CSR in the OKI Group Full Compliance with Laws and Regulations
Fair Trade and Purchasing
Fair Purchasing Practices
Purchasing law workshop
In order to ensure the appropriateness of purchasing activities, a purchasing law workshop is held twice a year for employees involved in material procurement. Such a workshop features training and information sharing on related laws and regulations (including the Act against Delay in Payment of Subcontract Proceeds, Etc. to Subcontractors) as well as the OKI Group's compliance initiatives. In fiscal 2011, we held purchasing law workshops in July and December in which a total of 155 employees participated.
Efforts for Security Export Control
OKI, from the viewpoint of serving world peace and preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, has made various efforts to abide by all applicable laws and regulations about security export control as an exporter. Among them is the establishment of the Rules for Compliance with Export-Related Laws and Regulations. More specifically, the company's Export Review Section and Export Review Committee carefully examine all export-related business transactions.
In fiscal 2011, we reexamined the contents of the ongoing e-learning (for management level employees involved in export-related business transactions), web education (for all employees) and group training. Furthermore, we also launched an applied education program using an exercise-style textbook for OKI's employees. We plan to offer this program to the other group companies as well in fiscal 2012.
Efforts across Supply Chain
Believing that cooperation from its partners in the supply chain is indispensable for the fulfillment of its corporate social responsibilities, OKI has promoted green procurement based on the "Green Procurement Standard" established in 2002. The standard is to be updated as needed. In 2006, we created the "OKI Group Procurement Policies" by revising the existing purchasing policy. The new policy includes several new stipulations on "compliance with the laws and social norms," "considerations for environmental protection," "proper management and protection of information" and other issues. Since then we have promoted the dissemination of the new policy among employees involved in purchasing across the group.
Since accurate understanding of international norms such as "human rights" and "labor" is particularly important in promoting CSR through the supply chain, we have participated in the Supply Chain Subcommittee of the Global Compact Japan Network, a local network of the United Nations Global Compact, and examined the latest trends of CSR procurement and discussed what CSR procurement should be. We will continue to promote our procurement activities while getting the understanding and cooperation of our business partners.
