{"id":367043,"date":"2020-04-13T20:48:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T20:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/?page_id=367043"},"modified":"2025-11-10T16:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T21:37:09","slug":"business-partner-code-of-conduct","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/company-overview\/culture-and-values\/code-of-conduct\/business-partner-code-of-conduct\/","title":{"rendered":"Business partner code of conduct"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"text-hero-block mccberg-block mb-2\">\n\t<nav class=\"breadcrumbs wrapper text-descriptive\"aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\"><\/nav>\t    <h1 class=\"heading\">Business Partner Code of Conduct<\/h1>\t<p><\/p>\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"mco-title-block-block_9c9768f2293510a711ce6c6aaeeed00e\" \n\t class=\"mco-title-block mccberg-block mt-2 mb-2\" \n\t \t >\n\t<div class=\"wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"mco-title-block-content\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"mco-title-block-title\">Our values and standards for business partners<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mco-title-block-description\"><p>The following files represent the Business Partner Code of Conduct for all operating subsidiaries, affiliates and divisions of Merck &#038; Co., Inc., Rahway, N.J., U.S.A. 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