Following a number of corporate and accounting scandals in the USA, Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 (Sarbanes-Oxley). Sarbanes-Oxley established new or enhanced standards for corporate accountability in the USA. Although the company's corporate governance structure was believed to be robust and in line with best practice, certain changes were necessary to ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley.
Sarbanes-Oxley code of ethics
Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, "Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers",
requires that GSK have a code of ethics "applicable to its Principal financial officer and
comptroller or Principal accounting officer, or persons performing similar functions". There have
been no changes in or waivers to the company's code of ethics which require disclosure in
accordance with the Act.
The code is defined as standards that promote:
GSK formulated a Sarbanes-Oxley code of ethics comprised of nine existing GSK policies:
Our code of ethics goes beyond the requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley in that it is applicable to all GSK employees. The Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, as well as the Senior Vice-President of Corporate Accounting and the Senior Vice-President, Operations Controller have all signed statements certifying their compliance with the code of ethics.
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