Business Ethics and Code of Conduct for Suppliers

Aselsan Konya as we expect from all our suppliers; is to adopt the rules of business ethics and behavior in this text, to implement them in working environments, and to share them with all employees to ensure that their employees pay due attention to these rules.

1. LEGAL PRACTICES

In their commercial activities, the suppliers act in accordance with the provisions of the contract signed together with all applicable legislation.

Competition Law

Suppliers do not engage in anti-competitive business or transactions. They do business in full compliance with the provisions of the legislation regulating their fields of activity.

Bribery and Corruption

Suppliers do not bribe, pay or offer anything of value to institutions, organizations or natural persons, or accept anything given for this purpose from institutions, organizations or individuals. Suppliers do not tolerate bribery and corruption in any way and act consistently and sensitively in these matters.

2. WORKING CONDITIONS

Discrimination

suppliers; in all employment-related decisions such as hiring, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, training, compulsory dismissal, termination of employment; They cannot discriminate based on language, race, color, gender, disability, political thought, philosophical belief, religion, sect, and similar reasons.

Compensation and Remuneration

The wages paid by the suppliers to their employees, overtime or all wage-related benefits must be equal to or more than the amounts determined according to the applicable Labor Law and other relevant legislation.

Forced Labor

Suppliers use only voluntary labor and employ personnel willing to work of their own free will. It does not threaten or force its personnel to work, make false claims, or use force through any other form of coercion.

Child and Young Workforce

Suppliers must not employ persons under the age of 15 who have not completed compulsory education, unless a higher age limit is specified in the legislation. However , suppliers cannot employ children and young workers under the age of eighteen in industrial works at night.

Working hours

Suppliers act in accordance with the applicable legislation on issues related to working order, particularly working hours and overtime.

Basic Human Rights

Suppliers respect the dignity, privacy, freedom of expression and rights of each individual.

Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining

Suppliers recognize the rights of their employees to organize and collective bargaining in accordance with the law, and cannot discriminate or pressure their employees for joining such legal organizations or unions.

Prevention of Harassment

Suppliers do not allow any violation of the immunity of employees in the workplace or any place where they are due to work through physical, sexual, psychological or emotional harassment, and they do not tolerate such events or behaviors contrary to the law and ethical rules in any way. Suppliers do not ignore the harassment of employees, do not take protective, encouraging and facilitating actions and practices, and take measures to prevent the occurrence of psychological harassment.

3. CODE OF ETHICS

Basic Principles

Suppliers conduct all their activities in line with the following basic principles:

• Reflecting the values of honesty and integrity to the work,
• Being humble, respectful and in mutual understanding,
• Consistency and clarity of actions and discourses,
• Working with the goal of cost awareness (waste avoidance) and efficiency,
• Meeting customer needs in the best way possible,
• Working in accordance with the mission and with the aim of achieving the vision,
• Avoiding behaviors that will damage corporate identity and reputation,
• Complying with the relevant legislative regulations in their work,
• Continuous improvement of competencies and service quality,
• Adoption of corporate belonging and corporate spirit,
• Encouraging creativity, different ideas, common mind, team spirit, flexible thinking and behaving in the face of events,
• Conducting activities in a way that does not harm the environment,
• To comply with the regulations to protect occupational health and safety and to take the necessary measures.

Protection of Confidentiality and Trade Secrets

It keeps the documents, commercial or technical information obtained from Aselsan Konya by the suppliers on the basis of confidentiality.

Suppliers accept all confidential documents, designs, projects, information and information that they have or will have about aselsankonya as company secret and do not disclose or make available to third parties in any way or form, unless otherwise stated in the contracts.

Suppliers keep all information, methods or ideas, practices, inventions, designs, products or similar that are not yet known in the field of industry confidential, without the written approval of aselsankonya and never share them with third parties unless permitted by contracts.

Conflict of Interest

Suppliers avoid actions that create incompatibility, unfair competition or conflict of interest with Aselsan Konya, and do not use Aselsan Konya's assets such as information, documents and all kinds of infrastructure support for their own benefit in order to gain benefits.

Business Records

Suppliers create, record and store all business-related information accurately, in full compliance with applicable regulatory requirements. They are honest and candid in meetings with representatives of regulatory agencies or institutions and official authorities. In addition, they do not make any forgery and non-compliance in documents (quality, training, production, etc.) needed for the continuity of the company.

Relations with Third Parties

Suppliers evaluate and select the organizations, dealers, business partners, suppliers and representatives with which they will make agreements, in a way that will provide the best service to their customers, by prioritizing the interests of Aselsan Konya, and in accordance with the principles of transparency, impartiality and equality.

Giving and Receiving Gifts

Except for commercial traditions and promotional materials and gifts such as pens, calendars, etc., which do not exceed one-fourth of the minimum wage, gifts and assets that give the impression of the existence of an irregularity, that may cause a dependency relationship or that may be perceived as such, are not sent or accepted by the supplier.

Escrow Assets

In line with the needs, the suppliers include molds, hand tools, equipment, sub-materials etc. entrusted to them by aselsankonya for production or testing purposes. They protect such assets and take the necessary measures to prevent them from being used for personal purposes or personal interests of third parties other than aselsankonya services.

Material Usage

Suppliers never use counterfeit/copy materials, faulty/defective materials and chemicals with expired shelf life. All additional costs, losses or penalties incurred due to the use of these materials are reimbursed by the relevant suppliers.

Social Media Usage

Suppliers, on social media, disturb, harass, discriminate, defame, humiliate any person or group based on race, ethnic or national origin, gender or sexual identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability and any legally protected status. Do not post false or threatening messages.

Supply chain

Suppliers comply with the principle of non-discrimination in the selection of suppliers they will work with and in the attitude towards suppliers, and makes reasonable efforts to ensure that their suppliers comply with all these Codes of Ethics.

4. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

suppliers; They comply with the legal regulations in the field of Occupational Health and Safety, and comply with the occupational health and safety responsibility of their employees and visitors. By implementing an effective occupational health and safety management system, they create safe and healthy working environments, control the hazards that their employees and visitors may be exposed to, and take the best possible precautions against accidents and workplace-related diseases. By providing training opportunities to their employees, they ensure that they are trained on occupational health and safety measures and that they implement the determined measures.

5. ENVIRONMENT

Suppliers are aware of their social responsibility to protect the environment and actively establish or use an environmental management system in line with international standards. They regularly follow and comply with environmental legislation. They provide continuous improvement in order to minimize the pollution of the environment and protect the environment, and they spread this awareness to all their employees.

BUSINESS ETHICS PRACTICE PRINCIPLES

Aselsan Konya may inspect its suppliers' compliance with business ethics rules or may assign a third party to perform this control. aselsankonya reserves the right to terminate its relationship with its supplier immediately without compensation in case of any violation of these rules.

Aselsan Konya may request the removal of any supplier's employee who acts in violation of the Supplier Code of Business Ethics and Conduct and the law or in a way that contradicts these rules, or may terminate all cooperation with the relevant supplier.