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DOR
BIOPHARMA, INC. CODE OF ETHICS FOR SENIOR FINANCIAL
OFFICERS
DOR
BioPharma, Inc. (the “Company”) is committed to conducting
its business in compliance with applicable laws and
regulations and in accordance with high standards of
business conduct. The Company strives to maintain the
highest standards of accuracy, completeness and integrity
in its financial dealings, records and reports. These
standards serve as the basis for managing the Company’s
business, for meeting the Company’s duties to its stockholders
and for maintaining compliance with financial reporting
requirements. Accordingly, the Company has adopted this
Code of Ethics for its Chief Executive Officer and Corporate
Controller and any other senior financial officers (collectively,
the “Senior Financial Officers”).
I.
Honest and Ethical Conduct
- Senior
Financial Officers will exhibit and promote honest
and ethical conduct by:
- Encouraging
and rewarding professional integrity and eliminating
barriers to responsible behavior.
- Promoting
the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts
of interest between personal and professional relationships.
- Respecting
the confidentiality of information acquired in the
course of work, except when authorized or otherwise
legally obligated to disclose such information.
- Periodically
communicating these ethical standards throughout the
organization.
II.
Financial Records and Periodic Reports
Senior
Financial Officers will establish and manage the enterprise
transaction and reporting systems and procedures to
provide that:
- Business
transactions are properly authorized and accurately
and timely recorded on the Company’s books and records
in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles (GAAP) and policies established by the
Company.
- False
or artificial statements are not made in the Company’s
books and records, financial statements and related
communications.
- The
retention or proper disposal of Company records shall
be in accordance with applicable legal and regulatory
requirements and any records retention policies established
by the Company.
- Reports
and documents filed by the Company with, or submitted
by the Company to, the Securities and Exchange Commission,
as well as other public communications made by the
Company, will include full, fair, accurate, timely
and understandable disclosure.
III.
Compliance with Applicable Laws, Rules and Regulations
Senior
Financial Officers will establish mechanisms to:
- Educate
Company employees about applicable governmental laws,
rules and regulations.
- Monitor
compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules
and regulations.
IV.
Reporting of Non-Compliance
Senior
Financial Officers will promptly bring to the attention
to the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors
(the “Audit Committee”):
- Material
information that calls into question disclosures made
by the Company in its filings with, or submissions
to, the Securities and Exchange Commission or in other
public communications.
- Information
concerning significant deficiencies or material weaknesses
in the design or operation of the Company’s “internal
control over financial reporting” or other factors
that could adversely affect the Company’s ability
to record, process, summarize and report financial
data.
- Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
or other employees who have a significant role in
the Company’s financial reporting, disclosures or
internal control over financial reporting.
- Information
concerning a violation of this Code or any other Company
conduct codes, including any actual or apparent conflicts
of interest between personal and professional relationships,
involving management or other employees who have a
significant role in the Company’s financial reporting,
disclosures or internal control over financial reporting.
- Evidence
of a material violation by the Company or its employees
or agents of applicable governmental laws, rules or
regulations.
V.
Disciplinary Action
In
the event of a violation by a Senior Financial Officer
of this Code, the Audit Committee shall be responsible
for recommending appropriate disciplinary and/or remedial
actions.
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