Introduction

DQ parts aims to be an ethically responsible company and offers a good working environment for its employees, a profitable company for its owners and a successful partner for its customers and suppliers.

Our code of conducts is structured according to SAI’s certification SA8000 and based on ILO convention, the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on Children’s Rights.

DQ parts and its suppliers shall follow, in all the business, the rules and regulations of each country and this code of conducts.

1.Child labor

DQ parts does not accept any kind of child labor. A child is a person under 15 years provided that the local laws do not have higher age for children to work or to fulfil their schooling. In all developing countries with exceptions according to the ILO convention 138 where the minimum age is 14 years, the lower age will be valid.

2.Forced labor

DQ parts does not accept any kind of forced labor. All work shall be done on one’s own free will according to agreement.

3. Health and safety

DQ parts shall offer the employees a safe and healthy place of work and encourage its suppliers to have the same, with local rules and regulations as  a minimum. The company shall actively work to prevent injuries, accident at work or illness.

4.Freedom of association and right to collective bargaining

DQ parts respects the rights for all employees to join trade unions and bargain collectively. In the case that local members for trade unions contact the staff according to their rules and regulations, DQ parts shall supervise that they are not discriminated.

5.Discrimination

DQ parts shall treat all employees equal and with the same justice and respect no matter what race, caste, origin, religion, handicap, gender, sexual orientation, age union or political affiliation. By all employments, his or her qualifications and capacity will be determining factor concerning promotion, payment, education or expiry of employment.

6.Discipline

No employees shall be exposed to any corporal punishments or mental, physical, verbal or sexual abuses.

7.Working hours

Working hours are to be according to local laws and regulations, however not regularly more than 48 hours per week or totally 60 hours including overtime pay. The employee shall have the right to one day off in every 7-day period.

8.Compensation

Wages shall meet the minimum pay rules for the special task and branch of business according to the rules in respective country. The pay must meet the basic need of workers and their families.

9.Management system

The management of DQ parts is responsible for the implementation and information to all employees regarding their rights, responsibilities and obligations according to these ethical rules. The management is also responsible to document, support and control the work in a structured and correct way by these rules.