1. Overview
    The purpose of this ethics policy is to establish a culture of openness, trust, and integrity in business practices. Effective ethics is a team effort involving the participation and support of every Pulse Software Solutions employee. All employees should familiarize themselves with the ethics guidelines that follow this introduction. Pulse Software Solutions is committed to protecting employees, partners, vendors, and the company from illegal or damaging actions by individuals, either knowingly or unknowingly. When Pulse Software Solutions addresses issues proactively and uses correct judgment, it helps set us apart from competitors.
  2. Purpose
    Our purpose for authoring a publication on ethics is to emphasize the employee’s and consumer’s expectation to be treated to fair business practices. This policy will serve to guide business behavior to ensure ethical conduct.
  3. Scope
    This policy applies to employees, contractors, consultants, temporaries, and other workers at Pulse Software Solutions, including all personnel affiliated with third parties.
  4. Policy
    1. Executive Commitment to Ethics
      1. Top brass within Pulse Software Solutions must set a prime example. In any business practice, honesty and integrity must be a top priority for executives.
      2. Executives must have an open door policy and welcome suggestions and concerns from employees. This will allow employees to feel comfortable discussing any issues and will alert executives to concerns within the workforce.
      3. Executives must disclose any conflict of interests regard their position within Pulse Software Solutions.
    2. Employee Commitment to Ethics
      1. Pulse Software Solutions employees will treat everyone fairly, have mutual respect, promote a team environment and avoid the intent and appearance of unethical or compromising practices.
      2. Every employee needs to apply effort and intelligence in maintaining these ethical values.
      3. Employees must disclose any conflict of interests regard their position within Pulse Software Solutions.
      4. Employees will help Pulse Software Solutions to increase customer and vendor satisfaction by providing quality products and timely responses to any inquiries.
    3. Company Awareness
      1. Promotion of ethical conduct within interpersonal communications of employees will be rewarded.
      2. Pulse Software Solutions will promote a trustworthy and honest atmosphere to reinforce ethics within the company.
    4. Maintaining Ethical Practices
      1. Pulse Software Solutions will reinforce the importance of the integrity message and the tone will start at the top. Every employee, manager, director consistently needs to maintain an ethical stance and support ethical behavior.
      2. Employees at Pulse Software Solutions should encourage open dialogue, get honest feedback and treat everyone fairly, with honesty and objectivity.
      3. Pulse Software Solutions has established a best practice disclosure committee to ensure the ethical code is delivered to all employees and that concerns regarding the code can be addressed.
    5. Unethical Behavior
      1. Pulse Software Solutions will avoid the intent and appearance of unethical or compromising practice in relationships, actions, and communications.
      2. Pulse Software Solutions will not tolerate harassment or discrimination.
      3. Unauthorized use of company trade secrets & marketing, operational, personnel, financial, source code, & technical information integral to the success of our company will not be tolerated.
      4. Pulse Software Solutions will not permit impropriety at any time and we will act ethically and responsibly in accordance with laws.
      5. Pulse Software Solutions employees will not use corporate assets or business relationships for personal use or gain.
  5. Enforcement
    1. Any infractions of this code of ethics will not be tolerated and Pulse Software Solutions will act quickly in correcting the issue if the ethical code is broken.
    2. Any employee found to have violated this policy may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.
  6. Intellectual Property
    1. The purpose of this policy is to have the utmost obligation to ourselves to identify and protect the intellectual properties, trade secrets, and other confidential information owned by the Company and its clients or associates as this information is the key to the business’ success. We have an obligation to protect Client IPR at all times. The officials can consult legal counsel of the concerned business department whenever an IPR issue is involved and there is the need for clarity where one is not clear on the course of action to be taken. All confidential information has to be used for Company business purposes only. By Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) we mean patented or potentially patentable inventions, trademarks, service marks, trademarks, copyrightable subject matter, and trade secrets. Any rights, title, and interest whatsoever, including but not limited to, patents. Copyright, trade secrets, and design rights, mask rights whether registerable or not, arising or created as a result of the development of and/or the application of any tangible or intangible work product or materials produced by an employee during or as a consequence of his/her employment with Pulse Software Solutions, whether alone or in conjunction with others and whether during normal working hours or not, including but not limited to, any invention, design, discovery, improvement, computer program, documentation, or other material that any employee conceives of, discovers or creates during or in consequence of employment hereunder (“Work Product”) shall belong exclusively to the company.
    2. Employees hereby convey ownership in such rights, title, and interest to Company and its affiliates upon inception or development.
    3. All Work Product shall constitute a work(s) made for hire under all copyright acts. To the extent that any Work Product does not constitute a work made for hire under the foregoing laws, employees hereby irrevocably assign all worldwide right, title, and interest (including without limitation, patents, copyright, trade secrets, trademarks, design rights, contract, and licensing rights) in such Work Product(s) to Company and its affiliates. Employees retain no rights to use the Work Product(s) and agree not to challenge the validity of the Company’s and its affiliates’ ownership of the Work Product. Employees hereby forever waive all moral rights of the Work Product and any results or proceeds therefrom, even if after expiration or termination of employment hereunder.
    4. Employees will not violate or attempt to violate the intellectual property rights, interests, or title of any third party including but not limited to clients, partners, and affiliates. The company shall be entitled to immediate injunctive or similar relief upon a potential or actual breach of this section by employees.
  7. Information of a confidential or proprietary nature
    1. The purpose of this policy is to establish consistent guidelines for contacts with investors/ customers as a corporate policy of public disclosure of inside information.
      The Company’s confidential information is a valuable asset. This information is the property of the Company and may be protected by patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret laws. Pulse Software Solutions ensures that the Proprietary Information and Non-Disclosure agreements be signed by the employee at the time of joining the Company. This agreement remains in effect for as long as the employee works for the Company and after he/she leaves the Company.
  8. Harassment
    1. The purpose of this policy is to establish and communicate the Company’s policy prohibiting unlawful harassment and the procedures for the disposition of any such conduct for the Company’s operations. Pulse Software Solutions ensures that every employee and officer of the Company is responsible to maintain a workplace free of harassment.
  9. Environment, Health, and Safety Policy
    1. The purpose of this policy is to protect our environment and provide environmental principles for the Company in the conduct of business.

