Subject to Report

Unethical Behaviors to Report (Online Whistle-blowing)

• Receiving unjust money, entertainment, or convenience from persons concerned
• Abusing one’s position or job to obtain unfair profit or cause harm to the company
• Obstructing the work of other employees for the benefit of oneself or others
• Disclosure of corporate secrets or customer information without permission
• Unfair joint activities by persons concerned, such as in a bid to make a contract with the company
• Disadvantageous treatment of justifiable reporters and exposing their identity
• Other acts that violate ethical norms, employment regulations, and laws
• Damaging the corporate image or defaming a specific executive or employee by disseminating false information or groundless rumors
• Violation of joint growth and subcontracting fair trade agreements
  - Report partner companies’ corrupt acts and unfair transactions
• Accounting fraud
  - Illegally rigging the management status/numbers that are reflected in the financial statements

How to Report

• Reports should be made with the reporter’s real name as a rule, but anonymous reports are also available if inevitable.
• In the case of anonymous reports, we investigate only specific and fact-checkable cases.
• Do not make false reports for the purpose of slandering or defaming others.
• E-reports are also available through the Online Whistle-blowing.

Protection of the Reporter

• The reporter’s status and details of the report will be confidential.
• Leaking the reporter’s identity or searching for the reporter is forbidden (violators will be punished)
• Discrimination or disadvantageous treatment against the reporter is forbidden (violators will be punished)