Harassment Environment

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It is the policy of Superior Industries to maintain to the fullest extent possible, a working environment free from offensive or degrading remarks or conduct. Such behavior includes inappropriate remarks or actions about the employee’s disability, age, gender, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), familial status, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, genetic information or other classification protected by applicable law. Offensive behavior prohibited by this policy also includes requests to engage in illegal or unethical conduct.

One specific illegal behavior is sexual harassment, which is defined in the policy on sexual harassment.

Complaint Procedure

Any person who feels he or she is being subjected to harassing or offensive behavior of any kind from another employee, by a supervisor or a management person, by a visitor or vendor, or by any other person with whom he or she encounters in the course of employment, whether the opposite sex or the same sex, should feel free to object to the behavior and should also promptly report the behavior to his or her immediate supervisor, the department head, or Human Resources. Go directly to Human Resources if your complaint pertains to your supervisor or department head, or it is simply more comfortable to do so. It is not necessary for the employee who feels that he or she is the subject of offensive behavior to handle it by himself or herself. Complaints of harassment will be investigated promptly and as completely as possible. The appropriate response and/or action based on an investigation of sexual or other type of harassment will differ with each set of facts, and each situation will be handled as directly as possible. Upon completion of the investigation, corrective measures will be taken, if necessary. Employees should understand that this policy applies to each and every member of the Company. Superior Industries strictly prohibits retaliation against any person who makes a complaint under this policy, participates in an investigation into a complaint under this policy, or is associated with any person who makes a complaint under this policy. Any employee found to have engaged in prohibited harassment or to have retaliated against an individual for complaining of harassment, participating in an investigation, or being associated with a person who makes a complaint under this policy will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including immediate termination.