Our Involvement with the Society
Compliance
●Compliance Promotion and Policy
Legal and regulatory compliance as well as thoroughly fair and
transparent corporate activities are needed to win and
maintain the trust of society as a good corporate citizen. To
that end, it is essential that individual employees have proper
awareness, make appropriate judgments, and act responsibly.
Toyota Boshoku has declared in its corporate philosophy as
"promoting corporate growth while fulfilling our
responsibilities as a good corporate citizen." As it undertakes
business activities around the world, it instructs employees
who work at the main company and group companies to
practice behavior with good sense and awareness as a
member of the Group.
●Function-based Improvements Activities based
in Departments in Charge
Area
Main risks
Internal
Committees
Employment
management
Working hours management,
employment matters, harassment, etc.
Human Resources
Meeting
Safety and
health
Working environment, industrial
accidents, mental health, etc.
Corporate Safety,
and Health Committee
Quality
Quality defects, customer
services, etc.
Quality Meeting
Environment
Environmental measures, soil and
groundwater pollution, etc.
Environment
Committee
Land and
buildings
Building codes, matters relating to
Fire Service Law
Production Meeting
Export
matters
Export transactions
Export Trade
Control Committee
Technology
matters
Intellectual property, etc.
Technology
Management Meeting 〈Thorough Enforcement of the Code of Conduct〉
In February 2008, the Toyota Boshoku Group revised its old
〈Compliance Education〉
Toyota Boshoku is working to spread compliance awareness
by conducting various compliance-related educational and
training sessions for company officers, employees,
subsidiaries, and suppliers. Moreover, the Group has
designated October as Corporate Ethics Reinforcement
Month. During the month of October, message from the
president is sent out, lectures are given by outside
instructors, and other activities are undertaken with the aim
of ensuring thorough group-wide familiarity with compliance.
In the Corporate Ethics
Reinforcement Month in fiscal 2007,
approximately 80 people from the
internal divisions and subsidiaries in
Japan attended a compliance lecture
held at the headquarters in Kariya.
Our Involvement
with the Society
〈Compliance Promotion System〉
The CSR Committee formulates basic policies related to
compliance, deliberates important matters, and follows up on
the progress of compliance measures in order to strengthen
compliance group-wide. Internal committees based in
departments in charge of defined functions, such as human
resources and labor, intellectual property, and the
environment, implement improvement activities designed to
ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
Domestic and overseas group companies push forward the
development of their own compliance systems. At the same
time, they undertake initiatives and hold training sessions in
cooperation among themselves and work on compliance
activities as a unified group. In fiscal 2007, the Group strove
to build up its system for compliance promotion, including
launching regional CSR committees at management
companies outside Japan and a CSR committee for affiliated
companies in Japan.
code of conduct and established the Toyota
Boshoku Group Code of Conduct. This move is
aimed at clarifying the basic conduct that should
be taken by all companies in the Group and spreading among
all employees the kind of conduct that should be taken in light
of compliance requirements. This code of conduct is the basis
of business conduct in the Toyota Boshoku Group, which
continually works to ensure its penetration throughout the
Group through education and training sessions. Moreover, the
Group distributes pocket-sized versions of the Toyota Boshoku
Group Code of Conduct, which are carried by all employees.
Compliance lecture
〈Firm Establishment of Compliance〉
Toyota Boshoku is firmly establishing compliance by
uncovering the existence of inappropriate behavior on the
part of companies or employees through efforts including
inside and outside audits and voluntary inspections
concerning legal and regulatory compliance. Measures to
prevent a recurrence are implemented when problems are
identified. In fiscal 2007, the company conducted a full check
of legal and regulatory compliance at internal divisions and
affiliated companies in Japan. Risks for legal violations were
identified and countermeasures implemented.
〈Establishment of Consultation and Report Contacts〉
Toyota Boshoku has prepared an environment in which it is
easy to seek consolations relating to compliance or to report
compliance issues. Employees can seek consultations or
report issues relating to matters such as workplace trouble,
legal violations, and internal misconduct through the Anything
Goes Counseling Office set up within the company or report
issues through designated attorneys outside the company. In
fiscal 2007, these contacts received approximately 750
consultations and/or reports.
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