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36
(V) Fulfillment of social responsibility
Item Operation
Deviation from the
Rules Governing
Listed & OTC
corporate
governance and the
cause
1. Promote the implementation of corporate
governance
(1) Corporate defines corporate social
responsibility policy or system and review
the effect of implementation
(2) Operation of corporate social responsibility
full-time (part-time) unit
(3) Corporate arranges business ethics
education, training, and promotion
p
eriodically for the directors, supervisors,
and employees; also, it is integrated with
employee’s performance evaluation system
for a clear and effective reward and
punishment system.
(1) ASUS has corporate social responsibility policy
and guidelines defined that can be looked up at
ASUS corporate sustainability report and ASUS
CSR website at http://csr.asus.com.
(2) ASUS has Corporate Sustainability Office setup to
promote corporate social responsibility
p
olicy and
meet regularly to review and improve.
(3) ASUS has the Business Ethics & Anti-Bribery
Policy defined. In addition to regular internal
education, training, and promotion, process
auditing and promotion is arranged for external
suppliers. To ensure the effectiveness of
aforementioned education, training and promotion,
the online course for employee conduct principles
is specified as compulsory and cases violating
conduct principles shall be punished by the
company in accordance with the gravity in
addition to putting in announcement.
No deviation
2. The development of a sustainable environment
(1) ASUS strives to upgrade the effectiveness of
resources utilization; also, uses recycled
materials that are friendly to the
environment
(2) ASUS establishes adequate environmental
management system by the industrial
features
(3) ASUS setups environmental management
specialists unit to protect the environment
(4) ASUS stays alert the impact of climate
change on business activities; also, drafts up
energy saving and carbon reduction and
greenhouse gas reduction strategy
(1) To effectively utilize resources and to reduce
green-gas emission during transport, ASUS designs
the special structure for
p
ackage with patent to
reduce the packaging weight, reduce packaging
material volume, in addition to introducing the user
of recycled materials. In the future, ASUS will
continue reducing waste, control the total amount
of use for package materials and enhance
packaging universality to introduce sustainable
materials.
(2) ASUS had passed ISO14001 Environmental
Management System Certification in 1998 and
complied with PDCA annually.
(3) The company offers waste disposal technicians and
waste treatment specialists who are responsible for
the administration and declaration of the various
wastes and sewage system for the company.
(4) ASUS has committed to greenhouse gas reduction;
also, disclose greenhouse gas emission information
that can be looked up on the corporate sustainability
report and ASUS CSR website.
ASUS products have undergone ecological design to
enhance energy use efficiency for reduction in
greenhouse gases. ASUS added a number of office
locations due to business demand, therefore the
2013 was reduced by 560,000 KW compared to
2012 while cutting down the carbon dioxide
emission by approximately 328 tons.
No deviation
3. Maintenance of social welfare
(1) ASUS complies with relevant labor acts and
respect for the internationally recognized
b
asic labor and human rights principles to
protect the legitimate rights and interests of
employees while maintaining
non-discriminating treatment, thereby to
establish proper management methods,
procedures, and implementation.
(1) ASUS follows the governing labor laws, protects
employee’s interest; also, drafts up “Employee’s
Code of Ethics” and opinion box for employee’s
filing an appeal.
No deviation