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Company Property and Facilities
Company property, facilities or physical resources may not be used for solicitation or
distribution activities which are not related to an employee’s services to the Company.
Employees may not solicit any other employee during working time, nor may employees
distribute literature in work areas at any time. Under no circumstances may an employee
disturb the work of others to solicit or distribute literature to them during their working
time. Persons not employed by the Company may not solicit Company employees for any
purposes on Company premises. This paragraph is in no way meant to limit employees’
rights under the NLRA.
Any employee found to be engaging in, or attempting, theft of any property of the
Company, including documents, equipment, intellectual property, personal property of
other employees, cash or any other items of value will be subject to termination and
criminal prosecution to the fullest extent of the law. All employees have a responsibility
to report any theft or attempted theft to the Company’s management, as theft,
carelessness and waste have a direct impact on the Company’s profitability.
Unless otherwise prohibited by an employee’s manager, reasonable incidental use of a
Company telephone, computer or other equipment is permitted.
Trademarks, Service Marks and Copyrights
Trademarks and service marks—words, slogans, symbols, logos or other devices used to
identify a particular source of goods or services—are important business tools and
valuable assets which require care in their use and treatment. No employee may
negotiate or enter into any agreement regarding the Company’s trademarks, service
marks or logos without first consulting the Legal Department. The Company also
respects the trademark rights of others and any proposed name of a new product,
financial instrument or service intended to be sold or rendered to customers must be
submitted to the Legal Department for clearance prior to its adoption and use. Similarly,
using the trademark or service mark of another company, even one with whom our
Company has a business relationship, always requires clearance or approval by our Legal
Department, to ensure that the use of that other company’s mark is proper.
Employees must avoid the unauthorized use of copyrighted materials of others and
should confer with the Legal Department if they have any questions regarding the
permissibility of photocopying, excerpting, electronically copying or otherwise using
copyrighted materials. In addition, simply because material is available for copying, such
as matter downloaded from the Internet, does not mean that it is automatically
permissible to copy or recirculate (by, for example, email or posting to an intranet
facility). All copies of work that is authorized to be made available for ultimate
distribution to the public, including all machine-readable works such as computer
software, must bear the prescribed form of copyright notice. This section in no way
prohibits protected activity under Section 7 of the NLRA.