Policy and Basic Mindset
UBE Group Compliance Guidelines
The UBE Group is committed to ensuring compliance in the execution of its corporate activities and business, in accordance with laws and regulations in and outside of Japan, internal regulations, and social norms and rules. Through the integrity of its actions, it will live up to the expectations of society.
The UBE Group operates compliance-based business on the following pillars.
1. Establishment of UBE Group Code of Conduct
The UBE Group established the Action Guidelines, in order to ensure that officers and employees conduct business in accordance with laws and regulations in and outside of Japan, internal regulations, and social conscience. We revise the guidelines as needed to meet shifting social expectations of corporations and distribute booklets featuring the latest version of the guidelines, our compliance structure, internal reporting systems, and other relevant matters, to officers and employees to infuse compliance throughout the Group.
2. Preparation of Framework for Securing and Practicing Compliance
UBE appoints Compliance Officers who are responsible for overseeing tasks related to ensuring and practicing compliance at the UBE Group. The Compliance Officers receive advice from the UBE Group Compliance Committee, and supervise and manage compliance frameworks for each department and Group company. Under the Compliance Officers’ direction, the compliance frameworks are securing and practicing compliance through education and training, rapid correction of compliance issues, and the adoption and execution of recurrence prevention measures through continuous monitoring.
3. Internal Reporting System
The UBE Group internal reporting system (UBE C-Line) enables employees to report compliance violations directly to the Compliance Promotion Secretariat, to facilitate the rapid identification and resolution of compliance issues of the Group.
Basic Policy for Anti-Social Forces
The UBE Group is firm in its response against groups or individuals comprising anti-social forces (organized crime groups) that pursue economic profit with violence, coercion or fraudulent measures, and rejects all relation to such forces. Exercising caution that funds are not used in money laundering or to benefit terrorist groups, we have designated the following basic policies and created a system toward such ends.
- We do not maintain relations of any kind or conduct transactions with anti-social forces.
- We refuse to meet the demands of anti-social forces, and will pursue legal avenues against such demands through civil courts and criminal justice.
- Under no circumstances will we pay money to or cover up transactions with anti-social forces.
- We will work closely with external organizations, including police authorities, the National Center for Removal of Criminal Organizations, and attorneys, to protect against anti-social forces.
- We will maintain a unified corporate front in the face of demands from anti-social forces in order to protect the safety of our officers and employees.