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Policy:
Advanced
Lighting Technologies, Inc. (the "Company" or "ADLT")
is committed to achieving high standards of business and personal ethics
for itself, and its Chief Executive Officer and Executive Officers including
Senior Financial Officers.
Purpose:
To set forth key conduct requirements for certain senior officers
of the Company in compliance with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) rules requiring each issuer to disclose the provisions of its code
of ethics for its principal executive officer, financial officer, principle
accounting officer or controller and persons which perform similar functions.
Scope:
This
policy covers the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Executive Officers
including Senior Financial Officers and any other individuals with similar
functions and responsibilities for the Company's accounting and financial
reporting.
Code
of Ethical Conduct Standards
The
Company recognizes the importance and significant role of its Chief Executive
Officer and Executive Officers including Senior Financial Officers within
its corporate governance program. These individuals are uniquely capable
and empowered to ensure that the interests of the Company's stakeholders
are appropriately balanced, protected and preserved. Accordingly, this
Code provides principles to which these individuals are expected to adhere
and advocate. The Code embodies rules regarding individual and peer responsibilities,
as well as responsibilities to the Company, the public and other stakeholders.
As a result, the following standards are expected to be adhered to by
each of these individuals:
1.
Demonstrate honest and ethical conduct at all times, including avoiding
actual or apparent conflicts of interest in personal and professional
relationships. Avoid conflicts of interest, including disclosure to a
person or persons within the Company or outside the Company of any material
transaction or relationship that reasonably could be expected to give
rise to a conflict of interest.
2.
Provide constituents with information that is accurate, complete, objective,
relevant, timely and understandable in the Company's periodic reports
required to be filed with the SEC and in all other information, both oral
and written, to the Company's stakeholders, as well as any public communications
made by the Company.
3.
Comply with rules and regulations of federal, state, provincial and local
governments and other appropriate private and public regulatory agencies,
as well as the established policies of the Company.
4.
Act in good faith, responsibly, with due care, competence and diligence,
without misrepresenting material facts or allowing independent judgment
to be subordinated.
5.
Respect the confidentiality of information acquired in the course of their
work, except when authorized or otherwise legally obligated to disclose.
Confidential information acquired in the course of work should not be
used for personal advantage.
6.
Share knowledge and maintain skills important and relevant to the needs
of the Company.
7.
Proactively promote ethical behavior as a responsible partner among peers
in the work environment and community.
8.
Acknowledge responsible use of and control over all assets and resources
employed or entrusted to them.
All
material transactions or relationships involving potential conflicts of
interest should be reviewed first with the Company's legal counsel and
its Audit Committee for approval before entering into such transaction.
In rare circumstances the Audit Committee may grant a waiver for a specific
provision of the Code. If an individual becomes aware of a violation of
this Code, such violation should be reported to the Company's legal counsel
and Audit Committee. The Company's Audit Committee has the final determination
as to whether there has been a violation of this Code. In the case where
the Audit Committee has determined that there has been a violation of
this Code, the Audit Committee has the power and responsibility to discipline
the individual committing the violation up to and including the power
and responsibility to terminate the employment of the individual committing
the violation, if they find that the individual had a clear knowledge
of such violation.
Annually,
each individual covered by this Code should sign a certification that
they have complied with each of the requirements of this Code. Copies
of this certification should be provided to the Company's Audit Committee.
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