten Principles of The UN Global Compact
The Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact sets out a principles-based approach to doing business. This means operating in ways that meet fundamental responsibilities in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. The Ten Principles are derived from: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, The International Labour Organization’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, and The United Nations Convention Against Corruption.
Principle 1 | HUMAN RIGHTS
Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights; and |
Principle 2 | make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses. |
Principle 3 | LABOUR
Businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining; |
Principle 4 | the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour; |
Principle 5 | the effective abolition of child labour; and |
Principle 6 | the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation. |
Principle 7 | ENVIRONMENT
Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges; |
Principle 8 | undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility; and |
Principle 9 | encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies. |
Principle 10 | ANTI-CORRUPTION
Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery. |
BCS is committed to embracing, supporting and enacting, within our sphere of influence, this set of core values in our business. We are committed to continuing our education in practicing responsible business across all areas of our operations.
This policy reflects Building Compliance System’s commitment to ensure to the best of our ability that there is no modern slavery in any part of our business operations. We are committed to acting ethically and with integrity in all business dealings and relationships, and where possible, to ensure modern slavery is not taking place in our own business or supply chain.
As part of our contracting processes, we will include specific prohibitions against the use of forced, compulsory or trafficked labour, or anyone held in slavery or servitude.
Our business also expects its service providers, suppliers and contractors to share our commitment to act lawfully and ethically and to work to ensure that modern slavery is not taking place within its organisation or within its supply chain.
BCS is committed to providing a safe, flexible and respectful environment for staff and clients free from all forms of discrimination, bullying and sexual harassment.
All BCS staff are required to treat others with dignity, courtesy and respect.
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