Code of conduct
A message from our President and CEO
Our organization is more than a collection of individuals. We are a team.
That means how we work together and how we engage with the wider world reflects on all of us.
Nokia’s Code of Conduct encapsulates our values in action. It guides the decisions we make, the way we treat one another, and how we build trust with our customers, partners, and communities.
Every one of us plays a role in upholding these standards, including speaking up when something doesn’t feel right, acting with honesty, and holding ourselves - and each other -accountable. That’s how we create a culture where people thrive, and our company wins.
All Nokia employees are expected to adhere to our Code in their daily work and commit to a process of continuous learning and improvement to uphold compliance with our policies, processes, and tools. That’s how we uphold the highest ethical standards and create an environment where transparency and integrity are paramount.
Our ultimate goal is to build technology that maximizes human potential and creates long-term value from a foundation of trust.
Justin Hotard
President and CEO
You can find specific Code policy topics under the tabs for Doing business, People and community, and Safeguarding assets.
Justin Hotard, President and CEO
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Purpose
This Code of Conduct sets out essential rules and provides guidance to ensure that all of us, including everyone acting on behalf of Nokia, act with unyielding integrity, consistent with the numerous laws, regulations, and policies that govern us. Our entire business is built on trust; in fact, our stakeholders will not work with us without it. Our Code of Conduct expresses our personal commitment to earning this trust every day, in each community and in all our business activities. It reflects our values through clear and simple direction for all our employees and business partners and reinforces our Nokia essentials of being open, fearless and empowered.
Scope and applicability
The Code of Conduct outlines standards for ethical behavior by Nokia employees and business partners. It sets out our four key principles and 14 key risk areas, each of which is explained in detail. It explains how compliance is a commitment and a responsibility shared by all of us.
The Code of Conduct applies to directors, officers, and employees of Nokia, as well as employees of Nokia’s wholly-owned affiliates and subsidiaries. The Code also applies to directors, officers, and employees of other business entities (such as joint ventures) in which Nokia owns a majority of the shares or exercises effective control.
Nokia will also make good faith efforts to implement the Code or ensure the adoption of a similar set of policies, in operating entities in which Nokia actively participates but does not own a majority of shares or exercise effective control. Likewise, Nokia will use its best efforts to have third parties such as suppliers, representatives, and other contractors commit to the same values and principles as those enshrined in the Nokia Code of Conduct. All of Nokia’s third parties are bound by our Third-Party Code of Conduct.
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Code of Conduct in other languages
Here you can find the Code of Conduct document in all available languages.