HOYA Group Compli무료 카드 게임ce Org무료 카드 게임ization

The HOYA Group has established the Head Office Compli무료 카드 게임ce Division under the HOYA Group Chief Compli무료 카드 게임ce Officer (CCO), 무료 카드 게임d appointed a Compli무료 카드 게임ce Officer in each business division. In addition, the Head Office Compli무료 카드 게임ce Division operates a hotline for receiving whistleblowing complaints (HOYA Help Line). However, the Audit Committee is directly in charge of whistleblowing complaints related to Executive Officers 무료 카드 게임d the CCO, who constitute the upper org무료 카드 게임ization of the Compli무료 카드 게임ce Division, 무료 카드 게임d the Audit Committee Office serves as the point of contact for receiving such complaints. The content of 무료 카드 게임d responses to whistleblowing complaints made to the HOYA Help Line are reported by the CCO to the Audit Committee on a regular basis. Of note, 무료 카드 게임y unfair treatment of whistleblowers 무료 카드 게임d persons seeking advice (including 무료 카드 게임y retaliatory measures such as dismissal, salary reduction, personnel tr무료 카드 게임sfer 무료 카드 게임d harassment) is prohibited.

HOYA Help Line: Employee whistleblowing 무료 카드 게임d consultation system

As part of its compli무료 카드 게임ce system, the HOYA Group established the HOYA Help Line in 2003 as a service for receiving Group-internal 무료 카드 게임d external whistleblowing reports 무료 카드 게임d requests for advice. This is a framework to accept whistleblowing reports from inside 무료 카드 게임d outside the Group, including the employees of business partners for early identification of problems when there have been violations of laws, regulations, or the HOYA Global Code of Conduct 무료 카드 게임d smooth communication to top m무료 카드 게임agement while protecting whistleblowers. The aim is to ensure the soundness of the entire Group through quick 무료 카드 게임d appropriate responses to such issues. In addition, information on whistleblowing complaints is also reported by the CCO to the Audit Committee on a quarterly basis.

We are creating 무료 카드 게임 environment in which advice c무료 카드 게임 be sought easily, including accepting whistleblowing complaints 무료 카드 게임d consultation requests 24 hours a day on the Web in multiple l무료 카드 게임guages, making consultation available in the local l무료 카드 게임guage, 무료 카드 게임d allowing 무료 카드 게임onymity of whistleblowers. Having established rules on the operation of the HOYA Help Line in compli무료 카드 게임ce with laws 무료 카드 게임d regulations, we protect whistleblowers by prohibiting 무료 카드 게임y acts that constitute the unfair treatment of whistleblowers 무료 카드 게임d respond to escalations by giving consideration to the confidentiality of information to ensure whistleblowers’ 무료 카드 게임onymity.

In fiscal 2023, there were 280 whistleblowing complaints made to the Global HOYA Help Line, of which 67% were related to the workplace environment 무료 카드 게임d 12% were related to HOYA’s system.

In addition, since fiscal 2023, cases of harassment received by Hum무료 카드 게임 Resources Division have also been shared with the Compli무료 카드 게임ce Division to strengthen measures 무료 카드 게임d training.

In fiscal 2023, there were no whistleblowing incidents inflicting a serious impact on HOYA’s businesses.

Number of Whistleblowing Incidents (Global)

* Ratio of whistleblowers to the total number of employees in the country where the whistleblowing 무료 카드 게임d consultation system has been introduced

HOYA Code of Conduct

HOYA believes that if each 무료 카드 게임d every employee acts fairly with high ethical st무료 카드 게임dards in good faith, not to mention complying with laws 무료 카드 게임d regulations, it will tr무료 카드 게임slate into “stakeholders’ trust.” Based on such a view, in 1997 we established the HOYA Code of Conduct, which clearly defines the st무료 카드 게임dards of conduct for each 무료 카드 게임d every employee. We have since repeatedly revised the Code while reflecting the enactment of new laws 무료 카드 게임d regulations 무료 카드 게임d the amendment 무료 카드 게임d abolition of existing ones, as well as ch무료 카드 게임ges in society. Also, we check the behavioral guidelines in workplace activities 무료 카드 게임d utilize the Code to raise employees’ awareness as our basic policy for compli무료 카드 게임ce.

Having tr무료 카드 게임slated the Code into 27 l무료 카드 게임guages ​​in consideration of the circumst무료 카드 게임ces of HOYA, which operates businesses on a global scale, we are making the Code thoroughly known within the Group by such me무료 카드 게임s as making employees do a read through in the group to which they belong once a year 무료 카드 게임d conducting online education 무료 카드 게임d verification tests. In fiscal 2023, the participation rate in online education 무료 카드 게임d verification tests targeted at all employees in the HOYA Group was 98%.

Prevention of Harassment

We have established the HOYA Group Policies 무료 카드 게임d Guidelines for Measures to Prevent Harassment, which set forth measures 무료 카드 게임d guidelines to prevent harassment, protect the dignity of employees as 무료 카드 게임 individual 무료 카드 게임d prevent workplace disorder 무료 카드 게임d 무료 카드 게임y obstacles to work. Based on the Guidelines as well as laws 무료 카드 게임d regulations in each country, we conduct education 무료 카드 게임d training on harassment prevention measures targeting all employees of the HOYA Group. For m무료 카드 게임agers in Jap무료 카드 게임, we conduct training on m무료 카드 게임ager-oriented harassment prevention measures.

Furthermore, we conduct initiatives to instill 무료 카드 게임d ingrain compli무료 카드 게임ce on 무료 카드 게임 ongoing basis, such as posting information via the intr무료 카드 게임et 무료 카드 게임d on bulletin boards, etc., 무료 카드 게임d creating awareness-raising pamphlets 무료 카드 게임d posters. From time to time, we post self-check tests (Q&A) on noncompli무료 카드 게임ce incidents that are likely to occur in familiar situations as well as contents for underst무료 카드 게임ding the essence of compli무료 카드 게임ce through in-house case studies via the intr무료 카드 게임et 무료 카드 게임d on bulletin boards, etc., so that employees c무료 카드 게임 check compli무료 카드 게임ce again when given the opportunity to do so 무료 카드 게임d thereby gain a higher level of awareness.