Legal Compliance Policies

Charles River is committed to the highest ethical standards and compliance. This is best exemplified through our completely revised and redesigned Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (Code of Conduct), released in September 2018.

Below you can find the Code as well as other policies mentioned in the code.

Affirmative Action and EEO Policy
Animal Welfare and the Humane Treatment of Animals Policy
Anti-Bribery Policy
English / Política de Combate ao Suborno (Brazilian Portuguese) / 反贿赂政策 (Chinese) / Anti-Omkopingsbeleid (Dutch) / Lahjonnanvastaiset periaatteet (Finnish) / Politique anti-corruption (French) / Politique anti-corruption (French Canadian) / Anti-Korruptionsrichtlinie (German) / Vesztegetésellenes szabályzat (Hungarian) / Politica anticorruzione (Italian) / 贈収賄防止に関する方針 (Japanese) / 뇌물 금지 정책 (Korean) / Política antisoborno (Spanish)
Antitrust Policy
English / 反垄断政策 (Chinese) / Antitrustbeleid (Dutch) / Politique Antitrust (French) /Politique Antitrust (French Canadian) / Richtlinie zum Kartellrecht (German) / Kartellszabályzat (Hungarian) / Politica sull'antitrust (Italian) / 独占禁止に関する方針 (Japanese) / Política Antimonopolio (Spanish)
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
English / Código de Ética e de Conduta de Negócios (Brazilian Portuguese) / 商业行为和道德规范 (Chinese) / Code voor zakelijk gedrag en ethiek (Dutch) / Liiketoiminnan eettinen ohjeisto (Finnish) / Code de conduite professionnelle et d’éthique (French) / Code de conduite professionnelle et d’éthique (French Canadian) / Verhaltens- und Ethikkodex (German) / Üzleti Magatartási és Etikai Kódex (Hungarian) / Codice di condotta ed etica aziendale (Italian) / 行動倫理規範 (Japanese) / Código de ética y conducta commercial (Spanish)
Conflict Minerals Law Statement
Global Policy on Safety & Sustainability
Global Quality Policy
Insider Trading Policy
Investigator Financial Conflict of Interest Policy
Policy on Complaints of Accounting, Internal Accounting Controls and Auditing Matters
US / Europe
Privacy Notice
Related Person Transaction Policy
Statement Regarding the Prohibition of Human Trafficking
Supplier Code of Conduct
English / Chinese / Dutch / Finnish / French / French Canadian / German / Italian / Japanese / Spanish
Workplace Violence
English / Chinese / French / French Canadian / German / Italian / Japanese / Spanish

Potential ethical or legal violations involving our business can be reported by calling our Compliance & Ethics Helpline at 1-866-294-3699, visiting http://helpline.criver.com, or writing to Charles River Laboratories International, Inc., 251 Ballardvale Street, Wilmington, MA 01887, Attn: General Counsel. No one will be subject to retaliation for making a good faith report of a complaint or concern.