1. Internal reporting channel
- We have established an internal reporting channel as required by Act No. 171/2023 Coll., on the protection of whistleblowers (hereinafter referred to as the "Act"). We would be pleased if you would use this channel to notify us of your suspicions of possible breaches related to our company's activities or occurring at our workplaces.
We are committed to ensuring that your reports are assessed securely and impartially. To ensure maximum protection and security for you, the whistleblower, and impartiality in the assessment of your reports, we have implemented an internal reporting channel. Only the persons designated by us as set out in section 2 below have access to information relating to your reports.
- You should only make a report if you have reasonable grounds to believe that it is based on truthful information. You will then be entitled to protection from retaliation to the extent provided by the Act. Conversely, making a knowingly false report may incur a penalty (and the whistleblower protections of the Act do not apply).
- We will deal with your report if you are acting as a
- employee,
- a volunteer, or
- an intern or trainee,
or you have previously been or applied for one of these positions with us in the past.
- We will not deal with the report / We will deal with your report even if you are:
- a self-employed person in another contractual relationship with our company, or
- a person having an equity interest in our company; or
- a member of any body of our company (board of directors, administrative board, supervisory board, managing directors); or
- a person performing tasks in the interest of, on behalf of or for the account of the obligated person, or
- a person administering our trust fund, or
- a person in a contractual relationship with our company (suppliers of goods, services, works, etc.)
or have previously been or have previously sought to enter into any of these contractual relationships or to take on these roles with us.
- We do not investigate anonymous reports. However, your identity as a whistleblower, if it comes to light afterwards, is obliged to be protected by the designated person and by our company.
- The internal reporting channel is not intended for complaints or submissions other than reports under the Act.
2. Designated person / Designated persons
- Your report will be dealt with by an impartial person appointed by us to do so – known as a designated person. The designated person will assess the lawfulness and reasonableness of your report. If the report is reasonable, they will make suggestions to us about how to deal with the situation.
- We have appointed the following persons to receive and assess the validity of the report:
- MARIE OKROUHLÍKOVÁ A DIANA MADARASZOVÁ
- Where more than one person is identified as designated, it is up to them to agree which of them will deal with the report or whether they will deal with the matter jointly.
- In carrying out their activities, the designated persons are bound by confidentiality and must not disclose your identity to anyone unless you wish otherwise. Similarly, they must not disclose any other information that could defeat the purpose of making a report (particularly preventing any breach).
3. Methods of internal reporting
Our internal reporting channel allows for reports to be made in writing, orally or at a personal meeting with the designated person.
- In writing
- You may use the following methods to submit your report in writing
- a secure email: Whistleblowing.TevaCZ@teva.cz,
- a mail piece sent to our corporate office, provided that the mail piece must be prominently marked with the password "Whistleblowing".
- Orally
- Use the secure phone line to make verbal reports. This is not an operator-assisted line: +420 251 007 007, but a line that allows you to submit or record your report.
- You should only use this method of report if you consent to an audio recording being made. If you do not agree to it, submit your report in writing or request a personal meeting with the designated person (this email is not for reports).
- In person
- You may request a personal meeting with the designated person by sending an email to the email address mentioned in section 2.2 above.
- The designated person will propose a date for the personal meeting to take place within 14 days of the request.
- It is possible to meet the designated person in person at the official seat of the Employer.
4. External reporting
- You may also submit a report to the Ministry of Justice or the public authority competent to carry out proceedings under the relevant legislation.
- The procedure for making such reports and the conditions under which they may be made are described, for example, here: https://oznamovatel.justice.cz/vnitrni-oznamovaci-system-ministerstva-spravedlnosti/