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3. COMPANY PROPERTY AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
All assets of Freudenberg must be safe- guarded. Such assets include but are not limited to physical assets, propri- etary information, know-how (e. g. reci- pes), patents, trademarks, copyrights, brands, company names, product denominations or logos. All associates have a duty to use company assets only for legitimate business purposes and to protect them from loss or unauthorized use. The unlawful or improper use, misappropriation or abuse of any Freudenberg asset is prohibited in all circumstances.
Intangible assets, as for example un- published business related information, or business secrets, must be treated as confidential. Those associates who hold such information must not make it available or accessible to unauthorized persons either from inside or outside the company.
While it is appropriate to gather pub- licly available information about other companies, the use of illegal, unethical or otherwise questionable methods to obtain information about other compa- nies is not permitted. Freudenberg fre- quently enters into relationships with other companies in which those com- panies release confidential or propri- etary information to us. You should avoid accepting such information until a valid confidentiality agreement is in place. Should an associate of Freudenberg come into contact with information about other companies that appears to be proprietary or confi- dential in nature, he or she should consult with management or Corporate Legal or the respective Compliance or Ethics Office to see what restrictions, if any, may apply to the use of the infor- mation.
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