Global Compliance Code and Internal Whistleblowing System
First written in FY2016. 5 of 8 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: 2026-10-01.
80 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- 2026-10-01AdvancedGovernance
「In fiscal 2025, we established VOICES as the collective name for our whistleblowing systems so that group employees could understand the system more easily and use it with confidence when necessary.」
The whistleblowing systems were reorganized under the name VOICES, with a global structure including regional contact points, the Global Compliance Hotline and a contact point for Audit & Supervisory Committee members. - FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「The Group has established a Compliance Committee as its central compliance organization and works to promote and strengthen compliance. It has also established a global system through which all officers and employees can seek advice or report compliance issues, including bribery and human-rights violations, and has set up a Partner Hotline to accept reports from business partners concerning actual or suspected compliance violations by the Group.」
In addition to the existing Global Compliance Code, education and training, and internal whistleblower system, the disclosure explicitly identifies the Compliance Committee and Partner Hotline for business partners. - FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「The Group has established a Global Compliance Code applicable to its officers and employees and ensures compliance through education and training. It also seeks the early detection and correction of violations of laws or the Articles of Incorporation within the Group by maintaining an internal whistleblower system, and conducts audits of the compliance framework through its internal audit department.」
The disclosure reiterates the framework based on the Global Compliance Code, education and training, internal whistleblowing and internal audits. - FY2021RestatedAnnual report
「The Group has established a Global Compliance Code applicable to its officers and employees and ensures compliance through education and training. It also seeks the early detection and correction of violations of laws or the Articles of Incorporation within the Group by maintaining an internal whistleblower system, and conducts audits of the compliance framework through its internal audit department.」
The disclosure reiterates the framework based on the Global Compliance Code, education and training, internal whistleblowing and internal audits. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「The Group has established a Global Compliance Code applicable to its officers and employees and ensures compliance through education and training. It also seeks the early detection and correction of violations of laws or the Articles of Incorporation within the Group by maintaining an internal whistleblower system, and conducts audits of the compliance framework through its internal audit department.」
The disclosure reiterates the framework based on the Global Compliance Code, education and training, internal whistleblowing and internal audits. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「The Group has established a Global Compliance Code applicable to its officers and employees and ensures compliance through education and training. It also seeks the early detection and correction of violations of laws or the Articles of Incorporation within the Group by maintaining an internal whistleblower system, and conducts audits of the compliance framework through its internal audit department.」
The disclosure reiterates the framework based on the Global Compliance Code, education and training, internal whistleblowing and internal audits. - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「The Group has established a Global Compliance Code applicable to its officers and employees and ensures compliance through education and training. It also seeks the early detection and correction of violations of laws or the Articles of Incorporation within the Group by maintaining an internal whistleblower system, and conducts audits of the compliance framework through its internal audit department.」
The disclosure reiterates the framework based on the Global Compliance Code, education and training, internal whistleblowing and internal audits. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「The Group has established a Global Compliance Code applicable to its officers and employees and ensures compliance through education and training. It also seeks the early detection and correction of violations of laws or the Articles of Incorporation within the Group by maintaining an internal whistleblower system, and conducts audits of the compliance framework through its internal audit department.」
A compliance framework combining Group-wide standards, education and training, internal whistleblowing and internal audits.