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2. Responsibilities to Apple
A. Opportunity is for everyone
Apple encourages a creative, culturally diverse, and supportive work environment. Apple will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, slurs,
jokes or threats based on a person
’s race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity characteristics or expression, religion, national origin,
age, marital status, disability, or veteran status. This applies to employees, applicants for employment, or others who may be present in the
workplace at any Apple location.
Any Apple employee who believes he or she has been discriminated against or harassed, or has witnessed such action, is strongly encouraged
to report the incident to any member of the Human Resources Department or to any manager.
B. Confidential information
Apple’s success is a direct result of its technologically innovative products. The company’s continued success and growth depends on our
ability to preserve the confidentiality of our confidential, proprietary and trade secret information, as well as that of others in our possession.
Each Apple employee has the duty to respect and protect the confidentiality of all such information. Employees (including temporary workers,
consultants and independent contractors) are expected to read and to comply with Apple’s information protection practices, including
information classification, and procedures for handling confidential information. Employees must also comply with Apple’s policies with
respect to personal information of our customers, in addition to complying with all applicable laws governing Apple’s use of such personal
information, worldwide.
No Apple employee, employee of a temporary agency, or independent contractor shall disclose any Apple confidential, proprietary, or trade
secret information to an outside party unless an authorized Apple representative has previously signed an appropriate agreement or license
approved by the Apple Law Department. No Apple employee, employee of a temporary agency, or independent contractor shall use or disclose
to any other party any confidential, proprietary, and trade secret information in Apple’s possession belonging to a third party unless authorized
by the third party to do so, and until the party receiving the information has signed an appropriate confidentiality agreement with Apple.
To protect Apple’s interests in its research and development investment, any unsolicited third-
party confidential information sent to Apple must
be refused or, if inadvertently received by an Apple employee, sent to the Apple Law Department for appropriate disposition. Employees must
be careful not to use or disclose, at Apple, information of former employers or other third parties.
C. Public communications
Apple has specific policies regarding who can communicate information to the press and the financial analyst community. All inquiries or calls
from the press and financial analysts should be referred to the Investor Relations Department or the Public Relations Department. Apple has
designated its CEO, CFO, Corporate Controller, Treasurer and Investor Relations Department as
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