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Standard I-F Standard XII-H
Purpose: Our goal is to establish and maintain a business environment of fairness, ethics and honesty for employees, clients, and anyone else with whom we have a relationship and to prevent fraud, financial loss, damaged reputation and litigation.
Policy: Caring Senior Service will deter, detect and correct misconduct and dishonesty. In concert with federal and state mandates Caring Senior Service shall adhere to whistleblower rights and protection. The discovery, reporting and documentation of fraudulent or illegal acts provides a sound foundation for the protection of innocent parties, the taking of disciplinary action against offenders up to and including dismissal where appropriate, the referral to law enforcement agencies when warranted by the facts, and the recovery of assets by any and all lawful means.
PROCEDURE:
1. For purposes of this policy, misconduct and dishonesty include but are not limited to:
Caring Senior Service specifically prohibits these and any other illegal and inappropriate activities in the actions of its employees, managers, executives, directors and all others responsible for carrying out Caring Senior Service activities.
2. It is the responsibility of every employee, supervisor, manager and executive to immediately report suspected misconduct or dishonesty to the Chief Executive. Managers, when made aware of such potential acts by subordinates, must immediately report such acts to the Chief Executive. Any reprisal against any employee or other reporting individual because that individual, in good faith, reported a violation is strictly forbidden.
3. Due to the important, yet sensitive nature of the suspected violations, effective professional follow up is critical. Managers should not in any circumstances perform any investigative or other follow up steps on their own. Concerned but uninformed managers represent one of the greatest threats to proper incident handling. All relevant matters, including suspected but unproven matters, should be referred immediately to those with follow up responsibility.
4. Employees with supervisory and review responsibilities at any level have additional deterrence and detection duties. Specifically, personnel with supervisory or review authority have three additional responsibilities.
Authority to carry out these three additional responsibilities is often delegated to subordinates. However, accountability for their effectiveness cannot be delegated and will remain with the managers.
5. Investigations, when warranted, will have:
All investigations of alleged wrongdoing will be conducted in accordance with applicable laws and company procedures.
6. Care must be taken in the follow up of suspected misconduct and dishonesty to avoid acting on incorrect or unsupported accusations, to avoid alerting suspected individuals that follow up and investigation is underway, and to avoid making statements, which could adversely affect the company, an employee, or other parties. Accordingly, the general procedures for follow up and investigation of reported incidents are as follows:
7. Investigative or other follow up activity will be carried out without regard to the suspected individual’s position, level or relationship with Caring Senior Service.
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Caring Senior Service Essex County
419 Northfield Avenue
West Orange, NJ, 07052
(973) 737-9960
License# HP0287000
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