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Compliance
Raising the Awareness of Employees
Spreading the Group Charter of Corporate Behavior
The Konica Minolta Group Charter of Corporate Behavior Handbook has been distributed in nine languages
Multilingual Handbook of Konica Minolta Group Charter of Corporate Behavior
In order to share the spirit of the Konica Minolta Group Charter of Corporate Behavior, which is the basis of the Conduct Guidelines, take-along handbooks were prepared in fiscal 2005, containing the text of the Charter in nine languages (Japanese, English, Chinese, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Russian). Fifty-five thousand copies of the handbook were provided to employees serving at Group companies around the world.
Furthermore, starting in January 2009, directors and managers in Japan are required to submit compliance confirmation reports every year. This requirement is intended to reaffirm compliance to internal regulations and applicable local and global laws and regulations, as well as the practice of sensible and responsible conduct in line with the Konica Minolta Group Charter of Corporate Behavior and the Konica Minolta Group Conduct Guidelines, and their responsibility to ensure that its members understand and practice compliance.
Guidance for the Charter of Corporate Behavior and Compliance Manual
Publishing the Guidance on the Konica Minolta Group Charter of Corporate Behavior
In April 2011, the company published the Konica Minolta Group Guidance for Charter of Corporate Behavior for all Group companies worldwide, as a reference for individual employees when implementing the Charter.
The Guidance provides specifics on practices employees should follow, based on a common understanding of the items in the Charter. It also contains specific requirements concerning human rights and anti-corruption measures, as outlined in the United Nations Global Compact, joined by Konica Minolta in 2008.
Employees worldwide are required to follow their own Group company compliance manuals and codes of conduct that correspond to the social ethics and laws of their respective countries, using the Guidance as a baseline.
In April 2011, the compliance manual for China was revised. Complementing to the Konica Minolta Group Charter of Corporate Behavior, the manual refers to Chinese law and social ethics and describes practices employees should follow using specific examples. The first edition of this manual was issued in fiscal 2004, and the revision was necessary in order to keep pace with the legal and social changes in that country.
The compliance manual for China has been released in Chinese and Japanese, and is used not only for employee training in China, but also for preparing employees temporarily transferred from Japan to China, and those traveling there on business.
Compliance Education
Conducting a broad range of compliance education in and outside Japan
The Konica Minolta Group companies in Japan provide their employees at each level with various educational programs on compliance. Programs are conducted for new hires, mid-career employees, mid-level employees, new managers, and new executives. In fiscal 2010, a total of about 270 people participated in these programs. Furthermore, compliance education was conducted as part of the Global Executive Program, which began from fiscal 2010, with the aim of developing executives and young managers from Group companies worldwide.
In addition, the Konica Minolta College, a program open to all employees in Japan, offers courses on various compliance themes. In fiscal 2010, the themes included laws regarding subcontracting (65 participants), personal information management (20 participants), basic principles of contract law (51 participants), confidential information management (32 participants), and security export control (42 participants).
Furthermore, in fiscal 2010, a group training session in compliance was held for around 950 employees from Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc. and its affiliated companies in Japan.
In North America, local staff members (company lawyers) held educational sessions on issues including competition laws, sexual harassment, and import and export regulations. In Europe, education was provided through such means as the publication of handbooks on matters including environmental directives and competition laws.
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