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Ricoh Group Sustainability Report 2013 36
Making respect for human rights a part of
all operational processes
Our respect for human rights takes in all our
stakeholders, and requires a deep understanding of
human rights issues among our employees.
Accordingly, Ricoh conducted a human rights
education program for all employees on December
10, 2012 — World Human Rights Day.
An e-learning program, “Corporate Activities and
Human Rights,” was launched to establish a culture
that has international expectations regarding human
rights as an integral part of day-to-day operations. The
e-learning materials were developed in cooperation
with the Center for Human Rights Education and
Training, an organization devoted to human rights
education.
To date, more than 10,200 Ricoh employees have
completed the program, and in follow-up surveys
about 90% of participants indicated increased
awareness of human rights.
The next step in this educational program is a
workshop that simulates human rights-related risks.
•฀Outline of the e-learning program
“Corporate Activities and Human Rights”
1. Introduction
2. Human rights
2-1 What are human rights?
2-2 Why should businesses respect human rights?
฀ 2-3฀International฀trends฀concerning฀human฀rights
(i) United Nations Global Compact
(ii) Ruggie Report
3.฀฀฀ISO26000฀(international฀standards฀on฀social
responsibility)
฀ 3.1฀Human฀rights฀are฀a฀major฀pillar฀of฀ISO26000
฀ 3.2฀Seven฀principles฀and฀seven฀core฀subjects฀
4. Corporate activities and human rights in a
globalizing society
4-1 Respect for human rights under international
standards
4-2 Key elements in addressing human rights issues
฀ 4-3฀Risk฀avoidance
฀ 4-4฀Boosting฀corporate฀value฀
5. Human rights initiatives by the Ricoh Group
6.฀ ฀Benets฀for฀corporations฀that฀respect฀human฀rights
An awareness of human rights is key to being a global citizen
It฀was฀a฀great฀pleasure฀for฀us฀to฀work฀with฀Ricoh฀in฀developing฀e-learning฀materials฀that฀reveal฀international฀
developments฀in฀human฀rights฀and฀their฀relevance฀to฀corporate฀activities.฀
฀ In฀recent฀years,฀interest฀in฀corporate฀social฀responsibility฀has฀grown฀in฀pace฀with฀economic฀globalization.฀
Reflecting฀this฀trend,฀the฀United฀Nations฀Global฀Compact,฀ISO26000฀and฀other฀international฀frameworks฀are฀
becoming฀de฀facto฀guidelines฀for฀corporate฀activities.
฀ As฀human฀rights฀are฀mainstreamed฀into฀business฀practices,฀
integrating฀human฀rights฀considerations฀into฀every฀employee’s฀
everyday฀work฀is฀vital฀for฀a฀company฀to฀achieve฀growth฀and฀
contribute฀to฀society.฀
฀ We฀hope฀the฀e-learning฀materials฀we฀jointly฀developed฀will฀help฀CSR฀
and฀human฀rights฀initiatives฀spread฀throughout฀the฀entire฀Ricoh฀Group.฀ Developing the e-learning materials.
Overview Action Data & Profile
Human Rights
The Center for Human Rights Education and Training is an incorporated public interest foundation that promotes human rights education and
awareness in Japan. The Center develops materials, provides training, carries out surveys and research and other activities regarding human rights,
working in collaboration with various organizations including national and local governments and private enterprises.
Through such initiatives, we hope to make respect for
human rights an integral part of the actions of every
Ricoh employee.
ISO26000 :฀฀•฀Human฀Rights฀฀•฀Labor฀Practices
A message from our partner, the Center for Human Rights Education and Training