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HTC CORPORATION SUPPLIER CODE OF CONDUCT
HTC’s Supplier Code of Conduct (“Code”) describes our corporate responsibility requirements for our
suppliers. As a condition of doing business with HTC, we expect suppliers and their next tier suppliers
to acknowledge and implement these requirements and ensure responsible business practices. HTC
will assess compliance to these requirements and will consider the Suppliers’ progress in meetingthese requirements and their ongoing performance in making partnership selections.
The labor, health and safety, and ethics requirements outlined in the Code are consistent with theconcepts and language of the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) Responsible Business Alliance Codeof Conduct and the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Other references can befound in the References section of this Code.

LABOR
Suppliers are required to uphold the human rights of their employees and to treat them with dignity
and respect as understood by the international community. This applies to all workers including
temporary, migrant, student, contract, direct employees, and any other type of workers.
Freely Chosen Employment
Supplier shall not use any form of forced, bonded (including debt bondage) or indentured labor,
involuntary or exploitative prison labor, or slavery or trafficking of persons. This includes transporting,harboring, recruiting, transferring, or receiving persons by means of threat, force, coercion, abduction,or fraud for labor or services. There shall be no unreasonable restrictions on workers’ freedom of
movement in the facility in addition to unreasonable restrictions on entering or exiting companyprovided facilities. As part of the hiring process, workers must be provided with a written employment
agreement in their native language that contains a description of terms and conditions of employment
prior to the worker departing from his or her country of origin and there shall be no substitution orchange(s) allowed in the employment agreement upon arrival in the receiving country unless thesechanges are made to meet local law and provide equal or better terms. All work will be voluntary, andworkers shall be free to leave work or terminate employment at any time upon reasonable notice.
Workers shall not be required to hand over government-issued identification, passports or work
permits to the Suppliers or labor agent as a condition of employment. Employers and agents may nothold or otherwise destroy, conceal, confiscate, or deny access by employees to their identity or
immigration documents, such as government-issued identification, passports, or work permits, unlesssuch holdings are required by law. Workers shall not be required to pay employers’ or agents’recruitment fees for their employment. If any such fees are found to have been paid by workers, such
fees shall be repaid to the worker.
Non-Discrimination
Suppliers should be committed to a workforce free of harassment and unlawful discrimination.
Suppliers shall not engage in discrimination based on race, color, age, gender, sexual orientation,
gender identity and expression, ethnicity or national origin, disability, pregnancy, religion, politicalaffiliation, union membership, covered veteran status, protected genetic information, or marital
status in hiring and employment practices such as wages, promotions, rewards, and access to training.
In addition, workers or potential workers should not be subjected to medical/pregnancy tests that
could be used in a discriminatory way. Workers with disabilities will be provided reasonable job
accommodations as needed to perform their job function. Workers shall be provided with reasonableaccommodation for religious practices.
Humane Treatment
Suppliers shall not threaten workers with or subject them to harsh or inhumane treatment, including
sexual harassment, sexual abuse, corporal punishment, mental or physical coercion, or verbal abuse.
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Disciplinary policy and procedures in support of these requirements shall be clearly defined andcommunicated to workers.
Young Workers
Child labor is not to be used in any stage of manufacturing. The use of legitimate workplace learning
programs, which comply with all laws and regulations, is supported. Suppliers shall comply with all
employment laws and regulations in countries they operate, as well as maintain and update
documentation and age verification procedures and records across all factories. Workers under age
18 (Young Workers) shall not perform work that is likely to jeopardize their health or safety, includingnight shifts and overtime. Suppliers shall insure proper management of student workers throughproper maintenance of student records, rigorous due diligence of educational partners, andprotection of students’ rights in accordance with applicable law and regulations. Suppliers shallprovide appropriate support and training to student workers. In the absence of local law, student
workers, interns and apprentices shall be provided at least the same wage rate as other entry-level
workers performing equal or similar tasks.
Working Hours
Suppliers shall comply with local laws regarding daily and weekly working hours, including laws
concerning maximum overtime. Further, a workweek should not be more than 60 hours per week,
including overtime, except in emergency or unusual situations. Workers shall be allowed at least one
day off per seven-day week.
Wages and Benefits
Compensation paid to workers shall comply with all applicable wage laws, including those relating tominimum wages, overtime hours and legally mandated benefits. In compliance with local laws,
workers shall be compensated for overtime at pay rates greater than regular hourly rates. Deductions
from wages as a disciplinary measure shall not be permitted. For each paid period, workers shall be
provided with a timely and understandable wage statement that includes sufficient information to
verify accurate compensation for work performed. All use of temporary, dispatch and outsourced
labor will be within the limits of the local law.
Freedom of Association
Suppliers shall respect the rights of workers to associate freely, join or not join labor unions, bargain
collectively, seek representation, join workers’ councils, and engage in peaceful assembly inaccordance with local laws. Workers and/or their representatives shall be able to communicate openly
with management regarding working conditions and management practices without fear of
discrimination, reprisal, intimidation or harassment.

