Parsons’ Ethics And Compliance Program
Our Ethics And Compliance Program consists of ethics, anti-corruption compliance, trade compliance, political law and political action committee (PAC) compliance, and privacy compliance. Integrity is a core value, and we continuously encourage employee engagement in our ethics program through internal communications, training, and activities. In addition, we deploy an annual Culture of Ethics survey to our employees and use the feedback to advance the program.
Ethics Program Highlights
Employee Respondents “Would Recommend” Parsons As a Place to Work
Reports are Inquiries – Employees Reaching Out Before Acting
Average Days to Investigate and Close a Report
Inquiries, Suggestions, And Reports Received Through Ethics Channels
Ethics Engagements
Our ethics officers and employee relations investigators handle ethics internal investigations and inquiries submitted from across the enterprise.
Ethics Helpline
Parsons maintains the highest standards of integrity and ethical behavior. In 2009, we implemented our 24-hour Ethics Helpline, which is available to those who want to ask questions or report concerns about business practices, violations of law, and company policies. Learn More
Human Rights Policy
Parsons is committed to addressing human rights issues, such as diversity, forced labor, or human trafficking, in every environment in which we operate. Parsons expects the same commitment from each and every one of its business partners, vendors, and clients. Learn More
Code Of Conduct
Our Code of Conduct provides the framework for adhering to our Core Values (Integrity, Innovation, Sustainability, Safety, Quality, and Diversity and Inclusion) and enabling us to deliver global integrated solutions that make the world safer, healthier, connected, and secure. Our employees are the cornerstone of Parsons’ corporate culture, and they – along with our shareholders and the public – are holding corporations to a higher standard of responsibility. Our Code and Core Values ensure that we meet and exceed those expectations. Learn More
Political Action Committee
PARPAC is a voluntary, bipartisan political action committee (PAC) comprised of Parsons employees who are eligible to participate using a set of guidelines established by the Federal Election Committee. All contributions and required filings are reviewed to ensure compliance with all applicable law and regulation. Learn More
Trade Compliance
Parsons Trade Compliance group establishes and maintains a proactive approach to compliance with all requirements for the compliant movement across international borders of goods, information, and services. This includes, but is not limited to, compliance with regulations from the Departments of Commerce, Defense, Energy, Homeland Security, State, and Treasury. It also includes compliance with the requirements of the U.S. intelligence community, where applicable.
Anti-Corruption
Parsons conducts all business transactions ethically and in full compliance with all applicable laws, including anticorruption legislation, and abides by all applicable anti-corruption laws (including, but not limited to, the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”). Accordingly, Parsons has zero tolerance for bribery or corruption of any kind and we expect the same from our partners. Parsons has a comprehensive Third Party due diligence process to ensure our partners share this view.
Privacy
Parsons Legal and Ethics and Compliance personnel assist Parsons’ Information Governance Program (IGP) in ensuring that all legal, regulatory, and contractual privacy compliance obligations are met and that Parsons is operating in accordance with all applicable data privacy laws. The IGP also supports initiatives in information classification and records retention and maintenance.