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Efforts in Fiscal 2006
• Compliance
In fiscal 2006, we undertook compliance monitoring at
11 Omron Group companies in Japan and overseas, including
newly acquired companies, to confirm that laws and regula-
tions are being observed. In all domestic companies, we
reviewed compliance activities on the basis of the PDCA cycle
in efforts to strengthen compliance. Also, at all of our domestic
Group companies, in addition to conducting compliance training
for directors, management, specialist personnel, and regular
and temporary staff, we also held training sessions for new
employees and staff transferring from other companies. In
addition, we introduced e-learning as a new method of training
and in fiscal 2007 we plan to broaden its application as we con-
tinue to focus our efforts on ways of promoting compliance
throughout the Group.
• Risk Management
To establish an enduring information security system, we
undertook a company-wide review of the status of security in
domestic Group operations. With an understanding of our obli-
gation to fulfill our social responsibility to our stakeholders by
appropriately managing confidential and personal information to
safeguard it against leaking or unauthorized use, we undertook
a sweeping review of our rules for information management
and commenced the construction of an integrated system for
managing both confidential information and personal informa-
tion. In fiscal 2007 we intend to implement comprehensive
measures to guarantee security in information management
at Group companies in Japan and we will also commence a
review of rules for information management in our overseas
Group companies.
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North America
Compliance officers are in
place at each North American
Group company. In fiscal
2006, compliance monitoring
for Group companies contin-
ued, while awareness of the
whistleblower hotline was
enhanced, resulting in 11 hot-
line contacts received.
Europe
Under the leadership of Omron Europe’s Risk
Management Committee, compliance audit-
ing and manager training have been con-
ducted on a regular basis to strengthen com-
pliance. Establishment of a contact channel
to work in collaboration with the committee
is now underway along with the improve-
ment of the compliance promotion system. Managers in
charge of regulatory matters were assigned to ensure strict
observance of environmental and other regulations.
China
Compliance and maintenance
of ethical standards are
among the key CSR issues
for Omron in Greater China.
In fiscal 2006, corporate
ethics officers were assigned
at each Group company, and
the first promotion confer-
ence was held in Shanghai. In addition to manager train-
ing, compliance monitoring continued with a focus on
observing compliance with three important laws, related
to customs, bribery and operations falling outside each
company’s authorized scope of business.
Asia-Pacific
Taking into consideration the language and cultural
diversity in the region, the Corporate Ethics Guidelines
have been translated into five different languages*.
Efforts are focused on education, training and monitoring
with the aim of strengthening understanding of corporate
ethics and compliance among all employees through the
distribution of guidelines and creation of a system to
ensure strict legal observance.
*Thai, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Malay and Tamil
Promoting corporate ethics and compliance in four regions outside of Japan
At the Omron Group, a total of 32,456 people are working in Japan and four regions around the world. To
demonstrate fairness and integrity in all corporate activities and individual employees’ behavior
throughout the world, Omron is promoting compliance and risk management at each region through
distribution of the Corporate Ethics Guidelines and monitoring of compliance status. In fiscal 2007, Omron
will publish regional versions of the CSR Practice Guidelines, which are based on and upgraded from the
Corporate Ethics Guidelines. Continued promotion of compliance training and monitoring is also planned.
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