PURPOSE
The purpose of UTIKAD Code of Conduct is to determine the professional ethical rules that UTIKAD members undertake to comply with in their commercial and non-commercial relations with each other, non-UTIKAD member companies and all other stakeholders.
SCOPE
All members of UTIKAD are expected to know UTIKAD Code of Conduct and to comply with these rules in all their activities.
CODE OF CONDUCT
UTIKAD members accept, declare and undertake to continue their activities within the framework of the principle of honesty by aiming to create an environment of trust and not to depart from accuracy.
UTIKAD members accept, declare and undertake to adhere to their promises in their activities, to fulfill their responsibilities in the best way, to provide reliable service and not to engage in attitudes and behaviors that may harm the reputation of their profession, to be attentive to protect personal data and confidential business information within the scope of the Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data.
UTIKAD members accept, declare and undertake that they will respect the customers they serve during their activities, the stakeholders whose services they benefit from and their rights.
- Fairness and Conflicts of Interest
UTIKAD members accept, declare and undertake to carry out their activities without discrimination based on religion, language, race and gender, to act with the principle of equity, to protect the interests of their stakeholders fairly during their activities and to prevent conflicts of interest.
UTIKAD members accept, declare and undertake that they will comply with all national and international rules, principles regulating their activities, especially the Constitution of the Republic of Türkiye, avoid conflicts of interest, respect intellectual property rights and comply with UTIKAD Standard Trading Conditions for Freight Forwarding and Logistics Services.
- Environmental Consciousness
UTIKAD members accept, declare and undertake that they will take all measures to protect the environment in their activities and pay attention to the consumption of resources.
UTİKAD members accept, declare and undertake to comply with the Law No. 4054 on the Protection of Competition and other legislation regulating competition during their activities, not to engage in behaviors that will lead to unfair competition in the industry, not to share information and trade secrets that may create disadvantages for companies in terms of competition with third parties.
- Commitment to the Vision and Mission of the Association
UTIKAD members accept, declare and undertake to continue their activities in line with the Vision and Mission of UTIKAD.
By becoming a member of UTIKAD, we undertake that we accept UTIKAD Code of Conduct and that we will comply with these rules.