DM Trans, LLC dba Arrive Logistics (“Arrive”) is committed to responsible, safe, legal, and ethical operations throughout all aspects of its business. Accordingly, Arrive complies with all applicable laws and follows recognized ethical standards, including but not limited to the principles below (collectively, the “Code”) and requires that each of its business partners (“Partners”), including but not limited to its vendors, employees, and third party carriers to do the same:
Arrive values and expects Partners to value the principles of Integrity, Respect, Compliance, and Responsibility. This means conducting business with honesty and integrity; treating everyone with dignity; adhering to all applicable laws, regulations, and internal standards; and holding oneself accountable for one’s actions and decisions.
Arrive and Partners must not, under any circumstances, resort to forced, bonded, involuntary, indentured or compulsory labor, slavery, or human trafficking.
Arrive does not and Partners must not employ children who have not reached the legal working age under applicable laws and regulations.
Working hours, as well as break times and periodic days off, shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Workers shall not be required or allowed to work more than the maximum legally permitted number of regularly paid hours per week. Overtime must be voluntary.
The rights of employees to form and join trade unions and bargain collectively must be respected.
Arrive does not and Partners must not discriminate against any person based on race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual characteristic, or other characteristic protected by law in hiring and employment. All individuals should be treated with respect and dignity. Arrive’s workers and Partners’ workers shall not be subjected to corporal punishment, or physical, verbal, sexual, or psychological abuse or harassment.
Arrive and Partners must provide their respective workers a safe, healthy and sanitary working environment and shall have legally required procedures and safeguards in place to prevent workplace hazards and work-related accidents and injuries, including procedures and safeguards to prevent industry-specific workplace hazards, and work-related accidents and injuries that are not specifically addressed in this Code.
Hazardous labor shall not be performed by any person under the age of 18 and must be performed in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Hazardous labor involves any work that by its nature or the circumstances in which the work is undertaken involves the substantial risk of harm to the safety or health of the worker or coworkers if adequate protections are not taken.
Food or materials used in the manufacture of food, food packaging, or other products that are intended to contact food must meet or exceed standards for food safety, including those stated in the Arrive Foodstuffs Addendum or otherwise established by applicable regulators and consumer standards associations to prevent tampering, spoilage, or contamination.
Arrive and Partners will fairly compensate their respective employees, and such employees must be provided with wages and benefits that comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Such fair compensation includes appropriate compensation for overtime and other premium pay situations required by law.
Equipment and facilities must be operated in compliance with all environmental laws and regulations relating to waste disposal, emissions, discharges, and the handling of hazardous and toxic materials. Additionally, Arrive and Partners should strive to minimize their emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases and minimize their negative impact on natural resources, including air, land, forests, and bodies of water while optimizing their consumption of raw materials, water, and energy.
Arrive does not tolerate bribery, kickbacks or corruption in any form; all decisions are made based solely on merit and integrity. Arrive does not and Partners shall not offer, promise, or accept any form of solicitation, gifts, or invitations tendered (1) in a secret manner or by an unknown or not clearly identified person; (2) in the form of cash or cash equivalents; or (3) in a manner or form that breaches an applicable local law, regulation, or rule. Gifts must be reasonable, proportionate, and transparently documented. Partners must avoid any engagement that contravenes or violates applicable laws or regulations related to corruption or bribery, including but not limited to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Partners must protect intellectual property entrusted to them by Arrive, including intellectual property owned by Arrive’s customers, and Partners must report any mishandling of intellectual property to Arrive as soon as is practical.
Arrive and Partners’ respective workers must have access to a system to report complaints and concerns to their superiors. Furthermore, workers must be able to make those complaints and report legal or ethical violations to the appropriate authorities without fear of retaliation and while maintaining confidentiality and anonymity, if possible.
Arrive and Partners should commit to the principle of free competition and must avoid collusive bidding, price fixing, price discrimination, and other illegal or unfair trade practices.
Arrive and Partners shall avoid engaging in any transaction or arrangement which involves a conflict of interest which is not comprehensively disclosed to all relevant stakeholders.
Arrive and Partners must act in accordance with all applicable economic, trade, or financial sanctions, as well as trade embargoes, anti-terrorism laws, and other restrictions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Arrive and Partners must thoroughly vet third parties to prevent potential involvement in money laundering activities and continually monitor third-party performance to ensure compliance with applicable laws. Partners must report suspicious financial activities or irregularities to the appropriate internal or external authorities and should train their employees to recognize potential risks and prevent illicit financial activities.
Arrive reserves the right to potentially end its business relationship or pursue any other remedy available under the law if a Partner does not adhere to this Code. Upon reasonable suspicion of a violation of this Code, Arrive reserves the right to audit Partners’ relevant documentation upon fifteen calendar days’ written notice.