{"id":23550,"date":"2020-02-04T19:00:05","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T11:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grab.com\/mm\/?post_type=policy&#038;p=23550"},"modified":"2023-05-24T14:15:15","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T06:15:15","slug":"code-of-conduct-merchant","status":"publish","type":"policy","link":"https:\/\/www.grab.com\/mm\/en\/terms-policies\/code-of-conduct-merchant\/","title":{"rendered":"Code of Conduct: Merchant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"23550\" class=\"elementor elementor-23550\" data-elementor-post-type=\"policy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8da4bdb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8da4bdb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4af9f3d\" data-id=\"4af9f3d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94c52ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-gfb-breadcrumb\" data-id=\"94c52ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"gfb-breadcrumb.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"gfb-breadcrumb\">\n      <ul>\n                  <li>\n                          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grab.com\/mm\/en\/terms-policies\/\">Terms &amp; Policies<\/a>\n                            \n          <\/li>\n                  <li>\n                         <a href=\"#\" class=\"active\">Code of Conduct: Merchant<\/a>\n                            \n          <\/li>\n              <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n        \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc0e52f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cc0e52f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab011cd\" data-id=\"ab011cd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4e2fb2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f4e2fb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.grab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/02\/18101504\/Merchant_CoC_Banner.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02fd78b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"02fd78b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><p><span style=\"color: #00b14f\"><strong>Code of Conduct: Merchant Partner<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74e2850 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74e2850\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #00b14f\">The Code of Conduct (\u201cCode\u201d) is a set of guidelines and standards that GrabTaxi Holdings Pte Ltd and its subsidiaries (\u201cGrab\u201d, \u201cWe\u201d) we ask our independent merchant-partners (\u201cMerchants\u201d, \u201cYou\u201d) to hold themselves accountable to as being part of our Grab community. Abiding by the Code ensures that we protect our users and systems and that together we deliver the best experience to our customers. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a649ac7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a649ac7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-de9400a\" data-id=\"de9400a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87879ff elementor-tabs-view-horizontal elementor-widget elementor-widget-tabs\" data-id=\"87879ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1421\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1421\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><p><strong>BE SAFE AND COMPLIANT<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1422\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1422\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><p><strong>Be A Part of Our Platform<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1423\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1423\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><strong>Be A Good Grab Citizen<\/strong><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1421\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><p><strong>BE SAFE AND COMPLIANT<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1421\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1421\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><p><span style=\"color: #29c477\"><strong><b>Comply with Laws and Regulations <\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Your government and local regulatory authorities require you to comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including, but not limited to, food, labour, health, safety and environmental laws and regulations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As a Grab merchant-partner, we require you to hold valid licenses to operate and other permits as may be required by the relevant authorities. We ask you to update and\/or resubmit documents when registered documents are expired or revoked. Grab reserves the right to request for updated information as and when required and to redress the matter if you fail or refuse to do so.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Activities that are criminal in nature, including but not limited to the selling of illegal, prohibited or controlled goods, fraud, assault, harassment or abuse of any kind, will not be tolerated. We will work closely with law enforcement agencies when called to do so to investigate the matter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #29c477\"><strong>Violations of the Code<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As an everyday app that serves our user\u2019s daily needs, ensuring safety and security to our customers and partners in every experience is our top priority.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grab takes violations of the Code seriously. Grab has thresholds relating to quality issues to maintain the high standards of our platform. Failing to meet these thresholds may lead to suspension or termination of user access to the Grab platform. Grab may, but is under no obligation to, notify you before terminating your use of the Grab application and services.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We encourage Merchant-partners to notify Grab immediately of any breach of applicable laws and regulations that may affect their ability to provide services.