voestalpine AG has adopted the following Group guidelines to serve as a helpful tool in applying the Code of Conduct: Business conduct This guideline is an expansion and concretization of the Code of Conduct with regard to the subjects of corruption/bribery/acceptance of gifts and conflicts of interest and regulate, for example, permissibility of gifts, invitations and other benefits, donations, sponsoring, ancillary activities, and the private purchase of goods and services by employees of customers and suppliers.