Committed to Corporate Governance

We have high expectations – especially of ourselves. T-Systems North America follows comprehensive principles of good corporate governance, which include accounting guidelines, compliance and ethical standards.

These principles fulfil the requirements of our parent company, T-Systems Enterprise Services GmbH and ultimately Deutsche Telekom AG, the public, as well as complying with the legal framework. For us, Corporate Governance means that we publish transparent financial reports, implement guidelines and policies in full, ensure that our business development is sustainable, maintain high ethical standards and promote integrity and commitment.

These principles allow our company with its 52,000 employees worldwide to:

The framework of guidelines and documentation of corporate governance at T-Systems North America is provided by the Corporate Governance Rules of T-Systems Enterprise Service GmbH and Deutsche Telekom AG, the Code of Conduct and Corporate Vision. An additional factor is the assumption of ethical responsibility – for example in connection with sport and cultural sponsoring, involvement in society and the promotion of education and training through the Telekom Foundation.

Corporate Governance in a Spirit of Partnership

We believe that corporate governance does not stop at the boundaries of the company. Our Customers, Suppliers and other business associates also have to apply the same high internal benchmarks in their companies as we do.

With the Code of Conduct, T-Systems North America has approved a set of behavioural guidelines for the company and its employees. We expect our Customers, Suppliers and business associates to adhere to similar codes of conduct.

One of our principles is that we resolutely fight against corruption and the exploitation of conflicts of interests to the disadvantage of the company. We tolerate neither improper influence on decision-makers in our client companies nor the seeking of unauthorized personal advantage by our employees.

In addition to intentional infringements of the principles of good corporate governance, damage can also be caused by negligent behaviour. We therefore regard the protection of data, the monitoring of business principles and processes, and the protection of assets as certified components of good business relations.

High-end Value for our Customers
Our ultimate goal is to create value for all our Stakeholders and particularly to Customers by providing them with innovative and reliable products and services. Because we know that particularly with the outsourcing of ICT services, it is important that you can rely on your business partner. Because corporate-governance rules – such as the US Sarbanes-Oxley Act – specify certain requirements and monitoring procedures, and companies have to provide evidence that they adhere to them. The chain of evidence also extends to ICT providers and their suppliers.