COMPLIANCE AND TRANSPARENCY

 

 

GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP - COMPLIANCE

Abbott is a leading healthcare company and takes its responsibilities for high standards seriously.

To ensure that every employee continues to conduct Abbott's business according to the highest ethical and legal standards, the company has a comprehensive compliance programme.

Abbott's compliance programme is made up of seven key elements:

1. Leadership
2. Abbott Code of Conduct and Compliance Policies
3. Communication and Training
4. Auditing and Monitoring
5. System for Reporting Concerns
6. System for Responding to Concerns
7. Corrective Action Process

GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP - TRANSPARENCY

Abbott has a proud history of working with and supporting patient organisations, healthcare organisations and individual healthcare professionals.

Abbott's relationships with these organisations and healthcare professionals are based on trust and respect. We aim for high ethical standards in all of our relationships. We believe that transparency around our financial and non-financial support to patient and healthcare organisations, sponsorship of healthcare professionals, and payments to healthcare professionals for consultancy underpins this trust and respect.


SUPPORT FOR PATIENT ORGANISATIONS

SUPPORT FOR HEALTHCARE ORGANISATIONS

SPONSORSHIP OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS TO MEETINGS

PAYMENTS FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

BUSINESS POLICIES