LAZARUS UNION’s RELATIONSHIPS
The Lazarus Union expects all persons and organizations with whom it has relationships to respect human rights.
The Lazarus Union will seek to avoid knowingly engaging in activities where it could be complicit in human rights abuses. This includes appropriate consideration of the Lazarus Union’s human rights commitments, Improper Land Acquisition Policy, and Modern Slavery Act requirements. The Lazarus Union does not tolerate slavery, human trafficking, forced or child labour or child exploitation.
Should the Lazarus Union discover that – through the actions of third parties– it is (or may be) associated with human rights violations, appropriate action will be taken in a timely manner. Actions may include notification to regulators and/or law enforcement agencies, engaging with the relevant parties to promote good practice and/or avoiding or exiting the operational relationship.
Respecting human rights of customers and the community
The Lazarus Union will seek to contribute positively to human rights in the countries and communities in which it operates. This includes taking steps to:
- Treat all members and co-workers, existing and potential, fairly.
- Adhere to confidentiality and privacy requirements.
- Manage conflicts of interest.
- Support members, co-workers, and communities in times of hardship; and
- Understand potential human rights risks facing vulnerable groups.
The Lazarus Union will consider, and mitigate as appropriate, the potential risk of its systems and operations being inappropriately used in connection with financial crime (e.g. bribery, corruption, fraud, terrorist financing and money laundering). Such illegal activity could be for the purposes of concealing human rights violations and/or have adverse human rights impacts.
Due diligence, monitoring, and review
Human rights related risks will be considered as part of due diligence and risk assessment processes where appropriate.
Human rights issues that arise must be responded to and escalated as appropriate, consistent with the Event Management Standard Operating Procedures (including the use of independent assessments where appropriate).
Relevant monitoring, oversight and review processes will be undertaken to review the effectiveness of the Lazarus Union’s human rights commitments and Modern Slavery requirements as specified in related policies, processes, frameworks and/or action plans.
This Policy and all Lazarus Union’s policies and processes must be reviewed and updated on a regular basis, including where necessary to reflect changes in human rights requirements and global good practice and to address human rights risks affecting the Lazarus Union, its people, co-workers and third parties.
Training and communications
The Lazarus Union’s commitment to human rights will be disseminated to members and co-worker’s communication channels and be included within relevant training programs.
