CSR

[ISO 26000 Core Subject] Organizational Governance

The Fujikura Group is working to implement the Corporate Philosophy MVCV (Mission, Vision and Core Value) to be a corporate group that is appreciated by customers and highly evaluated by society. To ensure compliance, the Group established the Fujikura Code of Conduct on October 1, 2002. In line with this Code and other in-house rules, as well as with laws, regulations, norms, and rules enforced in Japan and abroad, all directors and employees of the Group are striving to make the Group a corporate entity that is trusted and needed by society, giving first priority to compliance, occupational health and safety, the environment, and ties with local communities.

Compliance-related international initiatives include conventions, norms, and various other measures. The Fujikura Group CSR Committee is working to ensure compliance, including preventing corruption, in reference to the following international guidelines.

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At the meeting of the Board of Directors held on September 28, 2009, participants passed a resolution on the Fujikura Antimonopoly Act Compliance Program with a view to ensuring compliance with the law through the announcement by the President of the company's commitment to compliance and also through the provision of relevant instructions to all directors and employees as well as through the enhancement of our in-house compliance system. Under this program, we are formulating rules on contacts with competitors, educating all our sales staff on the Antimonopoly Act, and implementing other measures to improve our in-house compliance system.

On the international front, security problems such as nuclear and missile issues in Iran and North Korea, and the terrorist activity in the Middle East, Africa, etc. are emerging as serious international concerns. Japan is a major exporter of high-tech products and technologies on a par with the United States. When Japanese companies export their products for consumer use overseas, they need to ensure that none of these products will be used to create nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, missiles to transport these weapons, or other weapons of mass destruction, in order to preserve international peace and safety.

The Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act of Japan regulates the export of not only weapons but also consumer products and technologies that could be used for military purposes, with a view to maintaining international peace and security. The Act also requires exporters to meet the export criteria set by the Japanese government.

In order to maintain peace, order and security of the international community in the progress of globalization, companies are thus strongly required to strictly control the export and provision of their products and technologies that could be used for military purposes.

Fujikura has set the in-house export control rules, based on which it makes necessary judgment on products to be exported and technologies to be provided*, checks its dealings with customers, notifies employees of any revisions to the related laws and regulations, provides them with training on export control, and also carries out internal audits for export control. Under this system, we promote voluntary export control and ensure legal compliance.

For export control, we make necessary judgments about our products and confirm their intended usage with the users. We also pay due attention to the shipment of equipment to the plants of overseas Group companies to ensure that no export-regulated items are included in the shipment. We obtain export permits for the equipment as necessary.

Security Export Administrative Division conducted workshops and e-learning training for employees. We also dispatched personnel to Group companies in Japan and abroad to raise their employees' awareness of export control and give relevant instructions, thereby promoting compliance awareness across the Group.

■239 people attended an export control seminar, and 1,325 people attended e-learning

The Fujikura Group Anti-Corruption Policy was approoved by the Boad of Directors and the Managing Directors Meeting and was established on April.1.2014. The Fujikura Group disseminates information on this policy in the group.

Following a decision made by its CSR Committee (Management Committee) in July 2013, Fujikura Ltd. announced its support for the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), which outlines the universal and international principles on human rights, labor, the environment and anti-corruption. Subsequently, on September 3, 2013, the company became a signatory to the Global Compact and also joined the Global Compact Network Japan (GC-NＪ). The UNGC, which is based on 10 principles, provides a global framework for companies and other organizations to act as good corporate citizens for the creation of a sustainable society by displaying leadership in a responsible manner. Under this framework, Fujikura carried out associated activities in FY2014.

The CSR Committee is also working to raise employees' awareness of the United Nations Global Compact.

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