Ethics and governance

• Key issues 2006/2007
• Living our values
• Our scorecard
• Review 2006
• Case studies
• Objectives 2007

Living our values

A key feature of our values statement is our intention to conduct ourselves with honesty and integrity in all that we do. Our values inform our business principles, which are applicable across AngloGold Ashanti and in all of the countries in which we do business.

AngloGold Ashanti – a responsible and ethical corporate citizen

1. We will comply with all laws, regulations, standards and international conventions which apply to our businesses and to our relationships with our stakeholders. Specifically, AngloGold Ashanti supports the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Fundamental Rights Conventions of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and those principles and values referred to in the United Nations Global Compact.
2. Should laws and regulations be non-existent or inadequate, we will comply with appropriate, proportionate and reasonable international standards.
3. We will fully, accurately and in a timely and verifiable manner, consistently disclose material information about the company and its performance. This will be done in readily understandable language to appropriate regulators, our stakeholders and the public.
4. We will not offer, pay or accept bribes, nor will we condone anti-competitive market practices and we will not tolerate any such activity by our employees.
5. We prohibit our employees from trading shares when they have unpublished, material information concerning the company or its operations.
6. We require our employees to comply with all money handling requirements under applicable law, and we further prohibit them from conducting any illegal money transfers or any form of ‘money laundering’ in the conduct of the company’s business.
7. We will require our employees to perform their duties conscientiously, honestly and in ways that avoid conflict between their personal financial or commercial interests and their responsibilities to the company.
8. We will take all reasonable steps to identify and monitor significant risks to the company and its stakeholders. We will endeavour to safeguard our assets and to detect and prevent fraud. We will do this in a manner consistent with the international human rights agreements and conventions to which we subscribe.
9. We will promote the application of our principles by those with whom we do business. Their willingness to accept these principles will be an important factor in our decision to enter into and remain in such relationships.
10. We are committed to seeking out mutually beneficial, ethical long-term relations with those with whom we do business.
11. We encourage employees to take personal responsibility for ensuring that our conduct complies with our principles. No employee will suffer for raising with management violations of these principles or any other legal or ethical concern. Although employees are encouraged to discuss concerns with their direct managers, they must, in any event, inform the group internal audit manager of these concerns. Mechanisms are in place to anonymously report breaches of this statement of principles.
12. The company will take the necessary steps to ensure that all employees and other stakeholders are informed of these principles.
13. If an employee acts in contravention of these principles, the company will take the appropriate disciplinary action concerning such contravention. This action may, in cases of severe breaches, include termination of employment. In addition, certain contraventions may also result in the commencement of civil proceedings against the employee and the referral of the matter to the appropriate enforcement bodies if criminal proceedings appear warranted.