Purpose

• Computravel (the Company) subscribes to an ethos of honest, ethical and transparent business practices and it expects the same from its employees. This is considered a CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT
• This Policy is in effect in order to protect the financial interests of the COMPANY, which in turn protects the livelihood of its staff and their families.

Scope

• This Policy applies to all Computravel employees.
• Computravel will regularly and consistently perform spot checks and internal audits on its business practices and systems in order to detect fraud and/or theft;
• Managers have the authority and are encouraged to perform regular checks on the procedures and systems in any area where the COMPANY may be exposed, such as, petty cash, banking, use of COMPANY credit cards, use of COMPANY technology, etc.;
• Computravel will take appropriate action in each and every instance of NEGLECT / GROSS NEGLECT / FRAUD / THEFT / MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS, or similar;
• This action could be, but is not limited to:
  • A full investigation will be held using any and all means at the COMPANY’s disposal;
  • A Disciplinary Enquiry will be held to offer the employee the opportunity to refute the allegation(s) / prove their innocence / offer mitigating factors;
  • A charge of Fraud / Theft / Misappropriation of Funds will be lodged with the SA POLICE, and this action could be regardless of the outcome of the internal investigation;
  • Computravel will support a criminal conviction and imprisonment of the guilty party / parties whether all are employed by Computravel or not;
• IMPORTANT: Should any employee be aware of fraud / theft being perpetrated by another employee, and even though the observing employee may not be part of the fraudulent activity, it is expected that the observing employee informs the owner of the COMAPNNY of their knowledge and/or suspicions immediately. Should investigations show that an employee(s) was aware of fraudulent activity and did not report it, this/these employee(s) will be charged as an accessory(ies) to the crime and the same action(s) as above will be applied.