Business Conduct Guidelines

4. Respect Employees' Individual Human Rights and Diversity, and Maximize Their Potential

(1) We shall respect employees' human rights and value their diversity regardless of their culture, nationality, creed, race, gender, age or other protected category to unite their individualities and abilities into the company's collective strength.

• We shall promote human resource measures to properly employ persons and assign personnel according to their capabilities and job performance, and shall not discriminate on the basis of culture, nationality, religion, creed, race, gender, age, physical handicap or other protected category.
• We shall respect each individual's dignity and value to develop an 'Equal Partnership' as team members.
• We shall not engage in conduct that harasses co-workers, sexually or in other ways. We shall not use words or behave in ways that insult, discriminate or violate human rights or demean an individual's spiritual values.
• We shall not use unjust or "sweat-shop" child labor which impairs the physical, mental, moral and social development of children who are not of the minimum working age. We shall not force underage children to work against their will.
• When discrimination or harassment occurs, we shall respond swiftly, take adequate actions to help the victim, and prevent a recurrence. When practicable, we will protect the privacy of all parties, including the victim, the informer and the alleged offender.
• We shall exert ourselves to further develop an open and active corporate culture that allows everyone constructively to put forth their opinions and raise complaints.
• We shall respect each individual's privacy, and we shall handle our employee's personal information with the greatest care and to the maximum extent practicable in a confidential manner.

(2) We shall evaluate individuals fairly, according to their roles, duties, and job performance, to develop individual members so that they can proactively challenge and overcome difficulties.

• We shall further improve the organization and our various employment systems so that we can promptly respond to changes. In order to acquire and allocate the right personnel for the right job at the right time, we shall also identify and describe the duties and the requirements of each individual's role.
• We shall clarify the concept of ideal personnel, and we will provide various measures for human resource development and assistance that are focused on the aptitude, efforts, and enthusiasm of each employee. We shall develop a system and corporate culture in which everyone can realize their own progress and involvement.
  
  
  Ideal Human Capital
  
  We seek to have these kinds of employees:
  
  1) People with consistent challenging spirits ("Challenge & Change")
  

  Those who continuously strive to improve themselves.

  
  2) People with high expertise ("Professional Capabilities")
  

  Those who have employability and the expertise that fit their duties and roles, and are independent and adaptable to changes in their circumstances.

  
  3) People with a global perspective ("Global Perspective")
  

  Those who respect, learn, and carry out different techniques and methods of operation around the world with a global perspective.

  
  4) People with the team spirit to achieve superior performance ("Communication & Collaboration")
  

  Those who strive to achieve high performance through communication and collaboration.

  
  5) People with strong ethics ("Integrity")
  

  Those who have integrity and share a sense of values and ethics.
  
  
  
• We shall clarify each individual's role, duty and responsibility, and we shall promote and provide compensation according to a fair evaluation of their abilities and job performance, corporate performance, and market value.
• We shall faithfully fulfill our own roles, duties and responsibilities as required. In addition to operational instructions and orders, we shall also correctly understand and observe the rules and regulations specified in the company's policies, working regulations, ethical codes, and other guidelines.

(3) We shall strive not only to maintain a safe, clean, comfortable and hygienic workplace on the basis of cooperation between the company and its employees, but also strive to offer a healthy balance between job performance and the individual's life (work-life balance).

• We shall prioritize the maintenance of operational safety and hygiene in the workplace to ensure that everyone can work comfortably. We shall also make efforts not only to promote physical and mental health in our daily life, but also to create a comfortable working environment including measures that seek to prevent health problems caused by overwork and mental stress. In the event of an operational disaster, we shall keep the safety of human life first and foremost in our minds, and remain fully committed to our planned response.
• We shall strive to create awareness and a climate for realizing a rational work-life balance and make efforts to improve and promote systems for child care and nursing care.
• We shall minimize potential risks across all business activities. If we should become aware of a potential risk, we shall take proper actions as outlined in the policy and operational procedures regarding risk management.
• We shall conform to all labor laws and regulations, share information about the company's condition and its management-related issues among the company, its employees, and their representatives, and establish trust and a cooperative relationship among them through honest interactive communication.