Total’s commitment to meeting our corporate social responsibility is based on ethical principles and business practices. Our commitments are formally expressed in our Code of Conduct and based on support for and application of universal rules. Across our entire organization, in a variety of sometimes-sensitive business environments, we uphold human rights and transparent and fair business practices and we reject all forms of bribery and corruption.

	Applying our code of conduct
	Total’s Ethics Committee oversees and coordinates our ethics principles and practices, which are formally expressed in the Code of Conduct and deployed through real-world actions.

	Upholding human rights
	Upholding human rights is fundamental to our commitment to ethics principles and practices. We strive to promote proactive initiatives and heightened awareness in sometimes-sensitive business environments.

	Financial transparency
	Oil and gas development generates significant revenues that do not always benefit local residents. Total believes that financial transparency is a critical issue and we actively support the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) introduced in 2002. We have also disclosed information on our businesses in certain countries.

	Purchasing and competition
	The nature of our activities requires great vigilance in the way we conduct our business. We take measures to ensure full compliance with the rules of free competition, and our relations with our suppliers are governed by ethics principles and practices.

	Combating bribery and corruption
	The nature of our oil and chemical activities exposes us to the risk of corruption. To protect against these risks, we take part in international discussions and apply internal rules and procedures.