As the basis of our compliance system, we have established the "Air Water Group Code of Ethical Conduct" to educate and enlighten employees on social ethics and compliance with laws and regulations, and to ensure that rules related to legal compliance are thoroughly enforced. This is a guideline for all executives and employees of Air Water and its group companies to comply with laws and regulations and to practice behavior that respects social ethics.
In addition, we created a Compliance Handbook, which breaks down the code and gives examples of violations in an easy-to-understand manner, and distribute it to all employees in the Group to raise their awareness of the Code.
As an organizational system for compliance management, we have established the CSR Promotion Office Compliance Group, which is under the direct control of the representative director, as a department responsible for the integrated management of compliance issues within the Group, and have appointed a responsible person from among directors, executive officers and board members. Furthermore, we have established a department responsible for compliance within each business group and are working closely with the CSR Promotion Office Compliance Group to strengthen our compliance system, which includes all Air Water Group companies.
Air Water has established the Compliance Committee as a consultative body in which relevant divisions get together and discuss compliance issues. The Committee considers specific measures concerning the policies and instructions on compliance given by the representative director, and other issues, and also discusses ways to deal with compliance violations if they occur.
Air Water has established an internal reporting system in order to ensure compliance-based management. Anyone who becomes aware of violations of laws or internal rules, or any acts which may violate them, can make a report. Points of contact for reporting have been established both inside and outside the company, and there is a provision ensuring that a person who makes a report will not suffer any disadvantage.
The points of contact, or hotline, for this internal reporting system are communicated to all group employees by such means as the “compliance poster” displayed at all business sites.
The Antimonopoly Act aims to promote fair and free competition, and those engaged in corporate activities must be in strict compliance with its principles. At the Air Water Group, we fully understand the importance of the Antimonopoly Act and are working to ensure thorough compliance throughout the Group. Moreover, compliance with the Antimonopoly Act is raised in the Air Water Group Code of Ethical Conduct, which prohibits market monopolization, unfair transactions, and improper transaction methods. We have also created an Antimonopoly Act Compliance Manual, which we have distributed to our employees to ensure fair practices across the Group.
Maintaining and developing good relations with suppliers based on fair dealings is not only the bedrock on which our business is founded, it is also key to enhancing compliance
In FY2023, we held an e-learning compliance workshop on the theme of harassment for all Group employees. In addition, as compliance guidance, we provided information for organizational development at each Group company and strengthened compliance promotion activities according to actual conditions, with management and managers acting as facilitators.
The Compliance Center, which is under the direct control of the representative director, manages, as the supervisory division for the entire group, the risks recognized as particularly important for business activities of the Air Water Group; namely, the risks concerning compliance, safety, disaster prevention, environmental preservation, and quality assurance.
Individual risks concerning information security, intellectual property, expansion of overseas businesses, business contracts, etc., are managed through actions at the level of each responsible division such as by formulating internal regulations, preparing manuals, and providing education and training, as well as through prior inspection and authorization procedures.
With the Compliance Center serving as the secretariat, the risk management examination meeting is held regularly, helping to bolster the risk management framework of the entire group.
Air Water is fully aware that protecting the information of customers, etc., is an important social responsibility of any company. This means not only complying with laws and regulations related to specific personal information or personal information protection but also requiring all officers, employees, and other related parties engaged in corporate activities to ensure information security and protection of information in accordance with internal information security management regulations.
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