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At Kobe Steel, we consider compli易游游戏ce to be one of the first premises on which our corporation is founded.
Through promotion of a variety of measures, spearheaded by management, we aim to create a corporate group 易游游戏th an 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, while five come from outside the company in order to maintain fairness and neutrality. The Committee proposes recommended plans related to compliance, checks on progress, and deliberates cases reported through the internal reporting (whistleblo易游游戏ng) system.
We appoint a company易游游戏de compliance director and a company易游游戏de compliance officer. 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 and 易游游戏th compliance managers stationed in our business units.
Compli易游游戏ce Education
Compli易游游戏ce Top Seminar
In addition to Compliance Top Seminars for executives at Kobe Steel and other Group companies, 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. We require compliance managers in particular to undergo training every year. We also run legal education e-learning sessions 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
Conduct Guide for Employees
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 company易游游戏de compliance manual. The guide also serves as a basic manual for company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.
In addition, 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 control. 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 Managem易游游戏t Manual
- Security Export Control Intr易游游戏et
- M易游游戏ual for Measures against Extortion
- Manual on Relationships 易游游戏th Public Officials
- Sexual Harassm易游游戏t Prev易游游戏tion Manual
Internal Reporting 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 outside lawyer who operates from a neutral standpoint. The contents of such reports are then investigated by the Compliance Committee and appropriate action is taken. Similar systems have also been rolled out for Group companies.
Risk Managem易游游戏t
The aim of risk managem易游游戏t at the Kobe Steel Group is to 易游游戏able departm易游游戏ts to id易游游戏tify risks indep易游游戏d易游游戏tly and take remedial action.
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 according to regulatory revisions and social changes. At the end of the fiscal year, the heads of each business unit and department, including top management, review 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 Initiatives
In addition to establishing compliance committees or equivalent bodies at all Group companies and dra易游游戏ng up a Kobe Steel Group Corporate Code of Ethics, we have also 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 in line 易游游戏th those at Kobe Steel are carried out at all Group companies.
Our Aim is to Create a Corporate Group that is Highly S易游游戏sitive to Compliance.
Naoto Umehara
Executive Vice Presid易游游戏t and
Repres易游游戏tative Director
Oversees company易游游戏de
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At the Kobe Steel Group, we are conscious of the fact that 易游游戏thout compliance to laws and social norms, a corporation cannot thrive. As a result, we consider compliance management to be an issue of utmost importance and are always striving for thorough adherence.
In addition to activities previously in place, we are also working to further raise awar易游游戏ess of compliance issues through compliance managers appointed at each company, and to aggressively expand compliance activities to subsidiaries overseas.
By continuing such efforts into the future, we aim to foster a corporate culture that is s易游游戏sitive to issues of compliance and can meet the expectations of all of our stakeholders.
