This is the first year that Do’s & Don’ts has participated in the UN Global Compact, Although we are a young organization, we are keen to reaffirm our support of the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact in the areas of Human Rights, Labour, Environment and Anti-Corruption in our operations.
In this annual Communication on Progress, we describe our actions to continually improve the integration of the Global Compact and its principles into our business strategy, culture and daily operations. We also commit to sharing this information with our stakeholders using our primary channels of communication.

Sincerely yours,

Gary W. Dugger
General Director

Human Rights
Principle 1: Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights; and
Principle 2: make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses.

Do’s & Don’ts mission is to ensure that the universal human rights are upheld at all times, not only by the employees but also our stakeholders. In our work contracts, a clause referring to the promotion of human rights is indicated.
We intend to have a reporting, whistleblower system by which people may anonymously make complaints of any human rights abuses taking place within the course of employment. We shall encourage our stakeholders to develop a whistleblowing system.
We also hope to include the principles of human rights in the ethics codes of conducts that we draft for our clients. We shall use our business to encourage other stakeholders to support the UN Global Compact.

So far we have no reports of human rights abuses, however employees are made aware that they are to report to senior management any such incidents.

We ensure that all work contracts comply with the labour law of the land; terms of the contract are explained to the employees so they have clear understanding of what their rights and duties are. They are also aware that they may consult with the Human Resources officer for any other queries related to their employment at the company.

We intend to include within our service proposals and guides, reference to the Global Compact Labour Principles, this way encouraging our clients to adhere to these standards. We shall also include these labour principles in any partnership agreements.

Our business maintains international standards for organizational health and safety in the workplace.
Our premises are kept clean and hygienic.
We have an emergency first aid kit on the premises as well as set procedures to be adhered to under emergency circumstances.
Employees are made aware of health and safety standards expected from them in their work agreement as well as the various notices placed on our noticeboards.

One of the core areas of our business is compliance consultancy related to FCPA compliance, thus anti-corruption measures are a big part of our general work. This year we hope to host a workshop on anticorruption as well as conduct more training on international anti-corruption legislation as part of our services.