NFSI CODE OF DISCIPLINECODE OF CONDUCT APPLICATION OF RULES
COMPANY INTEREST
Level
Frequency
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
1. Doing unauthorized work or unofficial work during official working hours.
C
3S
7S
15S
D
2. Posting unauthorized notices within Company premises.
C
3S
7S
15S
D
3. Unnecessary disturbance or interruption of functions, gathering or meetings authorized by the Company.
C
3S
7S
15S
D
4. Distributing written or printed matters unfavorable or detrimental to the interest of the company.
D
7S
15
D
5. Selling or distributing merchandise or other goods inside the Company premises during authorized work hours causing disturbance to the job performance of others.
D
7S
15
D
6. Unauthorized collection of contributions from fellow employees.
D
7S
15
D
7. Engaging in any business that may bring real or potential conflict of interest and/or withholding of the information about any such business being engaged in by any of the relatives of the employee up to the second (2nd) degree of consanguinity or affinity during the course of employment with NUTEC.
E
15S
D
8. Falsification of Company records whether intentional or unintentional, or any other documents in which the Company has interest to.
E
15S
D
9. Gambling within the Company premises.
E
15S
D
10. Giving gifts and/or executing programs for suppliers/customers without proper approval of such from the necessary authorities.
E
15S
D
11. Non-disclosure of affiliation with any personal or immediate family member’s involvement in a business related to agrochemical, environmental health and animal health.
E
15S
D
12. Non-disclosure of businesses and investments in any entity that may indirectly or directly compete with the Company.
E
15S
D
13. Offering or accepting anything of value for a job or a favorable condition of employment.
E
15S
D
14. Unauthorized use of Company name to obtain personal benefits.
E
15S
D
15. Abusive behavior or language which threatens and/or interferes with supervision.
F
D
16. Deliberately restricting the conduct of responsibilities or inducing or encouraging other employees to do so, directly affecting the company’s business operations.
F
D
17. Engaging in another occupation/business that directly or indirectly affect the business of the company of the performance of an employee’s responsibilities.
F
D
18. Holding meetings or caucuses on company time (office hours) and/or in its premises without previous consent of the President and CEO or such officer duly-authorized by the President and CEO.
F
D
19. Making statements tending to destroy or lower the reputation or the good image of the Company and/or the Management of the Company.
F
D
20. Selling of product samples and/or commercial stocks intended for sample purposes.
F
D
21. Withholding information that is necessary for the efficient functioning and decision-making of Company authorities.
F
D
1. Loss of Company equipment due to negligence with cost amount not exceeding P1,000.00.
A
VW
WW
3S
7S
15S
D
2. Not wearing the prescribed company uniform.
A
VW
WW
3S
7S
15S
D
3. Loss of Company equipment due to negligence with cost amount not exceeding P10,000.00.
C
3S
7S
15S
D
4. Removing, erasing, changing, smearing, or tampering with any posters, bulletin or notices posted by the Company.
C
3S
7S
15S
D
5. Loss of Company equipment due to negligence with cost amount not exceeding P50,000.00.
D
7S
15S
D
6. Writing on, smearing or defacing any wall, bulletin board, furniture, equipment, or other property of the company.
D
7S
15S
D
7. Loss of Company equipment due to negligence with cost amount exceeding P50,000.00.
E
15S
D
8. Unauthorized possession or use of Company property; unauthorized substitution of Company materials, supplies, tools or equipment with another.
E
15S
D
9. Bringing out of Company records/files (whether in hard or soft copy) without due consent of the Executive Vice President and President & CEO.
F
D
10. Damage of property/properties belonging to the Company, fellow employees or visitors regardless of whether the damage arises from willful intent or negligence in whatsoever from or manner.
F
D
11. Disclosure or giving out of confidential information, articles or business secrets to unauthorized persons.
F
D
12. Failure to observe proper maintenance/protocol of repairs for all company issued paraphernalia resulting to devaluation/loss/destruction or shorter life of company properties.
F
D
13. Sabotage in whatsoever form or manner, destruction or stoppage of Company machines or operations without justifiable reasons resulting to financial losses or liabilities to the Company.
F
D
14. Unauthorized possession or removal of Company properties or personal effects of other employees, customers or visitors.
F
D
15. Unauthorized use of Company properties, facilities and equipment.
F
D
16. Unauthorized withdrawal of stocks from the distributors/warehouse.
F
D
17. Unauthorized withdrawal or deliberate negligence in the safekeeping of Company records or documents, or gross negligence resulting in the loss of records or documents in which the Company has interest to.
F
D
HEALTH & HYGIENE
Level
Frequency
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
1. Failure to maintain personal hygiene and cleanliness while working.
C
3S
7S
15S
D
2. Failure to undergo/cooperate during unannounced random or company-wide drug test activity as required by the Company.
C
3S
7S
15S
D
3. Littering within the office, warehouse premises or work stations.
C
3S
7S
15S
D
4. Failure to be physically examined and cleared by the Company Physician or Nurse-on-duty or any authorized Health Practitioner before reporting to work.
