Ethical Business Policy

Skin & Tonic is committed to the highest standards of ethical conduct and integrity in its business activities in the UK and overseas.

This policy outlines our position on prohibiting and preventing bribery, fraud, dishonesty, and illegal activity of which we takes a zero-tolerance approach. To ensure this, we are committed to implementing effective measures to prevent, monitor and eliminate the aforementioned.

This policy applies to all our employees, and to temporary workers, consultants, contractors, acting for, or on behalf of us within the UK and overseas, including suppliers and distributors. Every employee and associated person acting for, or on behalf of us are responsible for maintaining the highest standards of business conduct. Any breach of this policy is likely to constitute a serious disciplinary, contractual and criminal matter for the individual concerned and may cause serious damage to our reputation and standing.

In compliance with statutory legislations and to embed commitment to integrity and honesty we will not sanction the following:

• Give or offer any payment, gift, hospitality or other benefit in the expectation that a business advantage will be received, or to reward any business received.
• Accept any offer from a third party that is known or suspected to be made with the expectation that we will provide a business advantage for their business or anyone else.
• Give or offer any payment to a Government official in any country to facilitate or speed up a routine or necessary procedure.
• Tangible assets and intangible assets such as computer systems, bespoke processes, software, intellectual property, trade secrets and confidential information shall not be used for unauthorised or unlawful purposes or for personal gain.
• Engage in any business practice which is unethical or amounts to unfair competition.
• Unlawfully or inadvertently acquire, use or disclose to any third party any proprietary information or intellectual property of another party.
• Engage in any activity or business practice whether unilaterally or in conjunction with any other party which is in breach of any applicable competition and/or anti-trust law in the relevant jurisdiction.
• Unlawfully induce any party to breach a contract with any third party.
• Make false statements about a competitor’s products and/or services.