Compliance, Integrity & Riskmanagement

Compliance & Integrity

At Digiteq Automotive, we believe that only with lasting, dependable integrity and compliant behaviour will we gain and strengthen the trust of the staff, customers, shareholders, business partners and the general public to the company. Acting with integrity is an essential part of our Digiteq Automotive strategy and is thus on a par with the quality of our products, our financial KPIs and aims and the satisfaction of our customers.

Our company staunchly believes that economic success is sustainable only if everyone sticks to the rules. Therefore, particular attention is given to the obligation to comply with applicable laws and/or internal rules, ethical and other rules adopted voluntarily as standard both by the Volkswagen Group and Digiteq Automotive.  

Compliance principles reach beyond business relations to embrace activities both within and outside the company. This is the Digiteq Automotive’s way of signalling loudly and clearly that its conduct will echo the requirements of legal and ethical rules focused among others on fair competition, finances and taxes, environmental protection and employee relations, including the safeguarding of equal opportunities.

The Compliance & Integrity department at Digiteq Automotive, in cooperation with the Governance, Risk & Compliance department at Škoda Auto, provides consulting on all integrity and compliance-related issues, and they also implement appropriate measures to raise awareness of the intrinsic value of integrity and compliance among the workforce and third parties. 

For the purposes of the above-mentioned consultancy, there is the  support.compliance.integrity@digiteqautomotive.com e-mail address available for both Digiteq Automotive employees and partners.

You can also contact the Governance, Risk & Compliance Škoda Auto department via Škoda Auto Compliance contact point  compliance@skoda-auto.cz or contact a Compliance Officer directly. 

Code of Conduct at Digiteq Automotive - OUR CODE

The OUR CODE summarizes the basic principles conduct of Digiteq Automotive employees and serves as an aid in managing legal and ethical challenges. The Digiteq Automotive’s reputation is a fundamental value that depends on the commitment of employees worldwide to act in accordance with the OUR CODE and all applicable legal and internal regulations. The principles of conduct stated here have become an integral part of Digiteq Automotive’s Corporate culture.

Code of Conduct at Digiteq Automotive here:

OUR CODE

Our Whistleblowing Systems

The success of our company is based on Integrity and Compliance principles. To meet these standards, it is important to learn of potential employee or supplier misconduct and to put a stop to it. 

At Digiteq Automotive there are now two whistleblowing systems for reporting hints available. Both systems provide the maximum possible protection of whistleblowers, implicated persons and employees involved in the investigation of reported misconduct. 

Further information about the systems can be found under the links below:

• 1. Central whistleblower system of Volkswagen Group
• 2. Whistleblowing system of Digiteq Automotive s.r.o., Based on Czech Act No. 171/2023 Coll., on the protection of whistleblowers

Risk management

For the long-term success of Digiteq Automotive, it is crucial that it can identify, anticipate, and manage the risks and opportunities arising from its activities in a timely manner. The Digiteq Automotive’s risk management structure is built on a common principle of risk management within the Volkswagen Group.

The aim of the risk management system is to identify individual potential right at the beginning, assess how great they are, take appropriate countermeasures, prevent any potential damages, and eliminate any risks that might jeopardise the company existence. As the likelihood and impact of future events is subject to a certain degree of uncertainty, even the best risk management system cannot foresee all possible risks, and even the best and well-proven the internal control system cannot fully prevent unforeseeable events either. At the same time, economic and regulatory changes can offer opportunities that the company then strives to seize so that it is able to consolidate and build on its competitive position. Therefore, it is important for everyone to be proactive and participate in identifying risks. When we all contribute, we enhance our ability to spot potential challenges and work together to address them effectively.