HEALTH AND SAFETY
In addition to minimizing the incidence of work-related injury and illness, a safe and healthy work
environment enhances the quality of products and services, consistency of production and worker
retention, and morale throughout the business lifecycle. Ongoing worker input and education isessential to identifying and solving health and safety issues in the workplace.
Occupational Safety
Suppliers must identify, assess, and control for exposure to safety hazards (e.g., chemical, electricaland other energy sources, fire, vehicles, and fall hazards) through proper design, engineering andadministrative controls, preventative maintenance and safe work procedures (including
lockout/tagout), and ongoing safety training. When hazards cannot be adequately controlled by thesemeans, suppliers will provide employees with appropriate, well-maintained personal protective
equipment and educational materials about risks associated with these hazards. Workers shall be
encouraged to raise safety concerns.
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Reasonable steps must also be taken to remove pregnant women/nursing mothers from working
conditions with high hazards, remove or reduce any workplace health and safety risks to pregnant
women and nursing mothers including those associated with their work assignments, as well as
include reasonable accommodations for nursing mothers.
Emergency Preparedness
Suppliers shall identify and assess emergency situations and events and implement plans andresponse procedures to minimize impact. These include: emergency reporting, employee notificationand evacuation procedures, worker training and drills, appropriate fire detection and suppression
equipment, clear and unobstructed egress, adequate exit facilities, and recovery plans. Such plans andprocedures shall focus on minimizing harm to life, the environment and property.
Occupational Injury and Illness
Procedures and systems are to be in place to prevent, manage, track and report occupational injury
and illness, including provisions to encourage worker reporting, classify and record injury and illness
cases, provide necessary medical treatment, investigate cases and implement corrective actions toeliminate their causes, and facilitate return of workers to work.
Industrial Hygiene
Worker exposure to chemical, biological and physical agents is to be identified, evaluated, andcontrolled. Where possible, actual and potential hazards are to be eliminated or controlled throughproper design, engineering, and administrative controls. When hazards cannot be adequately
controlled by such means, workers are to be provided with and use appropriate, well-maintained,
personal protective equipment. Protective programs shall include educational materials about therisks associated with these hazards.
Physically Demanding Work
Supplier must identify, evaluate, and control for worker exposure to the hazards of physicallydemanding tasks, including manual material handling and heavy or repetitive lifting, prolonged
standing and highly repetitive or forceful assembly tasks. The use of appropriate automation
machinery to reduce repetitive strain injuries is also encouraged.
Machines safeguarding
Production and other machinery shall be evaluated for safety hazards. Physical guards, interlocks andbarriers are to be provided and properly maintained where machinery presents an injury hazard toworkers.
Sanitation, Food, and Housing
Workers are to be provided with ready access to clean toilet facilities, potable water and sanitary foodpreparation, storage, and eating facilities. Worker dormitories provided by the Suppliers are to be
maintained to be clean and safe, and provided with appropriate emergency egress, hot water forbathing and showering, adequate lighting, heat and ventilation, individually secured accommodations
for storing personal and valuable items, and reasonable personal space along with reasonable entry
and exit privileges.
Health and Safety Communication
Suppliers shall provide workers with appropriate workplace health and safety information and training
in their primary language or in a language the worker can understand for all identified workplace
hazards including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, chemical, fire, and physical hazards.
Health and safety related information shall be clearly posted in the facility. Training must be provided
to all workers prior to beginning work and regularly thereafter. Workers shall be encouraged to raisesafety concerns.
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ENVIRONMENTAL
In manufacturing operations, adverse effects on the community, environment, and natural resources
are to be minimized while safeguarding the health and safety of the public. Suppliers are expected tooperate in an environmentally responsible manner and comply with all applicable environmental laws
in order to safeguard the health and safety of the public.
Environmental Permits and Reporting
Suppliers must obtain, maintain, and keep current all required environmental permits andregistrations and follow the operational and reporting requirements of such permits.
Pollution Prevention and Resource Reduction
The use of resources and generation of waste of all types, including water and energy, are to be
reduced or eliminated at the source or by practices such as modifying production, maintenance andfacility processes, materials substitution, conservation, recycling and re-using materials.
Hazardous Substances
Chemicals and other materials posing a hazard to humans or the environment are to be identified,labelled, and managed to ensure their safe handling, movement, storage, use, recycling or reuse anddisposal.
Solid Waste
Suppliers shall implement a systematic approach to identify, manage, reduce, and responsibly disposeof or recycle non-hazardous solid waste.
Air Emissions
Air emissions of volatile organic chemicals, aerosols, corrosives, particulates, ozone depletingchemicals and combustion by-products generated from operations are to be characterized, monitored,
controlled and treated as required prior to discharge. Supplier shall conduct routine monitoring of theperformance of its air emission control systems.
Materials Restrictions
Suppliers are to adhere to all applicable laws, regulations and customer requirements regarding
prohibition or restriction of specific substances in products and manufacturing, including labeling forrecycling and disposal.
Water management
Suppliers shall implement a water management program that documents, characterizes, and monitors
water sources, use and discharge; seeks opportunities to conserve water, and controls channels ofcontamination. Wastewater generated from operations, industrial processes and sanitation facilities
is to be characterized, monitored, controlled and treated as required prior to discharge or disposal.
Suppliers shall conduct routine monitoring of the performance of its wastewater treatment systems
to ensure optimal performance and regulatory compliance.
Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Energy consumption and all relevant Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions are to be tracked anddocumented at the facility and /or corporate level. Suppliers are to look for cost-effective methods toimprove energy efficiency and to minimize their energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.

