PREAMBLE
This Code of Conduct establishes guiding principles for ethical, collaborative, and professional engagement by all members and associates of MTaI.
All members are expected to comply with these principles at all times-
- Accountability: We shall honour our commitments, deliver on agreed actions, and strive to contribute proactively to association objectives.
- Respect & Inclusion: We shall treat each other, association staff, and external stakeholders with respect, fostering a culture free of discrimination, harassment, or bias, and embracing diversity and inclusion.
- Transparency in Decision-Making: We will place all our agenda transparently on the table and then let the group decide which of these it will take up and in what priority.
- Contribution: We will volunteer our time and energy for the cause. Will pull our weight.
- Timely Communication: Will make sure that we respond to each other latest in 48 hours. Where a full response is not possible, we will communicate when a full reply can be expected.
- Commitment to Common Goals: Will further the industry agenda agreed upon in the meetings, meeting all deadlines we agree to.
- Ethical Conduct: Will conduct our business ethically and in line with best corporate practices.
- Camaraderie and Collaboration: We will all the time foster a spirit of genuine camaraderie through our trustworthy and gracious behaviour not only towards our members, but also towards MTaI Staff and other bodies. (High intensity, outcome targeted advocacy needs a creative space for well-considered movement forward. Genuine camaraderie, bonhomie and non-combative behaviour helps create such an environment which will continually enable us to move the needle).
- Leadership Development: The association and its members values and promotes opportunities for professional growth and leadership for members at all levels in a supportive and collaborative environment.
- Advocacy and Industry Leadership: As medical technology providers, we will strive to claim our place under the Sun. Will try to be a frontrunner on the path to policy makers, press, Patients and hospitals
- Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption: MTaI is committed to ensuring that all its member companies adhere to applicable Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption laws including the Prevention of Corruption Act, 2018. MTaI and its members have zero tolerance towards bribery or corruption, in any form, directly or indirectly. The following principles shall be mandatorily followed while, conducting any work on behalf of MTaI:
- We shall ensure that all interactions with public, Government, regulatory, judicial, statutory, political party or state officials or health care/ medical practitioners shall be confined to legitimate business objectives authorized by MTaI.
- We shall not offer or give any bribe or anything of value or give any impression of offering or providing any bribe, directly or indirectly through any other party for personal or professional gain.
- For all interactions with medical practitioners on behalf of MTaI, the member companies shall respect the applicable regulations, professional conduct and ethical codes/ guidelines.
- Take sole responsibility for any unauthorized actions that violate anti-bribery laws or/and Anti-Corruption law.
- Competition Law Compliance: MTaI is committed to operating within a fair, competitive, and free-market environment, in full compliance with the Competition Act, 2002. Members are expected to uphold the following standards:
- Compete transparently and independently and not make any agreements formal or otherwise with competitors to fix or set prices or allocate products, markets, territories or customers.
- Not obtain or share with competitors current or future information about price, profit margins or costs, bids, market share, distribution practices, terms of sales, specific customers or vendors.
- Summary Statment: In a nutshell we will claim for medical technology providers an honourable and salubrious place through hard work, concern for all, harmony and integrity.