The purpose of the Ethical code is to observe generally recognized ethical principles and apply them in accordance with the corporate values of METROPROJEKT Praha a.s., to develop positive relationships with customers and business partners and to refrain from any action that would be in conflict with legal regulations or ethical principles with an emphasis on elimination or reducing the risk of criminal liability, namely in all actions of responsible persons, employees and partners of METROPROJEKT Praha a.s.
Statement by METROPROJEKT Praha a.s. on the Act on Criminal Liability of Legal Entities and Proceedings Against Them:
We, the undersigned members of the board of directors, are in the interest of METROPROJEKT Praha a.s. (hereinafter referred to as "the company"), its employees and business partners have decided to make the following statement on behalf of the company in connection with the existing Compliance program:
Article 1
Basic statement
(1) The company hereby declares a clear interest, which is the performance of activities with a high degree of respect to legal regulations and ethical principles and the rejection of any forms of criminal activity.
(2) All responsible persons [1] and company employees comply with the legal order of the Czech Republic and the company's internal standards.
(3) The company has an existing and constantly updated Compliance program to prevent criminal liability.
Article 2
Compliance program
(1) The company's compliance program was created for the purpose of preventing criminal activity and setting up the company's management and control system.
(2) The compliance program can be considered as a system of continuous prevention of the company's criminal liability.
(3) The company's compliance program is regularly evaluated and updated.
(4) The top document of the company's Compliance program is the Ethical code with all its annexes, which is binding for all responsible persons and employees of the company.
Article 3
Prevention of criminal liability
(1) The company makes every effort to prevent actions of natural persons that could be attributed to it according to the Act on Criminal Liability of Legal Entities.
(2) The company provides with a control mechanism with the ability to receive timely information about illegal activities.
Ing. Vladimir Seidl
President of Board of Directors
Ing. David Krása
Vice-President of Board of Directors
Ing. Petr Vyskočil
Vice-President of Board of Directors
Ing. Katerina Šipková
Member of the Board of Directors
[1] According to the provisions of Section 8, Paragraph 1 of the Act on Criminal Liability of Legal Entities, a responsible person is defined as 1) a statutory body or a member of a company's statutory body, or another person who is authorized to act on behalf of the company; 2) the person who performs management or control activities at the company; 3) the person who exercises a decisive influence on the management of the company, if his actions were at least one of the conditions for the occurrence of the consequence establishing the criminal liability of the company.
