Employees, business partners, and stakeholders may report whistleblowing concerns (i.e. fraud, corruption or bribery, unauthorized use or misappropriation of company funds, falsification of documents, deliberate misstatements in recording or reporting business transactions, and conflict of interest situations) directly to their immediate head/supervisor, to the Human Resources Division through face to face discussion, emails, or any other communication methods available to employees.

 

Any information provided or discovered in the course of an investigation under the Whistleblowing Policy will be treated as confidential. The Ethics Committee shall treat all reports, including the identity of the whistleblower, the concerned personnel and the subject matter of the report, in a confidential and sensitive manner. The identity of the whistleblower will be kept confidential unless disclosure is required by law.

 

The Whistleblowing Policy strictly prohibits any form of retaliation against Whistleblowing concerns reported in good faith. Making a report in "good faith" means that the individual has provided all the information in that person's possession and he/she has reasonable belief that there has been a possible violation of law ethics, or policy, and a predominantly honest motive.

 

The Corporation reserves the right to take appropriate actions against anyone who initiates or threatens to initiate retaliation against those who have raised concerns under the Policy. Any form of retaliation is a violation of the Policy and must be reported in accordance with the Policy. 

 

The Whistleblowing Policy may be accessed at https://www.megaworldcorp.com/investors/sites/investors/files/2022-08/Megaworld_Whistleblowing%20Policy.pdf.