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Fair Business Practices
Canal+ Group has formalized its commitments in its Ethics Charter and set
up a structured governance procedure for all expenditures and contracts
signed within the group. In addition, the Internal Audit department of
Canal+ Group has defined a quarterly census procedure to highlight any
fraud within the group, as well as defining the associated action plans.
In accordance with the group’s procedure for notifying fraud, established
by the Internal Audit department, this information is transmitted by the
operational departments.
All the employees of the Canal+ Group’s Purchasing department, Legal
departments and Audit department are made aware of the fight against
corruption. Moreover, in 2015, the governance procedures were presented
to the employees based in Paris during sessions held in April and June.
In addition, in the Polish subsidiary of Canal+ Group, the topic of fighting
corruption has appeared since November on the agenda of the training
modules given to new employees. An e-mail restating the guidelines
of this anti-corruption policy is also sent every year to operational
executives and to the members of the executive committee of nc+.
UMG is committed to adopting a “zero tolerance” approach to fraud
and corruption and to acting in a professional manner and with integrity
wherever the company operates, in accordance with local regulations
and with the 2010 UK Bribery Act. UMG has introduced a warning alert
system available to its employees: the group maintains a compliance
and ethics helpline number that can be called to anonymously report
any suspected violations of the UMG Code of Conduct. The helpline is
available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
All the group’s employees have been made aware of the company’s Code
of Conduct which includes its anticorruption policy and must agree to
abide by it. UMG has also developed courses on the fight against fraud
and corruption. After a 2014 session in Asia, colleagues in Mexico,
Brazil and South Africa participated in training on the UK Bribery Act,
the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the UMG Code of Conduct. A total
of 279 employees participated in these training sessions (134 in Mexico,
101 in Brazil and 44 in South Africa).
In order to combat fraud and abuses in the ticketing black market, Digitick
set up zePass, a trusted third-party service, unique in France, enabling
the non-speculative resale of tickets between individuals on a secure
platform. zePass also offers event organizers (including L’Olympia) the
introduction of an official public market for ticket exchanges.
TOTAL NUMBER OF INCIDENTS HAVING RESULTED IN
NON-RENEWAL OF CONTRACTS WITH COMMERCIAL
PARTNERS DUE TO VIOLATIONS RELATED TO CORRUPTION
GRI
UNGC OECD Scope covered
G4-S05
10
II, VII
UMG
Canal+ Group
Vivendi Village
In 2015, Canal+ Group, UMG and Vivendi Village did not record any
incidents causing non-renewal of a contract with their business partners
as a result of violations linked to corruption.
4.5.2.
CONTRIBUTION TO PUBLIC POLICY/
RESPONSIBLE LOBBYING
Vivendi and its subsidiaries adopt transparent lobbying practices
(disclosure of membership in professional associations, registration
in lobbyist registers, and clear communication about the
main positions taken).
UMG and Canal+ Group are registered in the European Parliament and
Commission’s Transparency Register. In the United States, as required by
regulations, UMG declares its lobbying activities and related expenses in
quarterly reports sent to Congress.
SIGNIFICANT THEMES AND POSITIONS
TAKEN IN LOBBYING ACTIVITIES
GRI
UNGC OECD Scope covered
G4-DMA S0
Public Policy aspect
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-
UMG
Canal+ Group
In 2015, Canal+ Group made its position known to French public
authorities on the following three significant issues in particular:
◆
during debates on the draft bill for growth and economic activity
proposed by the French Minister of Economy, Industry and Digital
Affairs, the group defended the freedom of distributors of pay-TV
to offer specific editorialized packages which are different from the
numbering assigned by the CSA to the channels with a free-to-air
DTT offer;
◆
with the arrival of new offers proposed by unregulated international
groups, discussions with public authorities have focused on the status
of these new players on the French market, and how this coexistence
will affect competition. These discussions were an opportunity to
recall the very onerous regulatory environment for pay-TV distributors
in France and the obligations imposed on Canal+ Group to finance
creation; and
◆
with regard to projects and goals in relation to content development,
including original fiction, and in cooperation with public authorities,
in 2015, Canal+ Group also contributed to discussions intended to
continue the reform of relations between audiovisual broadcasters
and producers and improve the balance between them in order to
enable consolidation of the audiovisual groups and promote a better
return on investment.
In Poland, Canal+ Group is a member of Sygnał and PIRS (Polish Chamber
of Broadcasters), which work to protect intellectual property and which
contributed in 2015 to the European debate on the single digital market
and the revisions of the Satellite and Cable Directive. In Africa, in addition
to its upstream positioning on calls for tenders, the group is making
efforts to raise the awareness of authorities about combating piracy,
particularly through its membership in the association Convergence (see
Section 4.3 of this chapter).
Universal Music Group belongs to several industry associations (such as
IFPI at the worldwide level and national affiliates including BPI in the
United Kingdom and SNEP in France) through which it conducts many of
its lobbying activities. These associations make their positions known
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