D
7S
15S
D
5. Failure to go to the Clinic/Hospital when instructed to do so.
D
7S
15S
D
6. Failure to undergo annual physical examination as required by the Company.
D
7S
15S
D
7. Failure to inform Management or concealment of the affliction of any communicable/contagious disease that presents a clear danger to the health of fellow employees.
E
15S
D
8. Smoking, in whatever form, within Company premises.
E
15S
D
9. Spitting, urinating, or performing other unhealthy or unsanitary acts in places not designated for these activities.
E
15S
D
10. Failure to report to Management about the infliction of an incurable or contagious disease of self and/or any employee reporting for work.
F
D
11. Reporting for work while afflicted with an incurable or contagious disease and without supporting medical clearance
F
D
INSUBORDINATION
Level
Frequency
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
1. Failure to receive and answer communication/memo.
C
3S
7S
15S
D
2. Failure to submit reports without justifiable reason/s.
D
7S
15S
D
3. Challenging superior in an arrogant manner.
F
D
4. Failure to follow the company’s procedures and regulations, and other standard policies of the company resulting to company losses.
F
D
5. Gross neglect of duty resulting to losses of whatever kind to the Company.
F
D
6. The deliberate and willful refusal to obey orders and instructions as well as company policies.
F
D
7. Leaving work assignmentor work premisses during working hours without proper notice
C
3S
6S
D
8. Failure of the managers or supervisors, who has knowledge of any violations of company rules, to take steps to prevent and/or report the same
A
VW
WW
3S
7S
15S
D
9. Failure to disregard of company policies and procedure without valid reason
C
3S
6S
D
INTEGRITY
Level
Frequency
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
1. Malingering or pretending to be sick as an excuse to be absent from work, or not to perform an assigned task, or for any other personal reason/s.
D
7S
15S
D
2. Accepting of bribes or other personal favors in exchange for preference for other personal favors, or for better consideration of suppliers or other entities with which the Company has official or business relations.
F
D
3. Concealing evidence/s that nay be relevant to an investigation or possible investigation.
F
D
4. Giving false testimony or introduction/submission of falsified evidence/s in any Company investigation on violations of company rules and policies.
F
D
5. Intentional submission of falsified/ padded sales and collection records to achieve targets/commissions.
F
D
6. Lying
F
D
7. Offering or accepting anything of value as favor in exchange for a job, work assignment, work location or favorable work condition.
F
D
8. Submission of fraudulent attendance records of farmer’s meetings, and the like, and/or submission of altered receipts for reimbursement and for other related purposes.
F
D
9. Unauthorized disbursements of company funds.
F
D
OTHER PERSONS
Level
Frequency
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
1. Attempting to inflict bodily injury on another person or provoking or instigating a fight anytime within the Company premises or during any Company-sponsored activities.
E
15S
D
2. Deliberate abuse of status, power or discretion by a superior.
E
15S
D
3. Implicating co-employees in an offense by planting evidence for the purpose of concealing offenses or of misleading an investigation.
E
15S
D
4. Threatening or intimidating, coercing or harassing a fellow employee to do an unlawful act by the use of position, power or by force.
E
15S
D
5. Fighting or inflicting bodily harm or injury to another person; threatening, provoking, or instigating a fight within Company premises including locations where Company-sponsored activities are held.
F
D
6. Injury to persons whether committed willfully or arising from negligence.
F
D
7. Malicious imputation of a crime, vice, or defect, or any act tending to cause dishonor or contempt to the company or any of its officers and employees.
F
D
8. Publicly displayed disrespect for a superior
F
D
9. Rumor-mongering, unnecessary disclosure of somebody else’s personal affairs to others, or deliberate distortion of facts or statements in such a way as to enhance one’s status or reputation, or discredit, embarrass, or endanger another employee’s or the Company’s name and/or honor.
F
D
10. Sexual harassment of any kind, whether through careless or deliberate statements and actions.
F
D
11. Threatening another, directly or indirectly with the infliction of any weapon upon the person or his property.
F
D
PUBLIC MORALS
Level
Frequency
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
1. Participating in loud and heated verbal arguments during official working hours and/or within the Company premises.
D
7S
15S
D
2. Utterance of profane or obscene language in the presence of others while inside the company premises.
D
7S
15S
D
3. Committing acts of immorality and lasciviousness.
F
D
4. Inappropriate Behavior
B
WW
3S
7S
D
5. Possessing or posting pornographic pictures, caricatures or drawings.
F
D
SAFETY AND SECURITY
Level
Frequency
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
1. Failure to abide with any safety rules and regulations NOT RESULTING to injury to person, damage to property, loss of production time or equipment downtime.
