Impartiality

Stazione Sperimentale del Vetro has adopted a code of ethics that defines, among others, the principles and behavior that every employee must adopt to ensure impartiality and independence of judgment. Every year, a “Plan for the Prevention of Corruption and Transparency” is prepared and approved by the Board of Directors, which includes impartiality of judgment among possible corruption risks.

Stazione Sperimentale del Vetro has also established that employees may not perform individual consulting activities, except in cases where this is requested by a Court of the Republic as a CTU.

In the case of inspection activities performed according to specific protocols, SSV undertakes to avoid overlap between consulting and inspection activities.

Confidentiality

Stazione Sperimentale del Vetro has adopted a code of ethics that defines, among others, the principles and behavior that each employee must adopt to ensure confidentiality. Stazione Sperimentale del Vetro considers all information received from a customer as well as the results, judgments and opinions expressed in relation to a specific work to be confidential. Stazione Sperimentale del Vetro undertakes not to make public or share confidential information with third parties, unless explicitly authorized by the client and/or in the case of information made public by the client.

Stazione Sperimentale del Vetro makes explicit in the offer its binding legal commitment in relation to the responsibility for the management of information received or generated in the course of carrying out laboratory activities. It shall also sign and propose, where deemed preferable, Non Disclosure Agreements for the protection of the parties. The manner in which NDAs are handled can be found in Section 7.1. of the Quality Manual.