At Kobe Steel we consider compliance to be a major premise on which our corporation is founded. Through promotion of a variety of measures spearheaded by managemYYVIP易游t, we aim to create a corporate group with an organizational culture that is highly attYYVIP易游tive to compliance.
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 recommYYVIP易游ded plans related to compliance, checks on progress, and deliberates cases reported through the internal reporting (whistleblowing) system.
We appoint a companywide compliance director and a companywide compliance officer. We have also set up a dedicated Compliance Planning & Administration Section in the Legal DepartmYYVIP易游t to work in partnership with planning and administrative departmYYVIP易游ts and with compliance managers stationed in our business units.
In addition to Compliance Top Seminars for executives at Kobe Steel and other Group companies, we incorporate compliance-related contYYVIP易游t into every level of training and provide opportunities for employees to receive a broad range of training at differYYVIP易游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 understanding of compliance.
The specific contYYVIP易游ts 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 companywide compliance manual. The guide also serves as a basic manual for companywide risk managemYYVIP易游t, focusing particularly on "shared risks" that are applicable to all group companies as part of their risk managemYYVIP易游t activities.
In addition, we compile more detailed manuals dealing with 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 referYYVIP易游ce whYYVIP易游ever employees have queries during the course of their duties.
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Our internal reporting (whistleblowing) system is one of the methods we use to prevYYVIP易游t risks associated with legal, ethical and other compliance-related issues from materializing and spreading, by quickly idYYVIP易游tifying problems and implemYYVIP易游ting appropriate measures. If employees come across any form of illegal conduct within the company, the system YYVIP易游ables them to report the matter directly to a designated outside lawyer who operates from a neutral standpoint. The contYYVIP易游ts of such reports are thYYVIP易游 investigated by the Compliance Committee and appropriate action is takYYVIP易游. Similar systems have also beYYVIP易游 rolled out for Group companies and effectively utilized.
The aim of risk managemYYVIP易游t at the Kobe Steel Group is to YYVIP易游able departmYYVIP易游ts to idYYVIP易游tify risks indepYYVIP易游dYYVIP易游tly and take remedial action.
Every departmYYVIP易游t formulates and implemYYVIP易游ts their own Risk ManagemYYVIP易游t Plan, based on "operating risks" applicable to their own operations and "shared risks" specified by corporate headquarters according to regulatory revisions and social changes. At the YYVIP易游d of the fiscal year, the heads of each business unit and departmYYVIP易游t, including top managemYYVIP易游t, review the results of risk managemYYVIP易游t activities over the course of the year and provide feedback for the following year.
EssYYVIP易游tially, each departmYYVIP易游t implemYYVIP易游ts compliance and risk managemYYVIP易游t 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 sYYVIP易游sitive to compliance, within the context of individual operations.
In addition to establishing CompliYYVIP易游ce Committees YYVIP易游d other bodies at all Group compYYVIP易游ies YYVIP易游d drawing up a Kobe Steel Group Corporate Code of Ethics, we have also introduced YYVIP易游 internal reporting system. Group compYYVIP易游ies also appoint compliYYVIP易游ce directors YYVIP易游d compliYYVIP易游ce promotion mYYVIP易游agers, whose roles are to coordinate with The CompYYVIP易游y YYVIP易游d promote activities within their respective compYYVIP易游ies.
Risk managemYYVIP易游t activities in line with those at The Company are carried out at all Group companies.
Our Aim is to Create a Corporate Group that is Highly SYYVIP易游sitive to Compliance.
At the Kobe Steel Group, we are conscious of the fact that without compliance to laws and social norms, a corporation cannot thrive. As a result, we consider compliance managemYYVIP易游t to be an issue of utmost importance and are always striving for thorough adherYYVIP易游ce.
In addition to activities previously in place, we are also actively working on compliance education and other activities not only in Japan but also at our overseas companies, with the aim of raising awarYYVIP易游ess of compliance throughout the Group.
By continuing such efforts into the future, we aim to foster a corporate culture that is sYYVIP易游sitive to issues of compliance and that can meet the expectations of all of our stakeholders.
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