The company has set up a safe hotline for employers and others who wish to report grievance mechanisms. Microsoft's Business Conduct Hotline "allows employees and others to ask compliance questions and report concerns regarding Microsoft’s and its suppliers’ business operations." This service is anonymous and the company is willing to investigate and take corrective action when necessary.

The Standards of Business Conduct

and the Supplier Code of Conduct both

identify how concerns can be submitted

,

including anonymously th

rough use of

Microsoft’s Business Conduct Hotline

. The

Hotline allows employees and others to ask

compliance questions and report concerns

regarding Microsoft’s and

its suppliers’

business operations. 8