Company: THC
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-079143
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Company: TENET HEALTHCARE CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DEF 14A
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 of our shareholders and promote Board and management accountability. The Board and management have designed and implement these policies and practices to help us operate effectively while remaining true to our mission. |

We believe our stewardship efforts are most effective when embraced by leadership and activated by employees across the enterprise. The Board formed its ESG Committee in 2021 with the primary purpose of overseeing and supporting our commitment to environmental, social and governance initiatives. The ESG Committee consists entirely of independent directors and provides input and guidance to help establish the Company’s overall approach to ESG matters. Tenet is committed to maintaining corporate governance policies and practices that protect the long-term interests of our shareholders and promote Board and management accountability. Our Board recognizes that this requires us to continually review and refine our corporate governance to align with evolving market practices and the best interests of our Company and shareholders. The corporate governance practices designed and implemented by the Board also help us operate effectively while remaining true to our mission. We seek to foster a workplace environment that is free from bribery and corruption and to encourage open channels of communication and continuous improvement. We provide annual compliance and ethics and fraud, waste and abuse training for all employees, including part-time employees, and contractors. All employees and contractors who perform a role-based job function related to international patient engagements also receive anti-corruption and anti-bribery training. We are subject to rigorous controls and audits. Our risk management processes are designed toward compliance with applicable laws and regulations and coordinate with subject-matter experts throughout the business to identify, monitor and mitigate risks. We routinely engage with our stakeholders to better understand their views, carefully considering the feedback we receive and acting when appropriate.

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Corporate Governance and Board Practices

Policies on Ethics and Conduct Code of Conduct All of our employees, including our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Controller, are required to abide by the policies summarized in our Code of Conduct and to conduct our business in a legal and ethical manner. The members of our Board of Directors and our contractors having functional roles similar to our employees are also required to abide by our Code of Conduct. Tenet’s policies form the foundation of a comprehensive compliance program that includes extensive training, robust auditing and monitoring, a collaborative relationship among colleagues to foster professional conduct, and a high level of integrity. Our policies and procedures cover all major areas of conduct for our business, including quality of patient care, compliance with applicable laws and regulations, appropriate use of our assets, protection of patient information, avoidance of conflicts of interest and sound employment practices. Employees are required