| Major Compliance Violations in FY2020 | 0 |
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We have opened the “Compliance Room,” a new webpage accessible from the internal information portal site. This page features compliance violation case studies and four-frame comic strips, with the aim of updating employees on the latest compliance concerns inside and outside of Idemitsu, disseminating other relevant insights to a broad range of Group business units, and raising employees’ awareness of compliance.
To ensure our workplace is free of harassment, we disseminate tips on interpersonal communications via Group newsletters.
Every year, we provide employees with web-based compliance learning programs. The latest round of these programs was implemented in November 2020 to aid Group employees in their acquisition of compliance literacy and identification of compliance issues specific to their workplaces. In addition, we implement compliance training specially designed for new hires and individuals appointed to managerial positions.
At the end of January 2020, we issued our Compliance Book, with the aim of offering specific compliance standards in conformity with the Compliance Code of Conduct. Simultaneously, we prepared narrated video materials designed to enhance viewers’ understanding of the Compliance Book. These materials feature slideshows elaborating on specific case studies discussed in the publication. In addition to the Japanese version, we issued English and Chinese editions of the Compliance Book in an effort to ensure that all Group employees at home and abroad are properly educated on compliance topics.
Whether it takes place in Japan or overseas, our Compliance Code of Conduct stipulates that all forms of corruption must be prevented. Furthermore, having established basic rules and systems to be observed in the prevention of bribery, we have upgraded them into the “Rules for the Prevention of Bribery” with the aim of preventing violations of the OECD convention and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) as well as laws and regulations, enforced in countries where we operate, that prohibit unfair competition and bribery. We are currently striving to ensure that these rules are strictly observed. Moreover, we regard anticorruption as a particularly important compliance issue for those working at our overseas sites, and are raising their awareness about the importance of specific preventive measures. We have included articles on such topics as the prohibition of bribery, such as the bribery of public officials and limitations on excessive gifts and entertainment, in our Compliance Book to raise employee awareness.
We will not improperly offer, provide or promise economic benefits, such as money and goods, to public officials or equivalent, regardless of whether they are located in Japan or abroad. We will maintain sound and transparent relationships with politicians and governments. We will take a firm stance against improper financial transactions.
We have established the “Rules for Compliance with the Antimonopoly Law,” which stipulate basic matters that must be observed to ensure compliance with the Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade as well as competition laws enforced in each country in which we operate in addition to other relevant regulations. These rules also define necessary compliance promotion structures. Specifically, the Representative Director and President is responsible for providing overall supervision over activities aimed at ensuring the proper observance of these rules and preventing employees’ involvement in prohibited practices. The division heads of the Company and presidents of its subsidiaries are tasked with putting these rules into practice. To this end, they strive to ensure that appropriate self-management measures are implemented in a way that gives due consideration to risks associated with the characteristics of their businesses and organizational structures as well as country-specific circumstances and local antimonopoly laws.