Code of Entegrity

You And The Workplace 

A. Overview

You have responsibilities to your fellow employees and workers in your workplace interactions. The Company is committed to providing a safe, secure, healthy, and productive workplace. You must help maintain a safe working environment. You must also help maintain a work environment that respects the dignity and worth of each individual and is free from unlawful discrimination and harassment.

The discussions that follow in this section of the Code summarize some of the Company’s key System Policies relating to your workplace responsibilities. Please read and understand the details of any of the System Policies referenced below that affect your work.

System Policies relating to a safe working environment:

• DRUGS AND ALCOHOL
• EMPLOYEE HUNTING CLUBS
• EMPLOYMENT SCREENING
• NO SMOKING
• WORKPLACE VIOLENCE AND WEAPONS
• SAFETY, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT

System Policies relating to a fair work environment free from unlawful discrimination and harassment:

• COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
• DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT PREVENTION

B. Health and Safety

You are expected to maintain safe and healthy working conditions, to comply with the safety standards of your job, and to report immediately any actual or potential safety or health hazards. If you believe imminent danger exists, immediately call law enforcement/911 and, as soon as possible thereafter, report the matter to the Entergy Ethics Line at 1-888-257-ETHIC or 1-888-257-3844, or https://www.compliance-helpline.com/entergyethicsline.jsp .com/entergyethicsline.jsp. If you have any knowledge of any unsafe or unhealthy working conditions or hazards not involving imminent danger, immediately report the matter in accordance with the Entergy Reporting Violations Policy (discussed above).

C. Drugs & Alcohol

Alcohol and drug abuse undermines employee work standards and health, employee and public safety, workplace security and our Company’s reputation. The use, possession, or sale of illegal drugs or drug paraphernalia while on Company premises is prohibited. The use, possession, or sale of alcoholic beverages on Company premises is also prohibited without prior authorization. Reporting to work in an intoxicated state is prohibited. Employees/contractors reporting to work are required to be considered fit for duty. An employee/contractor who is taking any prescribed drugs or over-the-counter drugs that may tend to affect job performance or safety must advise his/her supervisor as to the possible effects of the medication upon his/her job performance or safety. The Company reserves the right to subject employees to drug and alcohol screens, whether they are random, based on reasonable-suspicion, or for-cause..

D. Weapons

The existence of unauthorized weapons on Company property is against Company policy. Therefore, unless authorized in accordance with the Company’s policy, the possession by employees of weapons (including, but not limited to, firearms and explosives) on Company property is expressly forbidden.

E. Workplace Violence

The Company is committed to providing a safe environment, free from workplace violence, for you and our customers. Workplace violence is defined as any direct or implied threat, intentional act or other unreasonable conduct that would create fear, hostility, intimidation or other concern of harm in another person. If such violence is occurring or you believe imminent danger exists, do not place yourself in harm’s way; immediately call law enforcement/911 and, as soon as possible thereafter, report the matter to the Entergy Ethics Line at 1-888-257-ETHIC or 1-888-257-3844, or https://www.compliance-helpline.com/entergyethicsline.jsp. If you have any knowledge of any direct or implied threats or other workplace violence issues not involving imminent danger, immediately report the matter to the Ethics Line.

F. Harassment and Discrimination

Entergy seeks to maintain a work environment that respects the dignity and worth of each individual and is free from harassment and discrimination based on any protected characteristics or protected activities. Protected characteristics include race, color, sex, religion, pregnancy condition, national origin, age (40 and over), sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, veteran's status, marital status, qualified disability, genetic information (which includes family medical history), or any other characteristic protected by law. Protected activities include, for example, filing a claim with the EEOC or other governmental entity. 

Examples of prohibited conduct when based on a protected characteristic or a protected activity include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Denying equal employment opportunities;

• Making, transmitting, intentionally accessing, displaying or circulating offensive or derogatory statements, comments, jokes, slurs, gestures, pictures, emails, or links;

• Creating an offensive, hostile or intimidating working environment; and

• Engaging in unwelcome flirtation, sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, propositions, touching and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature.

Entergy's policy is intended to extend further than the law. It prohibits abusive conduct that may take the form of intimidation, coercion, or bullying that Entergy determines is inappropriate, regardless of whether such conduct is unlawful or based on a protected characteristic or protected activity. Please refer to the Discrimination and Harassment Prevention Policy for details.

Known, suspected or potential violations of the Discrimination and Harassment Prevention Policy must be reported to the Entergy Ethics Line at 1-888-257-ETHIC or 1-888-257-3844, or https://www.compliance-helpline.com/entergyethicsline.jsp. Retaliation is strictly prohibited.