Values and Ethics

The Code of Conduct

Pentair's Code of Business Conduct is the foundation for specific practices, policies and guidelines that determine how we conduct day-to-day business. Created by our founders to guide the company's development and its actions, the Code remains Pentair's cornerstone. It calls all employees to help:

  • Manage Pentair according to the highest business, ethical, moral and civic standards as a public company
  • Operate in a manner that earns the respect of our shareholders, employees, communities, customers, suppliers and all others with a stake in our success
  • Make Pentair a top-performing company, managed for the long-term benefit of all of our constituents

To help ensure that the Code remains our cornerstone, every employee, worldwide, receives a copy of our Code of Conduct when they join Pentair; the Code is available in every major language spoken by our employees (today, totaling 13 languages). You can read the full text of Pentair's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics at www.pentair.com/code.html.

In addition to the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, Pentair has created specific policies to govern aspects of our global business practices, including:

  • Antitrust
  • Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
  • Securities Trades
  • External Communications & Regulation FD
  • HIPAA Privacy
  • Information Security
  • Related Party Transactions
  • Export and Import
  • Email Retention
  • Use of Electronic Systems

Respect for Privacy

 

Pentair's foundation of ethical business conduct includes the respectful treatment of private information. Pentair respects individual privacy and values the confidence of our employees, investors, vendors, customers and other stakeholders. Pentair does not request or gather information from employees regarding religion, political opinions, philosophy or sexual preference. To the extent we maintain information on an individual's medical health or ethnicity (as legally required), we will protect, secure and use that information in a manner consistent with our policies and applicable law.
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Employee personnel records are kept strictly confidential. In the course of doing business, we may collect certain customer or other information for customer service, product, warranty and claims administration, meeting governmental reporting and
records requirements, maintenance of accurate accounts payable and receivable records, internal marketing research, safety and performance management, financial and sales data and contact information. All personal information collected by us is safeguarded and used for legitimate business purposes.
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