Speak With Compliance
At KARL STORZ, we’re committed to maintaining a safe, ethical, and lawful workplace. If you ever see or suspect something that doesn’t feel right, whether it’s unsafe behavior, unethical actions, or violations of our policies and procedures, you can report it through our Compliance Hotline.
You can share your concerns confidentially and anonymously, anytime—24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
We take every report seriously, investigate thoroughly, and strictly prohibit retaliation against anyone who reaches out in good faith with a concern. Thank you for helping us uphold our values and do what’s right, for KARL STORZ and everyone who relies on us.
What does “Speak With Compliance” mean?
Speaking with Compliance encourages a proactive, transparent environment, where employees and business partners feel safe to raise issues.
Employees and business partners should feel empowered to reach out to Compliance when there are questions or concerns about policies, procedures, or ethical dilemmas without fear of retaliation.
Open communication is central to Compliance. It fosters trust and strengthens our ethical culture. A helpful phrase to remember is “When in doubt, reach out!”
Ideally we would hope that you feel able to first bring your concerns forward to your manager, Human Resources, Compliance, or other management. However, we recognize that there may be circumstances when you are not comfortable in doing so. It is for these circumstances that we created this tool where you may report your concerns through a completely confidential reporting option.
You should contact the Compliance Hotline by phone or online when you see, know or suspect something is unsafe, unethical or unlawful. Open and honest communications are encouraged and supported.
We want to ensure that we have open channels of communication and that our conduct meets the highest legal and ethical standards, and we can only do that if people have the courage and commitment to come forward.
We all have the right to work in a positive environment. With that right comes the responsibility of acting in an ethical manner and letting the appropriate people know if someone is not acting appropriately. By working together, we can maintain a healthy and productive environment. Corporate misconduct can threaten the livelihood of an entire company.
The NAVEX EthicsPoint system is designed for employees, customers or partners to report any violation of our stated Code of Conduct, or another concern you may have.
Reports are entered directly to a NAVEX secure server to prevent any possible breach in security. NAVEX makes these reports available only to specific individuals within the Compliance Department who are charged with evaluating the report, based on the type of violation and location of the incident. Each of these report recipients has had training in keeping these reports in the utmost confidence.