Compliance

ETHICAL CODE

The Foundation has endowed itself with an ethical code that determines the principles and values ​​that must govern its activity.

Check the code of ethics

As instruments for the deployment and monitoring of compliance with its code of ethics, the Foundation has two instruments:

• Ethics Committee: Jordi Gómez (Cetaqua), Manuel Gómez (UPC), Georgina Hotter (CSIC).
• Head of Ethics: Jordi Gómez.

Likewise, it has drawn up an Equality Plan for the Cetaqua Barcelona, Cetaqua Galicia and Cetaqua Andalucía centers with the aim of guaranteeing real and effective equality between women and men within the company and thus avoiding any type of discrimination.

MANUALS AND POLICIES

Cetaqua makes manuals available to its employees that establish the rules and behaviors that must be taken into consideration whenever work is carried out for the center:

• Manual of Requirements and Good Practices applicable to Suppliers 
• Criminal Prevention Manual that pursues the organization and management model in accordance with art. 31 bis of the Penal Code
• Instructions on the use of media, computer systems and communications networks to develop the principles and guidelines for conduct expressed in the information security and use of technology (ICT) policy

The Foundation has also drawn up policies that specify the general principles of action and describe the criteria that guide the performance of the functions and tasks of its professionals in the following areas:

• Strategy
• Purposes and values
• Purchasing Policy
• Sustainable Development Policy
• Integrated Management Policy
• Relationship Policy with Authorities and Officials 
• Information Security Policy and Use of Technologies (ICT)
• Policy on Relations with the Private Sector and Conflicts of Interest
• Privacy Policy Ethical Channel of the Centers of Barcelona (CETAQUA, WATER TECHNOLOGY CENTER, PRIVATE FOUNDATION), Galicia (GALICIAN WATER RESEARCH CENTER, PRIVATE FOUNDATION)  and Andalusia (ANDALUSIAN WATER RESEARCH CENTER, PRIVATE FOUNDATION)