Code of Conduct
PioneerUnion Maldives operates under the PioneerUnion Group Code of Conduct. This page explains how it applies here, and what to do if you see it being broken.
1. Who it binds
Everyone working for or on behalf of PNU Maldives: our own staff, our site crews, our contractors and subcontractors, our suppliers, and anyone acting as our agent.
If you supply us, subcontract for us, or work on one of our sites, this applies to you — including where your own company's standards are lower than ours.
2. The commitments that matter most on the ground here
These are the parts of the group Code that our work in the Maldives touches most often. The full text is on the group site.
Safety before schedule. Anyone on our sites may stop work they reasonably believe is unsafe. Nobody is penalised for doing so — not our staff, not a subcontractor's crew.
No bribery, and no facilitation payments. Not for a permit, an inspection, a clearance, an approval, or an award. If money or a favour is demanded to obtain something we are entitled to, the answer is no and the incident is reported. This applies to our suppliers and agents acting on our behalf as much as to our own staff.
Gifts and hospitality around a decision are not acceptable. Not before a tender, not during an inspection, not while an application is pending. Public officials carry a higher bar than commercial counterparties.
Workers hold their own documents. We do not retain passports or identity papers. If anyone working on a PNU site has had their documents taken — by us, by a subcontractor, or by an agent — that is a serious breach and we want to know.
Wages in full and on time. In the amounts agreed, with any deduction explained in advance.
No child labour, no forced labour, on our sites or in our direct supply chain.
Safety instructions in a language the worker reads. A rule someone cannot read is not a rule. Our site documentation is issued in English, 中文 and Bengali for this reason.
No harassment, bullying or discrimination — including on grounds of nationality, which matters on multinational sites.
Community before commencement. Where a project affects an inhabited island, we engage with the island and its council before work starts, not after.
Honest numbers. Project values, capacities and timelines we give are labelled for what they are — contracted, estimated, or target. We do not present an estimate as a fact, to a client, a ministry, or the public.
3. What we expect from suppliers and subcontractors
Working with us means meeting these standards on our work, and letting us check. We may ask to see wage records, right-to-work documents, and safety records for crews on our sites. A supplier who will not allow that check is not a supplier we can keep.
4. What we will not do
We will not accept a job, a permit, or an advantage obtained by any of the above being broken — not on the basis that someone else broke it, and not on the basis that it is how a thing is usually done.
5. If you see something wrong
Report it. You do not need to be an employee, and you do not need to be certain.
See Speaking up for the channels and for the protection you have when you use them. In short: you can report anonymously, we do not tell the person concerned who reported them, and nobody is punished for raising a concern in good faith.
For workers on our sites specifically: raising a concern does not affect your job, your pay, your contract renewal, or your permission to work in the Maldives. Anyone who suggests otherwise is themselves in breach of this Code.
