Business Gratuities

Business Gratuities

Business gratuities, which include anything of value, such as gifts, meals, or entertainment, can strengthen working relationships with our business partners. We avoid even the appearance of making business decisions based on business gratuities. We are committed to winning business on the quality of our products and solutions. We would always rather lose the business than secure it through an improper payment.

OUR ESSENTIAL COMMITMENTS

• We do not give or ask for business gratuities to make the other person feel obligated to do something in return

• We limit giving or receiving business gratuities to what is reasonable and appropriate under the circumstances and avoid frequent gifts to or from the same person or company, consistent with our Code and Business Gratuities Policy

• We make sure that any business gratuity given or received complies with our Business Gratuities Policy, and we obtain approval, when required, by completing the Business Gratuities Disclosure Form

• We do not offer, promise, make, or authorize the giving of anything of value to a government official that is inconsistent with our Code and Anti-Corruption Policy

• If we make charitable donations, we do so in accordance with K-C policy to support legitimate charitable causes, not as part of an exchange of favors

This information is excerpted from the Kimberly-Clark Code of Conduct. The Kimberly-Clark Code of Conduct is posted on our external website and can be shared freely with suppliers and others.