Human Rights

 We work to promote respect for human rights across all our business activities in line with the Employee Code of Conduct’s pledge to “Be Ethical” and with the Declaration of the Group Code of Conduct, and we thoroughly ensure reliability and sincerity in our dealings. In order to achieve zero harassment within our organization, our work regulations specify five categories of harassment as prohibited behavior—sexual harassment, power harassment, maternity/paternity harassment, and caregiver harassment—and require compliance in all work-related duties. We have also issued a set of harassment guidelines and regularly conduct training for preventing violations. 
 In addition, we raise awareness among employees by highlighting risks and measures relating to human rights in the Group in-house newsletter. Past topics include discrimination and prejudice toward people with disabilities, foreign nationals, and LGBT people, negative impacts on regions, infringement of privacy, and online defamation. Moreover, when considering taking on major new investment projects, we conduct impact assessments regarding concerns such as environmental risks, human rights, working conditions, and health and safety.

• Declaration of the
  Group Code of Conduct