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Respect for Human Rights
To further strengthen efforts to promote
respect for human rights
With regard to human rights, it is important from a global perspective to
constantly monitor relevant laws and regulations that already exist as well
as international standards and guidelines that will be introduced in the
Based on advice provided by experts and awareness raised through
these dialogue meetings, we have added the following items to our list of
efforts to promote human rights:
1) Understanding details regarding international standards and guidelines
on human rights
2) Analysis of the Ricoh Group’s current situation and identification of
issues that need to be addressed according to items related to human
rights in ISO 26000
3) Collection and past case reviews
4) Improvement in the aspect of human rights for risk management of the
entire Group
5) Education for all employees through “human rights e-learning”
More effort will be focused on relevant activities from a global
perspective, with more attention placed on international trends, based on
the “Ricoh Group Human Rights Respect Promotion Framework.”
future. In March 2011, we held a dialogue on efforts and initiatives to be
undertaken by the Ricoh Group in the future, inviting experts in human
rights and ISO 26000 standards with abundant experience in relevant fields.
Major pieces of advice provided by experts
• Issues related to human rights may develop into litigation and therefore it is
important to regard them as possible risks to the company.
• There is a concern about how the company analyzed human rights-related cases in
the past in Japan and abroad and how the company shares information on these
cases within its organization.
• Issues yet to be addressed include improvement of the system to evaluate and
study the occurrence of human rights-related cases on a regular basis and the
system of due diligence that allows the company to preemptively identify possible
cases.
• Human rights issues should be regarded as issues that need to be addressed not
only by the Human Resources Division but by all divisions and departments of the
entire company.
• It is recommended that more experts from external sources be used in order to
improve relevant activities.
• As a global company, it is important to be constantly sensitive to global trends
concerning human rights issues so as to stay informed of the latest news.
• The company should include education on human rights in pre-transfer training
programs for employees to be assigned overseas.
• It is important to acknowledge that the supply chain is within the company’s realm
of responsibility (within the company’s sphere of control) and therefore should be
included in the company’s efforts to address human rights issues.
[Invited participants]
Yozo Yokota
(Director, Center for Human Rights Education
and Training; Professor, Chuo University)
Shinichi Hasegawa
(Director, Japan ILO Office)
Makoto Teranaka
(Executive Director, Amnesty International Japan)
Kaori Kuroda
(Executive Director, CSO Network Foundation;
Expert, ISO 26000 Working Group)
Masao Seki
(Associate Director, Chief CSR Officer, Sompo
Japan Insurance Inc.; Expert, ISO 26000
Working Group)
(The affiliations and job positions above are
accurate as of March 25, 2011)
“Dialogue on Human Rights” inviting experts
■ Ricoh Group Human Rights Respect Promotion Framework
Risk Management See page 25 Human rights due diligence
Action Plan
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Commitment to society
Advice from external experts
Disclosure of information
● Assessment and
improvement of
systems and
activities
● Understanding of
social trends
● Establishment of
policies and targets
● Establishment of
indicators
● Review of efforts
● Assessment of
performance
● Educational activity
● Implementation
in the process of
conducting
business activities
● Remedy measures