I . WORK AND RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT

Business partners must provide a safe and healthy workplace that complies with all local, state and national laws. Business partners who provide 

dormitory and/or residential facilities for their workers must ensure these facilities are safe, healthy and in compliance with local and national 

standards. Business partners must promote employee health and safety through internal training and awareness programs.

I I . LABOR POLICY

Business partners must not use slave, child, underage, forced, bonded or indentured labor, perceived or otherwise, in the manufacture of products or 

procurement of materials used in products.. Business partners shall not engage in or support the trafficking of human beings. Labor, including 

overtime, shall be voluntary at all times.

I I I . EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE

Business partners must not utilize physical or mental punishment, including psychological coercion, against their employees, perceived or 

otherwise. Employees shall be treated with dignity and respect at all times.

I V . NON-DISCRIMINATION

Business Partners must not discriminate against their employees on the basis of their race, gender, personal characteristics or beliefs. Evidence of 

discrimination or discriminatory behavior in the workplace, of any form, will not be tolerated.

V . WORKERS’ RIGHTS

Business partners must abide by all applicable local, state and national laws respecting the rights of workers. Business partners must develop 

internal programs, policies and procedures that clearly define their business practices, including age and legal right to work in the country, and 

provide employees with a viable means of managing conflict and resolving disputes.

V I . WORKING HOURS

Business partners must not require employees to work a number of hours, during a week, that exceed, state local or national laws or business 

customs. Business partners must maintain a workweek consistent with normal hours of operation for their industry, with compensated overtime, in 

compliance with local and national laws.

V I I . WAGES & BENEFITS

Business partners must provide wages and benefits in compliance with local, state and national laws and be committed to the betterment of wage 

and benefit levels and provide a living wage for workers and their families

V I I I . CHILD LABOR

Business partners must not utilize child labor. Child labor is defined as either being below the local minimum working age, or below the age of 16, 

whichever is greater.

I X . COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

Business partners must not use deceptive trade practices to deliberately misrepresent country of origin in order to evade quota or other import 

restrictions or duties on any product(s) that will be sold in our stores.

X . ENVIRONMENTAL

Business partners must, at a minimum, be fully compliant with all applicable environmental regulations, 

including international treaties and protocols in addition to local laws and regulations. In addition, business partners must comply with any 

additional guidelines provided by FDS which may exceed standards set forth in existing laws and regulations.

X I . ANTI-CORRUPTION

Business Partners must not tolerate, permit, or engage in bribery, corruption, or unethical practices whether in dealings with public officials 

or inpiduals in the private sector.