AeronauticsEthics and Compliance
1. Ethics and Compliance
ALTEN places ethics at the heart of its activities. The Group shares the highest standards in this area with its stakeholders. ALTEN is committed to conducting and developing its business in strict compliance with national and international laws and regulations and to making ethics and compliance a common priority for the entire Group.
As part of the ALTEN Group, ALTEN India upholds the same high standards of transparency, integrity, and responsibility that guide the Group globally, and is committed to conducting its business in strict compliance with applicable national and international laws and regulations. In line with the Group’s updated 2025 Ethics Charter, ALTEN India enforces a zero-tolerance policy towards corruption and conflicts of interest.
The ALTEN Group Ethics Charter, which applies across all Group entities including ALTEN India, sets out these principles in full and can be accessed here: Read – ALTEN Group Ethics Charter
2. Prevention of corruption
A “zero tolerance” policy concerning corruption
The ALTEN Group has a “zero tolerance” policy regarding corruption and strives to disseminate this message to all its stakeholders. In addition, the ALTEN Group carries out its activities in compliance with the national and international standards to which it is subject regarding the prevention and the detection of corruption acts. ALTEN India, as part of the Group, adheres fully to this commitment.
Read Anti-Corruption Code of Conduct
This policy is formalized by a set of reference documents, guides and policies reaffirming the Group’s commitment and the guiding principles in the prevention of corruption. ALTEN India applies these principles in its own operations, including conducting due diligence checks before entering into business relationships and ensuring employees complete mandatory anti-corruption training.
A supervised practice of gifts and invitations offered or received
ALTEN Group acknowledges that invitations and gifts offered or received can play an important role in developing good business relationships. However, these practices can sometimes be seen as a factor that influences business decisions, constituting therefore an act of corruption or leading to a conflict of interest. In order to monitor these behaviors, ALTEN has issued a gift and hospitality policy that reaffirms the guiding principles, set out the criteria for granting or accepting gifts and invitations, and provides employees with recommendations when confronted to potentially risky situations.
3. Prevention and management of conflicts of interest
As part of the ALTEN Group, ALTEN India requires every employee to perform their duties objectively, and promotes transparency around any situation that could give rise to a potential or proven conflict of interest. The Group has a practical guide on conflicts of interest in order to increase employee awareness. The Group also provides several channels of information/communication to report situations of potential or proven conflicts of interest.
The Group’s policy on conflicts of interest is also reaffirmed in the Anti-corruption Code of Conduct and in the Ethics and Compliance Charter. As required by the Group, ALTEN India has undertaken this commitment and fully implemented these provisions across its operations.
4. Responsible Purchasing
As part of the ALTEN Group, ALTEN India has implemented a responsible purchasing policy to support its sustainability goals, focusing on minimizing environmental and social impacts. In 2022, the ALTEN Group received the “Committed to Responsible Purchasing” label from AFNOR, recognizing its sustainable procurement practices. ALTEN continuously monitors and improves supplier performance using dedicated tools to assess social and environmental risks, ensuring high standards of sustainability and ethics.
Read Responsible Purchasing Charter
5. Sustainability Charter
As part of the ALTEN Group, ALTEN India upholds the Group’s commitment to promoting corporate social responsibility across its companies. Alongside its commitment to comply with applicable laws and the rules of good governance, this initiative is built on core principles: fairness, valuing employees, protecting the environment, and developing environmentally friendly service offerings. Through this, the ALTEN Group aims to make an active contribution to sustainable development.
6. Compliance with international sanctions
As part of the ALTEN Group, ALTEN India operates in strict compliance with international sanctions regimes. The Group’s compliance policy also covers the prevention of risks relating to violations of international. This is referred to in the “Ethics & Compliance in a nutshell” guide, distributed to all Managers and Ethics & Compliance ambassadors.
The due diligence of third parties, which has been implemented as part of anti-corruption measures, is also intended to prevent risks in terms of violation of international sanctions by the ALTEN Group.
7. Compliance with competition rules
As part of the ALTEN Group, ALTEN India and its employees comply with French, European, and international competition law, as well as the laws applicable in each of the countries in which the Group conducts its activities. ALTEN Group and its employees refrain from directly or indirectly hindering freedom of competition in all commercial transactions. They also refrain from adopting any unfair trading practices towards competitors and from striking any unlawful deals. In order to achieve this objective, the Group disseminates practical sheets so as to make all employees aware of the necessity to comply with competition rules. The Group’s principles are also reaffirmed in the Ethics & Compliance Charter. The ALTEN group provides employees with several information/communication channels to report non-compete situations.
8. Whistleblowing Reporting System
At ALTEN, integrity, ethics and compliance are fundamental to the way we work. As part of the ALTEN Group, ALTEN India provides employees and external stakeholders with a confidential whistleblowing reporting system to report suspected misconduct, unethical behaviour, or other concerns. All reports are handled with care, confidentiality, and in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
Are you a direct witness to an act of corruption, to an unethical behaviour committed by ALTEN ?
In such case, you can use our whistleblowing system by logging into the secure platform: ALTEN Integrity Line