Supplier Ethical Code of Conduct

In order to maintain a balance between the environment, society, and the economy and contribute to sustainable development, we have taken voluntary steps based on the perspective of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in our activities and transactions with all stakeholders (shareholders, employees, customers, business partners and suppliers, and governments), and have also asked stakeholders in our supply chain to take CSR-based approaches.

Essentially, CSR is something that each company undertakes voluntarily, but in order to provide our customers with safe, reliable, and valuable products and services, the cooperation of our business partners and suppliers in our supply chain is essential. Based on this belief, we have established the Supplier Code of Ethical Conduct to ask for your active commitment to this code. In implementing this code, we ask that you not only do so within your own company, but also that it encompass your own suppliers.

Matters to be observed

1. Environmental Consideration

  • - Actively working to improve the efficiency with which finite resources (e.g. energy, water, raw materials) are used.
  • - Implementing appropriate administrative, practical and technical control measures to minimize the release of effluents harmful to the environment and to prevent environmental pollution.
  • - Promote efforts to combat climate change, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, fluorocarbons, etc.).
  • - Conduct business activities that take into consideration the impact on biodiversity.
  • - Contribute to the creation of a recycling-oriented society by proactively taking part in waste collection and recycling activities. Also, comply with the relevant laws and regulations regarding all waste generated from business activities and fulfill your responsibility as a generator.
  • - Promote efforts to develop and provide environmentally friendly product designs (eco-design) and services in order to reduce the impact on the environment.

2. Information Security

  • - Strictly manage and protect personal information of your company, customers, and third parties.
  • - Strictly manage confidential information of other parties that you learn in the course of business, and do not disclose it to third parties without permission.
  • - Take measures to protect against risks and threats to the network, such as computer viruses, and to prevent their impact from spreading.

3. Fair Competition

  • - Not to engage in any form of bribery, including the giving of inappropriate money to or from employees or organizations.
  • - Comply with all laws and regulations related to fair trade, including the Antimonopoly Act and the Subcontract Act.
  • - If there is a conflict of interest or the possibility of a conflict of interest in a transaction with our company, such as if an officer or employee of our company or one of our suppliers is an officer or employee or a family member of that officer, report this to our company.

4. Ensuring quality and safety

  • - Supplying products that meet safety standards stipulated by laws and regulations.
  • - Establish a quality assurance system and operate it strictly.
  • - Providing accurate information about products and services.
  • - Understand the quality and functionality required by the general public and users, and supply products that meet those expectations.
  • - Strive to provide products and services that contribute to maintaining telecommunications networks and improving communication quality.

5. Respect for human rights

  • - Comply with international human rights principles* and strive to avoid involvement in discrimination or human rights violations in all of our services, products, and business activities.

6. Occupational Safety and Health

  • - Employees are provided with a healthy and safe working environment in accordance with international standards and laws.
  • - Employees are provided with a living environment in which safety and health are properly ensured.
  • - Provide employees with appropriate information and training on safety and health, and provide appropriate support in the event of a workplace accident.

7. Prohibition of Child Labor

  • - Do not employ anyone under the legal working age.

8. Prohibition of Forced Labor

  • - There is no forced, bonded or servile labor, and employees are free to resign with a reasonable notice period.

9. Prohibition of discrimination and inhumane treatment

  • - Eliminate all discrimination and strive for fairness.
  • - Employees will be treated with respect and dignity and will not be subjected to physical or verbal abuse or other harassment, intimidation or threats of any kind.

10. Working Hours

  • - Regarding employee working hours, in addition to complying with laws and regulations, we will strive to reduce excessive working hours.
  • - Consider the number of working hours that are reasonable depending on the type of job, the job, and the circumstances of the country in which the work is performed.

11. Fair Payment

  • - Employees understand the terms of their employment and are provided with fair and reasonable wages and conditions.
  • - Employees are able to secure living expenses that exceed the legal minimum wage in the country in which they work.

12. Freedom of Association

  • - Respect employees' rights to freely associate or not associate, and to collective bargaining, in accordance with the law.

13. Responsible Sourcing of Minerals

  • - The tantalum, tin, tungsten, and gold contained in the products are not a source of funding for anti-government forces that commit human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or neighboring countries.

14. Coexistence with the local community

  • - Promote social contribution initiatives aimed at coexisting with the local community.

  • [Notes]
  • * Refers to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the Children's Rights and Business Principles, and the Fundamental Principles of the Eight Core Conventions of the ILO Declaration.

Implementation details

1. Thorough communication and awareness

  • - We will explain the contents of this Supplier Code of Ethical Conduct to both internal and external stakeholders, including suppliers, and promote compliance with it.
  • - In order to comply with this Code, we request that you make every reasonable effort to thoroughly inform all relevant parties of this Code and to promote this Code to your suppliers as well.

2. Scope

  • - Suppliers are requested to comply with all relevant laws, regulations and standards in all countries in which they do business.
  • - We expect you to work cooperatively with us in implementing this Code or a similar code of conduct.
  • - We request that you disclose all relevant information in a timely, lawful and appropriate manner so that we can evaluate the implementation of this Code.
  • - We request that each supplier use reasonable efforts to ensure that its own suppliers comply with the same requirements.

3. Corrective Actions

  • - We request that you identify any conduct that does not meet the standards of this Code and correct it without delay.
  • - If any serious violation of this Code occurs, you are requested to immediately report it to us along with a plan for implementing corrective measures, and we request that you take corrective measures without delay.
  • - If a serious violation of this Code is not corrected, we may consider terminating our business dealings with the supplier.

4. Monitoring and Reporting

  • - The Company and its suppliers will make reasonable efforts to provide a confidential means for employees and other interested parties to report any actual or potential violations of this Code.