ETHICS AND INTEGRITY
To meet social responsibilities, Suppliers and their next-tier suppliers are required to conduct businessin an ethical manner and act with integrity.
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Sourcing Conflict-free Minerals
HTC has made it a policy to avoid sourcing minerals from the Central African region altogether.
Suppliers are required to follow HTC’s mineral sourcing policy and eliminate the use of conflictminerals. HTC will continue to promote responsible mineral sourcing and expect Suppliers tocommunicate our conflict-free policy with next-tier suppliers. Participants shall exercise due diligenceon the source and chain of custody of these minerals and make their due diligence measures available
to customers upon request.
Business Integrity
Suppliers shall uphold the highest standards of integrity in all business interactions, including a zerotolerance policy against all forms of bribery, corruption, extortion or embezzlement.
No Improper Advantage
Bribes or other means of obtaining undue or improper advantage are not to be offered or accepted,
including any money, object of value or preferential treatments. Suppliers may not offer HTC
employees gifts or any other kind of personal benefit resulting from the relationships with such
Supplier. Monitoring and enforcement procedures shall be implemented to ensure compliance with
anti-corruption laws.
Disclosure of Information
All business transactions should be transparently performed and accurately reflected on the Supplier’s
business books and records. Information regarding suppliers’ labor, health and safety, environmental
practices, business activities, structure, financial situation and performance is to be disclosed inaccordance with applicable regulations and prevailing industry practices. Falsification of records ormisrepresentations of conditions or practices in the supply chain are unacceptable.
Intellectual Property
Intellectual property rights are to be respected. Transfers of technology and know-how is to be donein a manner that protects intellectual property rights. Suppliers will safeguard all customer andsupplier information.
Fair Business, Advertising and Competition
Suppliers shall uphold all standards of fair business, advertising and competition, including all laws
and regulations.
Protection of Identity and Non-Retaliation
Programs that ensure the confidentiality, anonymity and protection of supplier and employee
whistleblowers 1 are to be maintained unless prohibited by law. Suppliers should have acommunicated process for their personnel to be able to raise any concerns without fear of retaliation.
Privacy
Suppliers are to commit to protecting the reasonable privacy expectations of personal information of
everyone they do business with, including suppliers, customers, consumers, and employees. Suppliers
are to comply with privacy and information security laws and regulatory requirements when personal
information is collected, stored, processed, transmitted, and shared.

MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Suppliers shall implement management systems to facilitate adherence to all applicable laws,
regulations, and customer requirements related to operations and products; conformance with this1

Whistleblower definition: Any person who makes a disclosure about improper conduct by an employee orofficer of a company.
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Code; and identification and mitigation of operational risks related to this Code. Facilitating continual
improvement should be an ongoing management goal.
Company Commitment
Suppliers should maintain corporate social and environmental responsibility policy statements
affirming their commitment to compliance and continual improvement, endorsed by executive
management and posted in the facility in the local language.
Management Accountability and Responsibility
Suppliers must identify senior executive and company representative(s) responsible for ensuring
implementation of the management systems and associated programs. Senior management should
review the status of their management systems on a regular basis.
Legal and Customer Requirements
Suppliers shall have a process to identify, monitor and understand applicable laws, regulations andcustomer requirements, including the requirements of this Code.
Risks Assessment and Risk Management
Suppliers shall have a process to identify the environmental, health and safety2 and labor practices
and ethics risks associated with their operations. This should include a determination of the relative
significance for each risk and implementation of appropriate procedural and physical controls tocontrol the identified risks and ensure regulatory compliance.
Improvement Objectives
Suppliers are expected to set up written performance objectives, targets and implementation plans
to improve their social and environmental performance, including a periodical assessment of suppliers’
performance in achieving these objectives.
Training
Supplier must maintain programs for training managers and workers to implement Supplier’s policies,
procedures and improvement objectives and to meet applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
Communication
Supplier must have a process for communicating clear and accurate information about Supplier’s
policies, practices, expectations and performance to workers, suppliers and customers.
Worker Feedback and Participation
Supplier should maintain ongoing processes, including an effective grievance mechanism, to assess
employees’ understanding of and obtain feedback on or violations against practices and conditions
covered by this Code and foster continuous improvement.
Audits and Assessments
Suppliers shall participate in periodic self-evaluations to ensure compliance to legal and regulatory
requirements, the content of the Code and other contractual requirements related to social andenvironmental responsibility.
Corrective Action Process
Suppliers shall have a process for timely correction of deficiencies identified by internal and external
assessments, inspections, investigations and reviews.

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Areas included in a risk assessment for environmental health and safety should include production areas,
warehouse and storage facilities, plant/facilities support equipment, laboratories and test areas, sanitation
facilities (bathrooms), kitchen/cafeteria, and worker housing/dormitories.
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Documentation and Records
Suppliers shall have an ongoing process to create and maintain documents and records to ensure
regulatory compliance and conformity to Code along with appropriate confidentiality to protect
privacy.
Supplier Responsibility
Suppliers shall have a process to communicate Code requirements to next-tier suppliers and tomonitor their compliance to the Code and all applicable laws and regulations.

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REFERENCES
HTC consulted the following references in preparing this Code:Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) Code of Conduct
http://www.responsiblebusiness.org/standards/code-of-conduct/International Labor Standards (ILO)
http://www.ilo.org/global/standards/lang--en/index.htm
ILO Code of Practice in Safety and Health
http://www.ilo.org/safework/lang--en/index.htm
OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterpriseswww.oecd.org
United Nations Convention Against Corruption
https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/treaties/CAC/
United Nations Global Compact
www.unglobalcompact.org
United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights
http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/[Signed by Supplier]Company Name/公司名稱 :Company Address/公司地址 :Company

representative/代表人 :Company Stamp/公司章 :Date/日期 :HTC Supplier Code of Conduct

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