Last updated: May 2026
Liberty Test & Tag is committed to conducting business ethically, lawfully, professionally, and transparently at all times. As a small family-operated business, the company recognises that its reputation, client relationships, and long-term success depend on maintaining high standards of integrity and accountability in all business activities.
This policy establishes the minimum standards expected of all directors, employees, contractors, subcontractors, and any person acting on behalf of the company. It is intended to support ethical decision-making, prevent improper conduct, and ensure the company operates in accordance with applicable Australian laws, industry standards, and client expectations.
The company does not tolerate bribery, corruption, dishonest conduct, undisclosed commissions, improper inducements, or any activity that may compromise professional integrity or public trust.
This policy applies to:
Compliance with this policy is a condition of engagement with the company.
All persons acting on behalf of Liberty Test & Tag are expected to:
The company expects all personnel to exercise sound judgment and act in a manner consistent with the values of integrity, fairness, safety, and professional responsibility.
Liberty Test & Tag prohibits all forms of bribery, corruption, secret commissions, kickbacks, facilitation payments, or improper inducements.
No person acting on behalf of the company may:
Any suspected corrupt or dishonest conduct must be reported immediately to company management.
The company is committed to maintaining ethical and transparent dealings with clients, suppliers, government agencies, and all external stakeholders.
The company recognises that modest business hospitality may occasionally occur as part of normal professional relationships. However, gifts, hospitality, or entertainment must never compromise, or appear to compromise, professional judgment or impartiality.
Personnel must not:
Any gift, hospitality, or benefit offered must remain modest, infrequent, lawful, and professionally appropriate. As a mandatory requirement, gifts or hospitality with an estimated value exceeding AUD $50 must be disclosed to a Director and appropriately recorded.
Personnel should also apply a Reasonable Public Scrutiny Test before accepting any benefit. If the arrangement could reasonably appear inappropriate or capable of influencing a business decision if disclosed publicly or reviewed by a client, regulator, procurement body, or reported in the media, it must be declined.
Additional caution must be exercised when dealing with government agencies, schools, public sector organisations, defence-related environments, or regulated industries.
The company acknowledges that work involving government departments, schools, councils, defence-related sites, regulated environments, and public sector organisations requires a heightened standard of probity and professional conduct.
Personnel representing the company in these environments must:
The company does not tolerate attempts to improperly influence procurement decisions, inspections, audits, approvals, or contract outcomes.
A conflict of interest exists where personal interests, relationships, or outside activities could improperly influence, or reasonably appear to influence, business decisions.
Personnel must:
Examples may include:
Failure to disclose a conflict of interest may result in disciplinary action.
The company is committed to fair, transparent, and ethical dealings with suppliers, subcontractors, and service providers.
Personnel involved in purchasing or procurement activities must:
Suppliers and subcontractors engaged by the company are expected to operate lawfully and ethically.
Personnel must protect confidential company and client information obtained during the course of work.
Confidential information must not be:
This obligation applies to:
Personnel must also comply with any site-specific confidentiality or security requirements.
All personnel have a responsibility to report suspected unethical, unlawful, fraudulent, or improper conduct.
Reports may include concerns relating to:
Reports should be made directly to company management or directors.
If a concern involves company management or a Director, personnel may raise the matter with an alternative Director, the company's external accountant, legal representative, or another appropriate independent advisor.
The company encourages early reporting of concerns made in good faith, even where all facts may not yet be known.
The company will treat reports seriously and, where appropriate, confidentially. Retaliation against a person who raises a genuine concern in good faith will not be tolerated.
Breaches of this policy may result in:
Serious misconduct, including bribery, fraud, corruption, or deliberate dishonesty, may result in immediate termination and referral to law enforcement or regulatory bodies.
Company directors and management are responsible for implementing and overseeing this policy.
All personnel are expected to:
This policy will be reviewed annually to ensure it remains appropriate to the company's operations, legal obligations, and client expectations.
Policy Name: Business Ethics, Anti-Bribery & Professional Conduct Policy
Version: 1.0
Approved By: Mark Peters, Director
Effective Date: May 2026
Review Period: Annual
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