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Quick Reference: ABAC DOs AND DON’Ts
DO
✓ Know that Avient prohibits any form of bribery and corruption and does not allow facilitation payments
✓ Be familiar with applicable aspects of our ABAC Policies and communicate them to subordinates and third parties
✓ Ask questions if the Policies or actions required to be taken are unclear
✓ Promptly report violations or suspected violations to your supervisor, the Legal Department or the Ethics Hotline
✓ Know that “value” is not necessarily measured in monetary terms
✓ Know that bribes can include the following:
• Cash and cash equivalents (gift cards or gift certificates)
• Gifts, entertainment and hospitality where there is no clear business purpose or they are in excess of business needs
• Payment of travel expenses or vacations
• Paying a government official to ignore an applicable customs requirement or to accelerate a tax refund
• Personal services, favors, and loans
• Offers of employment or other benefits to a family member or friend of the individual who has influence
• Political party and candidate contributions
• Charitable donations and sponsorships
• Other less obvious items include in-kind contributions, investment opportunities and favorable or steered
subcontracts
✓ Know that the prohibition applies whether an item would benefit the individual directly or another person, such as a
family member, friend or business associate
✓ Keep books, records, and accounts in reasonable detail, and accurately and fairly reflect the transaction
✓ Conduct due diligence on agents, distributors, and other third parties prior to engagement and during the
relationship and obtain Legal Department approval
✓ Properly manage and monitor business activities conducted through third-parties
DON’T
x Offer, promise, pay, or authorize the payment of anything of value to any government official and/or private sector
employees to help Avient obtain or keep business or secure some other improper business advantage.
This prohibition
applies whether the offer or payment is made directly or through another person
x Make misleading, incomplete, or false entries in Avient’s books and records
x Ignore red flags when dealing with third parties
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