Political Activity and Trade Associations

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Political advocacy is activity to influence the actions, policies or decisions of government ministers, officials, regulators and elected political representatives.

Principles

We carry out political advocacy activities with governments and elected political representatives so that we can communicate with them about things that affect our business.
When authorised to advocate on behalf of our business, we stay within all applicable laws and behave with integrity, honesty and transparency in dealing with governments, their agencies and elected political representatives.
We do not make corporate contributions or donations to political parties, or to any organisations, think-tanks, academic institutions or charities closely associated to a political party or cause.
Our business has no preference for one political party over another.
If we want to, we can take part in personal political activity or make personal political donations, outside Rolls-Royce, in our own time and using our own resources, except where existing local agreements or law dictates otherwise.

We will

Engage in political advocacy on behalf of our business only after authorisation from the Government Relations team in our region; and, if required in our country, after appropriate registration; and
Not use our business time or resource for personal political activities, without specific prior authorisation.

What happens when…

I’m keen to run for a political position in my local community, is this ok?

Yes, you can run for political office but must not use the Rolls Royce brand or attribute your views to the business in your campaign or once you are in office. Any political activity during business time must be authorised. Speak with your manager for more information.

Group Policies

If need more information having reviewed our principles, these policy documents could help:

Political activity and trade associations policy

Contacts

Still not clear, then contact the relevant Subject Matter Experts:

Some of these are internal links and only available if accessing from a Rolls-Royce GAD network asset.

Additional guidance on specific country application of this section as applied to recognised Employee Representatives can be provided by the Regional HR Department.

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