Disseminating and Implementing the Corporate Code of Conduct and Employee Action Guidelines

The Nisshin Seifun Group formulated the Corporate Code of Conduct and Employee Action Guidelines in October 2002 in order to maintain the trust of society and safeguard our long-term development.
The role of the Social Committee is to verify the effectiveness of systems, mechanisms, and initiatives designed to ensure the implementation of and compliance with the Corporate Code of Conduct and Employee Action Guidelines as well as to prevent them from being reduced to formalities. It will continue to consider new initiatives to maintain the support of its stakeholders, including customers, shareholders, employees, suppliers, while responding to the needs of society.

Propagating the Code & Guidelines

We distribute the Code & Guidelines Card for use as a pocket reference. We also run regular e-learning programs, as well as various initiatives during sustainability Promotion Month in October each year. Through these and other initiatives, we raise the awareness of individual employees and enable them to find areas for improvement and make changes for the better independently within the scope of their own work.

We also translate the Code & Guidelines Cards into English, Chinese, Vietnamese, and any other languages needed so that we can keep our employees working all over the world on the same page.

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English

Vietnamese

Implementing the Code & Guidelines

CSR Promotion Month

October has been positioned as the Group’s CSR Promotion Month in which we encourage active engagement among employees by holding group discussions at each workplace on the theme of compliance with the Code & Guidelines.
These discussions provide employees with an environment in which they can freely share their opinions regarding compliance with the Code & Guidelines.

Compliance Training

We provide seniority-based compliance training for new employees, young employees, and newly appointed management personnel on a yearly basis. This ensures that all employees have a uniform understanding of the importance of compliance with the Code & Guidelines.

Factoring Compliance into Employee Evaluations

Since fiscal 2007, we have included “degree of compliance” as an evaluation factor in employee bonus evaluations to raise compliance awareness within the Group.

Consultation and Whistleblowing System

We respond to reports and other information regarding actions that are potentially in violation of the Code & Guidelines not only from Group employees, but also from people outside of the Group, such as employees of affiliates and business partners of Group companies.

• Compliance hotline system