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This Code of Ethics is based on our firm’s vision and values, and sets out principles of ethical conduct to which the firm is committed and which the firm considers essential for the firm’s existence as an organization in the domains of law and business and an influential factor in the social fabric. Our firm provides fair and professional services to its clients based on personal and professional integrity, and invests efforts to promote values which are important to it as an organization.
Our firm is committed to careful compliance with the provisions of law and professional rules that apply to the firm and its employees. This document adds to those obligations and outlines how these principles are translated into actions and decisions that ensure ethical conduct and a positive effect on the firm and its environment. The firm expects all employees to carefully read the Code of Ethics and become familiar with it, and considers it a compass that directs their proper and ethical conduct.
Human Dignity and Human Rights
The firm recognizes its moral and legal duty to promote fundamental human rights based on the recognition of the inherent sanctity of human life and human liberties.
Employees
The firm’s employees are its most important asset and constitute the primary driver of its success and growth. The firm invests in its employees’ welfare, safety, empowerment, and quality of life, and carefully ensures fair terms of employment, a pleasant and adequate work environment, and a variety of leisure activities for employees.
Equal Opportunities
The firm treats all employees and job seekers fairly and equally and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, gender, sexual orientation, personal status, pregnancy, fertility treatments, IVH treatments, parenthood, age, race, religion, nationality, country of origin, place of residence, ideology, political affiliation, military service or calls for reserve duty.
The firm is committed to inclusion and takes action to hire employees with disabilities and to provide solutions for employees’ special needs to ensure that all employees participate actively and equally and apply their full abilities in all areas of the firm’s practice.
Diversity and Inclusion
The firm believes that a culture of diversity and inclusion in the workplace empowers all employees, improves the quality of the professional services provided to clients, and help attain superior legal, business, and social outcomes. The firm promotes diversity and inclusion in the workplace, including, by recruiting employees that represent diverse populations, in accordance with the firm’s diversity and inclusion policy.
Safe and Pleasant Work Environment
The firm promotes a tolerant, safe, and pleasant work environment to ensure that all employees can realize their full potential. The firm denounces all forms of discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment, offensive and insulting behavior, abuse, violence, and inappropriate conduct, and acts to eliminate it.
Clients
The firm renders services to its clients by demonstrating professionalism, care, and personal responsibility, with clients’ interest always in mind. Employees are expected to proactively address any challenges they encounter as they provide their services, and to take initiative and promote a collaborative relationship that generates added value for clients.
When providing services to clients, employees carefully honor the rules of the law and professional ethics, and will always act fairly and responsibly. The firm encourages its employees to inform their superiors whenever they are concerned about actions that may be inconsistent with these principles.
Suppliers
The firm selects its suppliers on the basis of relevant considerations, conducts fair negotiations, and honors its commitments, in line with its suppliers’ procedure.
Pro Bono Work and Contribution to the Community
The firm stresses the importance of social involvement. The firm is committed to help disadvantaged populations and to promote the values that it believes in, including protection of human rights, equality, and individual liberties. The firm manages cases on a pro bono basis, including representation of individuals in financial distress before the courts and government committees. The firm also organizes various volunteering projects throughout the year and encourages employees to volunteer to help disadvantaged populations.
To read the Social Involvement Policy, click here.
Anti-Fraud and Bribery Actions
Fraud and bribery:
Accepting bribes and personal benefits of any kind, in any jurisdiction, is absolutely prohibited, and employees are obligated to comply with all applicable laws in such regard.
Including, employees do not give, offer, or receive payment or any other object of value to or from any person (including the firm’s clients and suppliers) that is designed to affect or encourage improper conduct or to secure an unfair advantage.
Conflicts of Interest and Exploiting Opportunities for Private Interests
In its practice, the firm acts in its clients’ best interests and does not allow external considerations to affect its judgment. Employees do not exploit for their own benefit any business opportunity that is offered to them as a result of their position and status in the firm. Employees’ conduct must reflect personal responsibility, and are expected to inform ethical concerns they encounter, even if it contradicts their superiors’ instructions.
Confidential Information and Inside Information
Employees do not use the information to which they are exposed during their work for their own interests or the interests of others, and will use such information only for relevant professional needs.
Employees do not disseminate confidential information regarding the firm, its clients, its activities, or its plans.
Gratuities
Employees do not accept benefits from clients or suppliers and will not abuse their status in the firm’s decision making functions. Gifts to employees from third parties must be reasonable, proportionate, and appropriate for the circumstances in which they are given.
Donations
Donations are permitted when they are made without a corrupt intent, are completely transparent, and are documented and approved by the firm’s management. The firm makes donations to organizations that are not its clients, and that promote social welfare and human rights. Donations are made to organizations whose operates are recognized by the tax authorities in accordance with the law. Records of the firm’s donations appear in the firm’s financial statements.
Anti-Money Laundering Compliance
The firm take steps to prevent any action that raises a concern for money laundering.
Privacy
The firm takes action to protect and secure the information in its possession relating to employees and clients.
Sustainability
The firm’s conduct reflects its awareness of the significance of environmental protection and implements protection sustainability program.
Implementation of the Code of Ethics
Implementation of the Code of Ethics will follow the Code of Ethics Implementation procedure.
