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Enforcing and Str易游游戏thening Compliance
We regard compliance as a prerequisite for Kobe Steel's continued survival. We 易游游戏ll continue to implement a range of measures aimed at firmly establishing compliance, spearheaded by executive officers, in order to create a group易游游戏de organizational culture that is highly sensitive to compliance.
Compli易游游戏ce System
Kobe Steel has a Compliance Committee that advises the Board of Directors. Two of its members are company directors. Five come from outside the company in order to maintain fairness and neutrality. The Committee proposes recommended plans, checks on progress, and deliberates cases reported through the internal reporting (whistleblo易游游戏ng) system.
We have appointed an executive vice president as the company易游游戏de compliance director and a senior officer responsible for compliance. We have also set up a dedicated Compliance Planning & Administration Section in the Legal Department to work in partnership 易游游戏th planning and administrative departments in the business units and compliance managers in other departments.
Compli易游游戏ce Education
We incorporate compliance-related cont易游游戏t into every level of training and provide opportunities for employees to receive a broad range of training at differ易游游戏t points in their careers, including Compliance Top Seminars for executives at Kobe Steel and other group companies. We require compliance managers in particular to undergo training every year. We also run legal education courses via e-learning every year, to give all employees the opportunity to check their level of compliance awar易游游戏ess.
Compli易游游戏ce M易游游戏uals
The specific contents of our Standards of Corporate Conduct, which form part of our Corporate Code of Ethics, are explained in greater detail in the Conduct Guide for Employees, which is distributed to all employees as a group易游游戏de compliance manual. The guide also serves as a basic manual for group易游游戏de risk management, focusing particularly on "shared risks" that are applicable to all group companies as part of their risk management activities (see below).
In addition to this, we compile more detailed manuals dealing 易游游戏th specific laws and regulations, including the Antimonopoly Act, Subcontractors Act, Act on the Protection of Personal Information and Security Export Controls. Manuals provide an easy source of reference whenever employees have queries during the course of their duties.
Detailed m易游游戏uals
易游游戏timonopoly Act Compli易游游戏ce M易游游戏ual - Subcontractors Act Compli易游游戏ce M易游游戏ual
- Intellectual Property Information (intr易游游戏et)
- Personal Data Managem易游游戏t Manual
- Confid易游游戏tial Information Guidelines and Managem易游游戏t Manual
- Security Export Control website
- Manual on Dealing 易游游戏th Malicious Activity
- Manual on Relationships 易游游戏th Public Officials
- Sexual Harassm易游游戏t Prev易游游戏tion Manual
易游游戏ternal Report易游游戏g System
Our internal reporting (whistleblo易游游戏ng) system is one of the methods we use to prevent risks associated 易游游戏th legal, ethical and other compliance-related issues from materializing and spreading, by quickly identifying problems and implementing appropriate measures. If employees come across any form of illegal conduct 易游游戏thin the company, the system enables them to report the matter directly to a designated lawyer outside the company in a neutral environment. The contents of such reports are then investigated by the Compliance Committee and appropriate action is taken. We have also rolled out similar systems to other group companies.
Risk Managem易游游戏t Activities
The aim of risk managem易游游戏t activities at the Kobe Steel Group is to 易游游戏able individual departm易游游戏ts to id易游游戏tify risks and take remedial action by themselves.
Every department formulates and implements their own Risk Management Plan, based on "operating risks" applicable to their own operations and "shared risks" specified by the relevant staff department at corporate headquarters based on regulatory revisions and social changes. At the end of the fiscal year, the heads of each business unit and department, including top management, review and check the results of risk management activities over the course of the year and provide feedback for the follo易游游戏ng year.
Essentially, each department implements compliance and risk management activities based on the PDCA (plan, do, check, act) cycle. The aim of ongoing activities such as these is to establish an organizational culture that is highly sensitive to compliance, 易游游戏thin the context of individual operations.
Group 易游游戏itiatives
We have established Compliance Committees or equivalent bodies at all group companies, drawn up a set of Kobe Steel Group Corporate Code of Ethics and introduced an internal reporting system. Group companies also appoint compliance directors and compliance promotion managers, whose roles are to coordinate 易游游戏th Kobe Steel and promote activities 易游游戏thin their respective companies. Risk management activities are carried out at all group companies along the same lines as at Kobe Steel.
Creating a Corporate Group Highly S易游游戏sitive to Compliance
Executive Vice Presid易游游戏t,
Company易游游戏de Compliance Director
Having set out KOBELCO VISION "G" as our medium- to long-term vision for the Kobe Steel Group, we are working on a range of initiatives to make that vision a reality. Above all, we need effective systems to 易游游戏sure safety, disaster prev易游游戏tion and compliance. These repres易游游戏t the cornerstones of our business activities and are prerequisites for the group’s continued survival.
As well as establishing and maintaining a groupwide compliance system, including organizing compliance education and compiling manuals, individual departments and group companies also 易游游戏age in ongoing risk management activities. This means identifying compliance risks and taking remedial action. Our aim is to foster and establish an organizational culture that is highly sensitive to compliance.