We make our continuous efforts to make operations compatible with protecting the environment and responsible stewardship of the global environment and heritage while supplying high-quality products or services to our customers nationally and internationally.

The company is committed on a global basis, to safe, efficient, and environmentally sound business practices and operations.

10. List of Do’s and Don’t

Do’s Dont’s Seek Guidance
Protect portable electronic devices from theft Download files, use applications, or participate in online games that use high bandwidth From your manager and the Network team to: Execute any form of project related network monitoring, port scanning, or network sniffing
Exercise care in the use of e-mail, including targeting messages to the appropriate audience Use Company or client facilities to download, distribute or use software or data without appropriate permission From your manager and the Network team to: Download software for direct business use
Contact the Network Help Desk to get the latest virus software, or to report system-related issues Propagate viruses, worms, or other malicious code or send malicious e-mails or SPAM From your manager and the Network team to: Use high bandwidth applications such as streaming media and Internet radio for business purposes.
Inform the admin team of loss or theft of any personal items inside office premises Execute any non-business form of non-project related network monitoring, port scanning, or network sniffing From your manager to: Retrieve executable files
Inform the admin Help Desk of errors in addresses in Pulse directories Join non-business-related mailing lists, solicit information on the Internet or send non-business mass or chain letters
Run only approved software on workstations or laptops when working on projects overnight Access illegal, pornographic, or other material with which the Company would not want to be associated
Take reasonable precautions to safeguard personal belongings in the workplace (e.g. cell phones, jewelry, briefcases, wallets, etc.) Such belongings should not be left in Pulse offices. Send or knowingly post inaccurate, unsubstantiated, discriminatory, or abusive/ derogatory comments about any individual or company (including its products and services)
Use Pulse assets to offer non-Pulse product items or services
Install software without the knowledge of the Network team
Use client-supplied software to write code for a colleague who works for a different company or a different client within Pulse.
Post client confidential information in public forums
Pay careful attention to the accuracy of books, records, and financial statements Bill more hours to the client then worked to meet revenue goals
Report any known or potentially false or misleading information in the Company’s financial statements to the Director Intentionally submit an inaccurate resource, expense, or revenue forecast
Know the limits of your signature authority and stay within them. If you are unsure of these limits please check with the appropriate representative
Use access cards and badges while working on premises where required Share access cards or badges From the project manager: Remove hard copies of source code/documents from Pulse or client premises
Label customer artifacts with appropriate copyright statements Leave confidential information as voice mail messages on internal or external systems
Remove printouts from printers promptly Leave confidential documents in unattended work areas or on whiteboards or in discussion rooms
Lock drawers, cabinets, and rooms before leaving a work area
Leave’s should be added to the leave planner in advance.
The eating of snacks should be limited to the pantry. One should try to maintain Cleanliness throughout the office premises.
Comply with open source licenses Use any unlicensed third party or open-source software without appropriate authorization
Reuse proprietary software that was built specifically for a client unless permission has been obtained to do so.
Use only those IDs assigned for your use Share passwords or IDs or otherwise try to bypass security controls From the Network team to: Copy confidential information to external drives
Use Company-approved anti-virus software to scan all downloadable files, including e-mail attachments Send files using instant messaging applications, or send codes, large files, or sensitive documents to customers as e-mail attachments Get local administrative access to a workstation or laptop
Shut down computers at the end of the workday Inappropriately reveal source code and such documents to external parties through e-mail or other electronic means From your manager to: Send any code or specification to any Pulse client or vendor
Store project-related work on approved platforms and give project-related artifacts to the project manager at the completion of the assignment Violate licensing policies when downloading or using third-party software