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you suspect fraudulent activities involving other merchants or driver-partners, customers or corporate partners, you may submit this information via our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grab.com\/mm\/en\/grab-fair-play\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">FairPlay Rewards Program<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1422\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><p><strong>Be A Part of Our Platform<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1422\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1422\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #00b140\"><strong><b>Practise Integrity and Kindness<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trust is the foundation of a true partnership. Honesty and benevolence help gain the trust of our fellow partners and customers. Therefore, we treat each other with kindness and to not unfairly exploit the weaknesses of the other party in the relationship. We urge Merchant-partners to treat each other, our driver-partners, customers and Grab employees with respect and dignity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We ask Merchants to act in good faith, by not cheating or defrauding Grab or its customers by any method. Also, avoid colluding with consumers or delivery partners to make fake orders, transactions, and activities for unfair gains.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grab requests Merchants only to use official Grab applications downloaded from the Google Play or Apple store. We ask you to not use any apps or devices with the potential of modifying Grab\u2019s intended user-experience. These include rooted and jailbroken devices and exposed frameworks. We encourage you to provide truthful information when creating and accessing your account.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Merchants are strongly encouraged not to harass customers to make changes to their order or coerce them to cancel. <\/span><\/p><p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #00b140\"><b>Decrease Your Cancellation Rate<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We strongly recommend that you use appropriate and truthful photos of the items you sell, as opposed to using watermarked images, images not belonging to you, or none at all.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You are encouraged to use the \u201cMerchant Edit Order\u201d tool to update orders and advise customers on replacement items if products are out of stock or if you cannot fulfil an order, either partially or wholly.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Adjusting your operational hours can help increase your acceptance rate and decrease your cancellation rate. You may use the \u201cgo offline\u201d function in case of an emergency or if you are closing for the holidays. Merchants can also change your status to \u201ctemp pause\u201d if you are receiving more orders than you can handle. Please mark items as unavailable if you run out of ingredients. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1423\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><strong>Be A Good Grab Citizen<\/strong><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1423\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1423\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p><strong style=\"color: #00b140\"><b>Maintain Safe and Hygienic Working Practices<\/b><\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Merchant-partners are responsible for ensuring they and their employees maintain safe and hygienic working practices. Safe practices are vital, such as frequent handwashing with soap and water, daily sanitizing of surfaces and use of protective gear (e.g. masks, gloves, apron, hairnet). We also recommend conducting regular safety training, inspecting food standards and separating products when storing, preparing or serving.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grab asks you to pay special attention to instructions from customers on food items to protect our customers as they may be allergic and can fall ill. For example, guidelines may read \u201cno seafood\u201d, \u201csensitive to eggs\u201d, \u201callergic to nuts\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We may collaborate with food safety authorities to conduct safety and health inspections at your workplace to assure a safe platform for our users. Also, Grab may impose a penalty if prepared food items do not meet food safety standards.<\/span><\/p><p><strong style=\"color: #00b140\"><b>Ensure Quality<\/b><\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Customers will keep coming back to merchant-partners that consistently deliver excellent experiences by offering high-quality products and services.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Merchant-partners can increase service quality by being reliable, responsive and empathetic towards customers. Good practices include ensuring facilities, personnel and equipment appearance, providing prompt service, being helpful and listening to customer needs. For example, honour a booking that you have accepted and action critical customer feedback.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Merchant-partners can assure product quality by preparing tasty and appealing meals of the right portion size. We recommend that the price and quality of food provided through the Grab Merchant App are consistent with dine-ins. We encourage Merchants to use fresh ingredients and prepare food items \u201cjust-in-time\u201d for collection.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We recommend that Merchant-partners confirm there are no missing items by conducting a final check against the order before packing. Please do not tamper with food or delivery items, and package orders, particularly those containing raw or frozen products, in the appropriate delivery bags \u2014 seal bags and products to avoid contamination and spillage. We recommend that you attach the receipt to the order for validation purposes. Grab reserves the right to impose a penalty if food items are missing or incorrect.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Code may be updated from time to time. Merchant-partners may refer to our website for the most up-to-date version of the Code.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do you have questions or feedback? Please contact our help centre or speak with your Account Manager.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"elementor_header_footer","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grab.com\/mm\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/policy\/23550"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grab.com\/mm\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/policy"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grab.com\/mm\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/policy"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.grab.com\/mm\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/policy\/23550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36916,"href":"https:\/\/www.grab.com\/mm\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/policy\/23550\/revisions\/36916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grab.com\/mm\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}