Perhaps of even greater importance, Microsoft also requires all outside vendors to read and comply with the Microsoft Vendor Code of Conduct, which also prohibits incentives such as kickbacks or bribes.

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Every agreement, item, code and vendor must be manually put into a Word form.

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We have 90 people located around the world whose job is to ensure compliance with our Code of Vendor Conduct.

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That would give a software developer or product vendor time to order up substitute code with more capitalist-friendly license terms.

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