Northeast Utilities Corporate Governance

Standards of Business Conduct

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction
• About the Standards of Business Conduct
• Our Core Values
• Living Our Values
• Using the Standards of Business Conduct



2. Employee Conduct
• Positive Work Environment
• Workplace Violence
• Weapons
• Gambling
• Personal Appearance



3. Attendance
• Overview
• Holidays / Vacations / Personal Time
• Excused Absence (Jury Duty, Death in the Family)
• Leaves of Absence (Family and Medical Leave of Absence, Military Service, Personal Reasons)



4. Safety and Health
• Overview
• Smoking
• Fitness for Duty
• Non-Occupational Injury and Illness
• Occupational Injury and Illness



5. Employment
• Employment Discrimination and Sexual Harassment
• Work Schedule Changes Due to Emergencies
• Benefits and Pay
• Staffing
• Performance Management
• Job Performance Counseling and Discipline
• Problem Resolution
• Termination of Employment



6. Business Relations
• Antitrust
• Competitor Relations
• Customer Relations
• Media Relations
• Purchasing and Vendor Relations
• Regulatory and Government Relations



7. Company Resources
• Internal Controls and Accounting for Company Resources
• Fraud Prevention and Detection Policy
• Use of Technology
• Confidential Information
• Identity and Image
• Intellectual Property: Copyrights, Inventions and Patents
• Use of Company Resources



8. Conflicts of Interest
• Overview
• Community and Professional Activities
• Gifts, Gratuities and Invitations
• Insider Trading
• Outside Employment and Business Activities
• Political Activities



9. Environmental Responsibility



10. Affiliate Rules: Codes of Conduct for Regulated and Unregulated Affiliates
    
    

Last updated as of 7/14/06

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