Audits of All Stores and Departments by the Audit Office Reporting Directly to the President
First written in FY2017. 4 of 8 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2022. Latest entry: FY2026.
39 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「The Company has established an independent audit office under the direct supervision of the representative director, chairman and executive officer, staffed by 5 dedicated employees. The office conducts and evaluates on-site audits of all stores, product centers and head-office departments at department-manager and senior-manager level at least once a year, covering compliance with internal regulations, business activities in general, and the appropriateness of procedures.」
The 5-person dedicated audit staff structure was maintained, while the audit frequency was increased from at least once every 18 months to at least once a year. Weekly reports to the chairman and full-time audit & supervisory board members and twice-yearly reports to the Board of Directors were also explicitly specified. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「We have established an independent Audit Office under the direct control of the Representative Director, Chairman and Executive Officer, staffed by 5 dedicated personnel. It conducts and evaluates on-site audits at least once every 18 months of all stores, distribution centers and each department at the head office, including departments headed by general managers and senior managers, regarding compliance with internal rules, overall business activities and the appropriateness of procedures.」
The dedicated audit staff increased from 4 to 5, with a system established to audit every store, product center and head-office department at least once every 18 months, and with weekly reports to the chairman and full-time audit & supervisory board members and semiannual reports to the Board of Directors explicitly specified. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「We have established an independent Audit Office under the direct control of the president, staffed by 4 dedicated personnel. It conducts and evaluates on-site audits at least once every 18 months of all stores, distribution centers and each department at the head office, including departments headed by general managers and senior managers, regarding compliance with internal rules, overall business activities and the appropriateness of procedures.」
The audit scope was specified as all stores, distribution centers and each department at the head office, with on-site audits at least once every 18 months, weekly reports to the president and the full-time corporate auditors, and regular reports to the Board of Directors and the Board of Corporate Auditors. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「We have established an independent Audit Office under the direct control of the president, staffed by 4 dedicated personnel. It conducts regular on-site audits of all stores and each department at the head office regarding compliance with internal rules, overall business activities and the appropriateness of procedures, and the head of the Audit Office reports the results to the president, the Board of Directors and the Board of Corporate Auditors.」
On-site audits of all stores and each department at the head office continued, and the reporting recipients for audit results were explicitly expanded from the president to include the Board of Directors and the Board of Corporate Auditors. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「We have established an independent Audit Office under the direct control of the president, staffed by 4 dedicated personnel. It conducts regular on-site audits of all stores and each department at the head office regarding compliance with internal rules, overall business activities and the appropriateness of procedures, and reports the results to the president and corporate auditors.」
The framework under which the Audit Office, staffed by 4 dedicated personnel and reporting directly to the president, conducts regular audits of all stores and each department at the head office and reports to the president and corporate auditors remains in place. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「We have established an independent Audit Office under the direct control of the president, staffed by 4 dedicated personnel. It conducts regular on-site audits of all stores and each department at the head office regarding compliance with internal rules, overall business activities and the appropriateness of procedures, and reports the results to the president and corporate auditors.」
The framework under which the Audit Office, staffed by 4 dedicated personnel and reporting directly to the president, conducts regular audits of all stores and each department at the head office and reports to the president and corporate auditors was reiterated. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「We have established an independent Audit Office under the direct control of the president, staffed by 4 dedicated personnel. It conducts regular on-site audits of all stores and departments regarding compliance with internal rules, overall business activities and the appropriateness of procedures, and reports the audit results to the president and corporate auditors.」
The framework under which the Audit Office, staffed by 4 dedicated personnel and reporting directly to the president, conducts regular audits of all stores and departments and reports to the president and corporate auditors remains in place. - FY2017First statedAnnual report
「We have established an independent Audit Office under the direct control of the president, staffed by 4 dedicated personnel. It conducts regular on-site audits of all stores and departments regarding compliance with internal rules, overall business activities and the appropriateness of procedures, and reports the audit results to the president and corporate auditors.」
A framework was established under which the Audit Office, staffed by 4 dedicated personnel and reporting directly to the president, conducts regular audits of all stores and departments.