# Code of ethics These are the principles behind how we work. Most of them are already terms of our [contract](/terms/) or commitments made elsewhere on this site; this page gathers them in one place. Where a principle is also a contract term, the terms are what bind. ## Honest about scope and price The price basis is [published](/what-it-costs/), every engagement is confirmed in writing before it begins, and a change is priced before it is made. You know what you are buying before you pay for it, and nothing is added without your say. ## What you tell us stays with us Everything we learn about your business stays with us, during the engagement and after it. We sign your NDA if you have one and keep to the same standard if you do not, and nothing about your systems appears on this website without your written consent. ## The people you meet do the work The people named in the engagement are the people who do the work. A specialist brought in is announced first, with the reason, and we stay responsible for everything delivered. ## What we build is yours On full payment, what we build for you is yours. We tell you which third-party components are in it and under which licences, and we leave the documentation that lets your own people run it without us. The [terms](/terms/) set out the details. ## No bribes, either way We neither offer nor accept a bribe or any other improper advantage, in Denmark or anywhere else. That is the law before it is a principle: the Danish Criminal Code makes both a crime, in public service (sections 122 and 144) and in private business (section 299(2)). ## Gifts and hospitality, kept modest We give and accept only what is modest and occasional: a meal during a working day, a small gift as thanks. We never give or accept money or gift vouchers, and no gift passes between us while one of our offers awaits your decision. Where your organisation's own rules are stricter, we keep to yours. ## Conflicts of interest, declared If we have an interest that could pull against yours, we tell you before you decide anything it bears on, and you choose whether we do that part of the work. That covers a stake in a supplier we recommend, any payment we would receive for recommending one, and work for one of your competitors where it touches your engagement. The competitor stays unnamed, just as you would stay unnamed to them, and what either of you tells us stays with us. ## Practised here first This website keeps to what we recommend. It sets no cookies and sends nothing to a third party, which the [security](/security/) page shows you how to check from your own browser. It is built to meet WCAG 2.2 at level AA, and its [accessibility statement](/accessibility/) names the one criterion it meets only in part. ## Raising a concern If you think we have fallen short of anything on this page, write to [welcome@engineer.company](mailto:welcome@engineer.company) and say what happened. A person reads every message, and we reply personally. Want to know how one of these works in practice? [ask us](/contact/) *(ask before you sign, not after)*.