We protect company assets
Whether our work takes us to an office, a warehouse, a laboratory, a hospital, a health care facility, a remote location or our home, we care for AbbVie’s assets as if they were our own.
These assets include information assets as well as physical, electronic and financial assets. Protecting assets from improper or careless use, destruction or disclosure is everyone’s job.
We protect confidential and proprietary information
Information about AbbVie operations is private. We use it only to do our jobs and never share it with anyone, inside or outside of AbbVie, who is not authorized to see it. We do not upload or store confidential, proprietary or personally identifiable information to unauthorized sites such as cloud storage sites, our personal email accounts, home computers, personally obtained storage locations or insecure locations.
We are especially careful to protect proprietary information – knowledge that AbbVie owns and uses to our competitive advantage in the marketplace. This includes intellectual property such as trade secrets (for example, patents, trademarks, manufacturing processes and business methods). As AbbVie employees, we are in a position of trust and confidence and may come into contact or have access to confidential information and inventions that were developed by AbbVie employees and agents. Confidential information and inventions are more specifically defined in your AbbVie Employee Agreement.
This is our way
There may be times when a government agency, supplier or legal team requests us to disclose confidential information. If you receive a request of this kind, contact our Legal Department for assistance.
Making a difference
I am an AbbVie researcher. In a casual conversation with my brother, he asks me if AbbVie is studying any new drug treatments. I know about an innovative new therapy that is currently being discussed but, as excited as I am to share AbbVie’s plans, I know the information is proprietary so I decide not to share this information.
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See our Requirements for Release of Confidential Information policy for additional information.
We protect AbbVie’s electronic and physical assets
Safeguarding AbbVie facilities, vehicles, furnishings, equipment, inventory, electronic devices and information systems from damage and loss is everyone’s responsibility. We maintain electronic and physical assets in good working condition and never use them in a careless or wasteful manner. We keep our computers, other electronic devices, software and the passwords we use to access them, secure. Occasional personal use of AbbVie resources is permitted, as long as it doesn’t interfere with your job or violate our policies.
We protect AbbVie’s financial assets
The integrity of our cash assets and securities, bank accounts, credit standing and financial records is essential to our success. We take great care to protect these and other financial assets and keep them secure. We manage budgets responsibly. We comply with AbbVie accounting controls, financial policies and guidelines related to sourcing and purchasing. If you have an accounting or auditing concern, speak up.
Visit the Corporate Policy Portal on My AbbVie to access additional company policies and procedures on the topics covered within our Code, or ask your manager of the Office of Ethics and Compliance for additional guidance.
Making a difference
As an AbbVie sales representative, I often work in remote locations. Sometimes while waiting to meet a business partner I use my company laptop to check personal email. I mistakenly click on an email attachment that causes the computer to shut down. I call my manager, who refers me to our information technology department for assistance in safely rebooting my device and preventing any potential damage.
