80 2021 ESG Report Healthy workforce and communities Appendices Responsible supply chain Product impact Climate change Introduction Transparency Ethics in sales and marketing Interactions with healthcare professionals In addition to our Code of Conduct, BD has a set of global policies and standards, including our Global Standards for Interactions with Healthcare Professionals, Healthcare Organizations and Government Officials, that are designed to ensure that associates have clear guidance on how to do what is right in the context of their work for BD. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations that govern the interactions between medical technology companies and healthcare professionals, healthcare organizations and government officials in the many countries in which we do business. To help support compliance, BD has adopted various industry codes, including the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) Code of Ethics in the United States, MedTech Europe, APACMed, Mecomed and Abimed. Key provisions of applicable industry codes are also incorporated into various global policies, including the Global Standards for Interactions with Healthcare Professionals, Healthcare Organizations and Government Officials. BD associates receive information and training about these codes in a few ways, including periodic communications and online and in-person trainings. Associates can access detailed information on our expectations through our intranet and our ethics and compliance mobile app. Product marketing BD has policies and procedures governing the advertising and promotion of our products, solutions and services in order to comply with applicable laws and regulations. Expectations around the promotion of our products are laid out in our Code of Conduct. Our advertising and promotions programs serve to create a globally harmonized process for generating, reviewing and approving advertising and promotional communications. This program promotes consistency in definitions, rules, principles, governance and approval criteria to enable compliance across BD. Our advertising and promotion review and approval processes are overseen by a steering committee consisting of cross-functional representatives from each business unit, including marketing, medical affairs, regulatory affairs and legal. Our global policy on advertising and promotion prohibits the development and distribution of advertising and promotional materials that have not been approved under the structure set out in the policy. All policies outline the obligation to report noncompliance, how to report it—including via the BD Ethics Helpline—and potential disciplinary action that could be taken for noncompliance. All associates who are involved in the creation, review, approval and distribution of advertising and promotional materials are required to complete annual training via the BD online training system. Training covers BD policies and procedures, as well as our systems used to manage and track approvals. In addition, topic-specific training is provided throughout the year.