Respect for Human Rights
Basic Approach to Respect for Human Rights
The Company and its affiliated companies express the basic stance on respect for human rights in the following
internal documents. By practicing these principles, we will respect human rights in Japan and overseas, comply with
relevant laws and regulations, international rules, including the spirit of them, and fulfill our social
responsibilities with high ethical standards toward the creation of a sustainable society.
About “Respect for individuals”
"We respect the ideas and actions of the autonomy and independence of our employees and provide opportunities for
them to develop through their work.”
“Respect for the personalities and individuality of our employees and ensuring a good working
environment” provision in the “Charter of Corporate Conduct”
“We will respect the personalities, individuality, and diversity of our employees, and ensure a safe and
comfortable working environment to achieve a sense of comfort and well-being.”
“Respect for Human Rights” provision in the “Code of Conduct”
“We will respect human rights and will not engage in discrimination or harassment.”
“Creating a Bright Workplace” provision in the “TACHI-S Code of Ethical
Practice”
Basic Approach
We will respect basic human rights and individual personalities, treat employees fairly and impartially, and work
to create a safe, comfortable, and rewarding workplace.
In addition, we will comply with labor-related laws and regulations and the spirit of such laws and regulations,
respect collective agreements concluded with labor unions, and strive to maintain and develop good relationships of
mutual trust between labor and management.
Specific Conduct Standards
- Respect human rights and do not discriminate, harass, or tolerate such conditions.
- Observe laws and social norms, and work to remain in harmony with society.
- Put top priority on ensuring safety and hygiene.
- All must understand rules, instructions, and orders correctly and execute them faithfully in the performance of
duties.
- Mutual trust and cooperation to ensure efficient execution of work.
- Any other dishonest or disloyal conduct prohibited by Employment Regulations must not be engaged in.
Initiatives to Respect Human Rights
We continue to provide education regarding “human rights” as part of “compliance education”
and “corporate ethics training” sessions. In addition, with regard to harassment, we have stipulated
“prohibition of harassment” in Employment Regulations in January 2017, we established the “Standards
for the Prevention of Harassment.” In establishing these standards, we conducted group training for managers and
distributed the standards to workplaces. Going forward, we will monitor social trends related to human rights and
promote educational activities for our employees.
Human Rights Policy Development
Based on the founding spirit of "Cooperation through Mutual Compromise" (We value a spirit of mutual compromise in
order to achieve harmony), the TACHI-S Group will practice actions that respect the human rights of all people
involved in our business activities. As a guideline to promote group-wide efforts to respect human rights and fulfill
our responsibilities, we have developed the "TACHI-S Group Human Rights Policy", which is based on the UN "Guiding
Principles on Business and Human Rights" and linked to TACHI-S's purpose.
TACHI-S Group Human Rights Policy
Labor law-related risks
Every year, the TACHI-S Group conduct a self-inspection of labor law-related risks, including whether there are any
problems due to employee grievances or dissatisfaction in terms of salary, compensation, or benefits; whether there is
any discrimination based on sex, religion, nationality, or other unjust reasons; whether there are any problems with
the labor union; and whether there are any sexual harassment or power harassment problems. We conduct self-inspections
to ensure that there are no problems with the labor union, sexual harassment, power harassment, etc. When problems
occur, improvement measures and plans for improvement are formulated and checked on the improvement management chart
every quarter period.
Respect for Human Rights in the Supply Chain
The TACHI-S Group has established “CSR Guidelines for Suppliers" to promote respect for human rights throughout
the supply chain. We also ask suppliers to respect human rights in our basic transaction agreements and “CSR
Guidelines for Suppliers“.
We have implemented this program for our global affiliates from FY2022.
Human Rights Due Diligence
The TACHI-S Group has established a human rights due diligence mechanism to identify the negative human rights impacts of TACHI-S on society, working to create a mechanism to prevent and mitigate such impacts. In order to identify and improve current risks, we conducted on-site inspections by human rights experts at some of our domestic affiliates. We will work on improving one by one to prevent and reduce human rights risks. We will also provide education on human rights to board members and related personnel.
Dealing with Harassment
We have included a section on harassment in our annual internal climate survey to understand the current situation and resolve issues. We also conduct compliance training every year and work to disseminate company policies through periodic compliance education and the distribution of compliance e-mail newsletters.