Social Compliance Statement
R.J. Liebe respects human rights and compliance with all local labor laws. We commit ourselves to ethical practices and attest to our standards of business conduct. Our code of conduct provides every employee what he or she is entitled to, including respect for basic rights, proper pay and benefits, safe and healthy employment, appropriate hours of work and treatment characterized by dignity and respect. R.J. Liebe shares this commitment with many of its affiliates.

R.J. Liebe and its partners share a commitment to the promotion of the best practices and continuous improvement in:

1. Occupational health and safety, compensation, hours of work and benefits.
   
   
2. Minimizing our impact on the environment.
   
   
3. Management practices that recognize the dignity of the individual, the rights of free association and collective bargaining, and the right to a workplace free of harassment, abuse or corporal punishment.
   
   
4. The principle that decisions on hiring, salary, benefits, advancement, termination or retirement are based solely on the ability of an individual to do the job.
   
   

R. J. Liebe Athletic Lettering Company certifies the following:

1. No forced prison labor, indentured, bonded or otherwise is used in any of its facilities.
   
   
2. We do not employ any person below the age of 16 to produce apparel, accessories or equipment.
   
   
3. We pay our employees at least minimum wage, or the prevailing industry wage, whichever is higher.
   
   
4. We comply with all provisions for legally mandated benefits, including but not limited to housing, meals, transportation, and other allowances, health care, child care, sick leave, emergency leave, pregnancy, and menstrual leave; vacation, religious, bereavement and holiday leave; and contributions for social security, life, health, worker's compensation and other insurance.
   
   
5. We comply with legally mandated work hours, use overtime only when employees are fully compensated according to local law; informs the employee at the time of hiring is mandatory overtime is a condition of employment; and on a regularly scheduled basis, provides one day off in seven, and requires no more than 60 hours of work per week, or complies with local limits if they are lower.
   
   
6. We have written health and safety guidelines, including those applying to employee residential facilities, where applicable. Our indoor air quality standards equal or exceed those mandated by the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration. (OSHA)
   
   
7. We comply with applicable country environmental regulations and other policies based on the concept on continuous improvement in processes and programs to reduce the impact in the environment.
   
   
8. We maintain on file such documentation needed to demonstrate compliance with this Code of Conduct