Sustainability

In all the business activities of the Group, we strictly comply with the letter and sprit of the laws and regulations concerned and provide services and other products according to them, while thoroughly observing corporate ethics.

We are conscious that the proper control of confidential information is an important basis of our business activities, and attempt to improve the system and mechanism of its control.

We properly control the valuable information delivered from customers and business partners, and make conscientious efforts to protect confidential or otherwise classified information.

We commit ourselves to protecting the intellectual properties of our customers as well as those of our partner entities that support our activities.

We exercise fair trade practices in compliance with the competition law and antimonopoly law of the individual countries pertinent to our business.
We never commit any act that might hinder fair and free competition, such as organizing a cartel or exercising bid-rigging.

We observe the foreign exchange law and foreign trade law, check the information and business activities of international partner companies, and do not export arms, weapons or associated technologies.

We perform fair export and import transactions in strict compliance with international trade laws and bilateral or multilateral agreements.

We commit ourselves to preventing any forms of corruption that may occur in our business activities, including bribery.

On all occasions related to employment (recruiting, admission, promotion, remuneration, right to education, task allocation, wage, welfare, benefits, punishment, dismissal, retirement, and the like), we do not exercise any discriminatory conduct based on any individualities protected by the pertinent laws in individual countries, such as race, ethnic group, nationality, religion, age, and sex.

We do not exercise any discriminatory conduct or abuse human rights on any grounds, including nationality, citizenship, race, skin color, ideology, religion, birth (ethnic group), marital status, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, place of birth, social status, or any other individualities that regional law specifies.

We never utilize forced labor or child labor, or accept any other similar conduct.

We pay at least legal minimal wage to each employee and do not conduct any unfair wage reduction.

We prepare a system to monitor and control the working hours of employees properly, and perform proper working-hour control.

We respect employees’ rights of freedom of association and their rights of collective bargaining.

To ensure safety and health in workplaces is one of the most important responsibilities of the company. We commit ourselves to retaining and preparing a safe, hygienic working environment. We also comply with the labor agreements and work rules agreed on by labor unions.

We are conscious that the conservation of the global environment is one of the critical issues that are shared among all human beings. We consider the impact on the environment due to business activities such as the manufacturing and sales of our products, and we commit ourselves to preventing environmental contamination by observing the environmental policies and conservation activities that we have established.

We perform procurement activities in consideration of the impact on local communities when the procurement thereof may pose a social problem, such as the abuse of human rights or impact on the environment. When there is such a concern, we perform measures to avoid using the material.

We respect the cultures and customs in the communities where we operate, and contribute to the development of such communities, and commit to a multitude of social contributions, such as participation in community activities, disaster relief activities, and volunteer activities.