Governance to ensure the peaceful use of advanced technologies
First written in FY2016. 8 of 9 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026.
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- FY2026RestatedAnnual report
「The committee consists of the representative directors and all outside officers. When entering business fields other than the "medical care, nursing care, and disaster recovery" fields specified in the company's Code of Corporate Conduct, it deliberates and verifies whether the relevant business could potentially be intended to kill or injure people or be used for weapons, and reports the results to the Board of Directors.」
The framework for controlling the peaceful use of advanced technologies is reaffirmed, including the composition of the Peace Ethics Committee, the business fields covered, deliberation and verification, and reporting to the Board of Directors. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「The Peace Ethics Committee comprises the representative director and president and all outside officers, and determinations on matters for deliberation are made with the approval of at least 2/3 of the attending members. When entering a business area that may not fall within the areas of healthcare, nursing and welfare, or disaster recovery specified in the group's Code of Corporate Conduct, the committee deliberates and verifies whether the entry could result in the group's advanced technologies being used to kill or injure people or for weapons applications, and reports its determination to the Board of Directors.」
The operational framework is reaffirmed, including the composition of the Peace Ethics Committee, the requirement for a two-thirds or greater determination, matters subject to deliberation, and reporting to the Board of Directors. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The different numbers of shares per unit prescribed for ordinary shares and B-class shares are intended to concentrate the company's voting rights in Sankai Yoshiyuki (山海 嘉之) and a foundation, thereby ensuring the peaceful use of the group's advanced technologies and preventing their use to kill or injure people or for weapons applications.」
The concentration of voting rights through Class B shares and other mechanisms is reaffirmed as a framework for ensuring the peaceful use of advanced technologies and preventing their use for weapons. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「The Peace Ethics Committee comprises the representative director and president and all outside officers, and determinations on matters for deliberation are made with the approval of at least 2/3 of the attending members. When entering a business area that may not fall within the areas of healthcare, nursing and welfare, or disaster recovery specified in the group's Code of Corporate Conduct, the committee deliberates and verifies whether the entry could result in the group's advanced technologies being used to kill or injure people or for weapons applications, and reports its determination to the Board of Directors.」
The company has reaffirmed the operational framework covering the composition of the Peace Ethics Committee, the requirement for determinations to be approved by at least 2/3, the applicable business areas and reporting to the Board of Directors. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The different numbers of shares per unit prescribed for ordinary shares and B-class shares are intended to concentrate the company's voting rights in Sankai Yoshiyuki (山海 嘉之) and a foundation, thereby ensuring the peaceful use of the group's advanced technologies and preventing their use to kill or injure people or for weapons applications.」
The company has reaffirmed the concentration of voting rights through classes of shares as a mechanism for ensuring the peaceful use of advanced technologies and preventing their use for weapons applications. - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「Our group has established a Peace Ethics Committee to prevent its advanced technologies from being used to kill or injure people or for weapons applications. The committee comprises the representative director and all outside officers. When entering a business area that may not fall within the areas of healthcare, nursing care or disaster recovery specified in the group's Code of Corporate Conduct, it deliberates and verifies whether the entry could result in the group's advanced technologies being used to kill or injure people or for weapons applications, and reports its determination to the Board of Directors.」
The company has reaffirmed the Peace Ethics Committee's framework for preventing the diversion of advanced technologies to non-peaceful uses and reviewing entry into business areas. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The different numbers of shares per unit prescribed for ordinary shares and B-class shares are intended to concentrate the company's voting rights in Sankai Yoshiyuki (山海 嘉之) and a foundation, thereby ensuring the peaceful use of the group's advanced technologies and preventing their use to kill or injure people or for weapons applications.」
The company continues to explain the concentration of voting rights through classes of shares as a means of ensuring the peaceful use of advanced technologies. - FY2017-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The different numbers of shares per unit prescribed for ordinary shares and B-class shares are intended to concentrate the company's voting rights in Sankai Yoshiyuki (山海 嘉之) and a foundation, thereby ensuring the peaceful use of the group's advanced technologies and preventing their use to kill or injure people or for weapons applications.」
The company continues to explain the concentration of voting rights through B-class shares and other mechanisms as a means of ensuring the peaceful use of advanced technologies. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「We have established a Peace Ethics Committee to prevent our group's advanced technologies from being used to kill or injure people or for weapons applications.」
The company states that the Peace Ethics Committee and the B-class share structure, which concentrates voting rights, control the purposes for which advanced technologies are used. B-class shares carry 10 times the voting rights of ordinary shares.