5.2 All Novartis expense report approvers are required to:
• Accountable for reviewing and monitoring the traveller’s compliance with this policy and the accuracy of expenses. However, each traveller is responsible for ensuring that his own travel adheres to this policy.
• Employees with responsibility for contracting with external suppliers, such as agencies, consultants, and other third parties, are responsible for ensuring that the contracts conform to the requirements of this policy.
• Reimbursed travel and entertainment related expenses are subject to examination by the FSC, C&C, and Legal & Compliance Departments, Internal Audit and Corporate Security if required. The final responsibility for satisfying these examiners that all such expenses are strictly for business purposes and are not for personal use are the employee and the approving supervisor.