C
3S
7S
15S
D
2. Unauthorized taking of pictures or video of work areas inside the company’s premises, without permission, that may expose the company’s trade secrets
C
3S
7S
15S
D
3. Allowing unauthorized hitch hikers or passengers in the Company vehicle for fraudulent and/or monetary gain purposes.
D
7S
15S
D
4. Not wearing the prescribed safety gear or personal protective equipment (PPE).
D
7S
15S
D
5. Tampering/removal of warranty seals of Company equipment or tools.
D
7S
15S
D
6. Unauthorized opening of and/or attempting to open another person’s locker, drawer or cabinet or Company’s offices, stock rooms, vaults, cash boxes, etc.
D
7S
15S
D
7. Using, removing, or tampering with property tags or safety signage without authorization.
D
7S
15S
D
8. Any violation of safety and health rules and regulations resulting to any damage to property or injury to co- employees, loss of production time or equipment downtime.
E
15S
D
9. Employee in possession of or attempting to bring into the premises alcoholic beverages without permission.
E
15S
D
10. Failure to comply with established procedures on the operation of any of the machines.
E
15S
D
11. Failure to report accidents incurred and damages to company property.
E
15S
D
12. Failure to report violations of any/all provisions of this Code committed by another employee/other employees.
E
15S
D
13. Lending one’s ID card to another and/or borrowing the ID Card of another for fraudulent reasons.
E
15S
D
14. Not cooperating with regular/random security procedures i.e. 1) refusal to submit for inspection of any belongings; 2) refusal to undergo body search; 3) refusal to submit vehicles for inspection.
E
15S
D
15. Reckless driving of Company vehicle resulting to injury to self and others or loss or damage to Company property.
E
15S
D
16. Unauthorized entry to restricted areas.
E
15S
D
17. Assisting or allowing unauthorized persons to enter the Company premises or any restricted areas without permission from proper Officers as authorized by the Company.
F
D
18. Commission of any criminal act or engaging in any illegal activity while inside the Company premises at any time or even outside id under company time.
F
D
19. Conviction of a crime penalized by imprisonment even if the crime was committed outside Company premises not related to Company operations.
F
D
20. Drinking any alcoholic beverage within the Company premises and/or on Company time, except on occasions and in locations authorized by the Management.
F
D
21. Employee caught in possession, distribution, and/or use of habit-forming drugs and its paraphernalia prohibited by law inside Company premises.
F
D
22. Entering/bringing into the company premises and/or reporting to work under the influence of liquor, narcotics, and other prohibited drugs.
F
D
23. Theft or any kind of pilferage
F
D
24. Unauthorized bringing out or leaking confidential documents that are trade secrets of the Company.
F
D
25. Unauthorized possession of, or concealing any deadly weapons or firearm, explosives or anything that may be used as deadly weapon at any time within Company premises, except when authorized by proper authorities.
F
D
26. Unauthorized use of pyrotechnics and bringing, possessing or concealing inflammable or combustible materials inside the Company premises.
F
D
27. Unauthorized using, removing, or tampering of fire protection equipment for purposes other than firefighting.
F
D
TIMEKEEPING & ATTENDANCE
Level
Frequency
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
1. Failure to file an application for leave (emergency leave) using the standard form, after being absent from work with permission, immediately upon returning to work.
A
VW
WW
3S
7S
15S
D
2. Failure to file an Application for Leave using the standard form, at least one (1) day prior to the actual day of absence from work.
A
VW
WW
3S
7S
15S
D
3. Failure to file an application for Under Time using the standard form, at the latest, one (1) day after the actual Under Time.
A
VW
WW
3S
7S
15S
D
4. Failure to login/logout for three (3) times a month.
A
VW
WW
3S
7S
15S
D
5. Unauthorized overtime work.
A
VW
WW
3S
7S
15S
D
6. Tardiness- reporting late for work for three (3) times a month.
A
VW
WW
3S
7S
15S
D
7. Absence of one (1) day without permission from immediate superior except in cases of accidents and other emergencies beyond the control of the employee.
B
WW
3S
7S
15S
D
8. Wasting time in any other way during official working hours, whether at or away from assigned work place (loafing, extending break periods, idle, chatting, online games, extended phone calls, etc.)
B
WW
3S
7S
15S
D
9. Failure to report for or render actual overtime work after having agreed to do so.
C
3S
7S
15S
D
10. Logging in and out for another employee and letting another employee login/logout for you.
C
3S
7S
15S
D
11. Loitering or leaving workplace during working time without justification or authority.
C
3S
7S
15S
D
12. Failure to seek permission to work under time at least within the hour prior to the intended time to leave the workplace earlier than the official knock-off time.
D
7S
15S
D
13. Sleeping during working hours.
D
7S
15S
D
14. Unexcused absence for three (3) consecutive days.
D
7S
15S
D
15. Unexcused absence for five (5) consecutive days.
E
15S
D
16. Unexcused absences for more than five (5) consecutive days up to ten (10) days, which may already be considered as Abandonment of Work.
F
D
