Treating people with dignity and respect is a natural extension of our founding value of fair dealing. We require our facilities to meet the legal requirements in their country for all employment practices. We articulate our expectations beyond legal compliance in our Code of Conduct, as well as our Human Rights in Employment and Human Resources Development and Diversity policies. Managers in all our businesses are accountable for complying with these policies.

Globally, K-C prohibits any form of workplace discrimination or harassment, based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin or disability as provided by law and has high expectations for appropriate workplace behavior.

Our corporate policy states that Kimberly-Clark will not employ child, prison, indentured, or bonded labor, nor use corporal punishment or other forms of mental or physical coercion as a form of discipline in any of its global operations. Further, Kimberly-Clark will not knowingly conduct business with vendors that engage in any of these practices. (In the absence of any national or local law, Kimberly-Clark will define “child” as less than 15 years of age. If local minimum age law is set below 15 years of age, but is in accordance with developing country exceptions under the International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 138, the lower age will apply.)