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Employees may use several mechanisms to raise ethical or values-based concerns. We encourage employees to follow HP’s Open Door Policy and talk first to their manager or the next level of management if issues arise. Alternatively, employees can submit concerns to ethics and compliance experts or their regional or business ethics and compliance liaisons.

HP’s Global Standards of Business Conduct team manages formal, confidential communication channels for employees and other stakeholders to report potential violations of law, company policy or the SBC. Reporting can be anonymous, if preferred. Communication channels include:

Telephone: A confidential 24-hour phone line, called The GuideLine, is available globally. In the United States, contact +1 800 424 2965. International dialing instructions can be found on our business ethics website.

E-mail: Use an online form or write directly to corporate.compliance@hp.com.

Postal mail:
HP Global SBC Team
PO Box 692015
Houston, TX 77269-2015
United States

Within four business days, the person submitting a concern relating to the SBC will receive a response that explains how their concern will be handled or informs them that their concern is not covered by the SBC.

HP promptly investigates all allegations of SBC violations and takes appropriate action. Investigation teams may be local, regional or corporate, depending on the allegation. The Global SBC team oversees all investigations, and teams may also include members from the human resources, legal, IT security, global security and internal audit functions, depending on the expertise needed. In most cases, the investigation team shares its findings with the manager of the employee in question and agrees upon the appropriate disciplinary action. The details and results of all investigations are confidential.

In 2007, 1,069 inquiries and allegations were received through the formal reporting mechanisms managed by the Global SBC team or escalated through other compliance reporting mechanisms (see pie chart). All items were reviewed and addressed.

As a result, we warned, demoted or terminated the contracts of employment of 531 employees during the year.

Items reported to the Global SBC Team or other compliance functions, 20071
	HR/retaliation/harassment 38% Misuse of assets 20% Fraud 12% Channel 7% Conflicts of interest 7% Confidentiality 4% Other 11%

¹ Total is less than 100% due to rounding.