We recognize society’s expectations of our industry and of Novartis, and that we must go beyond just doing what is legal in order to meet legitimate expectations of society. Through our Ethics, Risk & Compliance program, our aim is to prevent issues from occurring, drive personal accountability for behaviors, and generate learnings that can be applied across the organization. In addition, we maintain a strong commitment to upholding human rights and managing risk in our supply chain.  In short, we support associates to do what’s right.

Our approach

We support the organization to transform by ensuring ethics, risk management, and compliance are at the heart of everything we do. We are embedding principle-based decision-making in our business interactions to ensure our leaders and associates act appropriately when faced with ethical dilemmas. We are expanding our efforts to protect human rights across our value chain. As a diverse company operating globally, we know this is a challenging endeavor and there will always be more we can do. Where misconduct is found, we work to take swift and appropriate action.

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Ethical Behavior

Our goal is to maintain consistent standards of business practices across Novartis, ultimately enabling us to provide the best possible care for patients globally.

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Human Rights

Novartis respects and supports the protection of human rights in its operations and supply chain as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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Compliance

We ensure Novartis acts in compliance with applicable regulations, laws, policies and guidelines because doing what’s right matters for our patients, society and Novartis.

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Data Privacy

Novartis is committed to protecting the privacy and personal data of all patients, employees, consumers and investors.

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Learning and Engagement

Awareness and training programs are offered regularly in a range of formats. We provide extensive communication toolkits to support awareness programs at the local level.