As part of compliance activities in fiscal 2012, NYK's headquarters introduced the Ethics Leader System in April, under which all general managers of groups, offices, or branches became compliance leaders. In its annual comprehensive Compliance Checkup activities, held every September, the NYK Group heightened each employee's compliance awareness. These activities included issuing a message from the chief compliance officer, which focused on the question “How are your own Ethics?” as a theme to encourage employees to check their own behavioural standards and ethical awareness, and using the intranet to distribute an ethics newsletter. Also, in accordance with the nationwide enforcement of the Organized Crime Exclusion Ordinances in Japan, NYK's headquarters prepared guidelines for the rejection of relationships with antisocial forces, which it informed employees about rigorously and subsequently issued reminders about. In addition, through the NYK Group newsletter we warned employees about using social media appropriately to avoid becoming involved in unnecessary difficulties. Further, the Group enhanced compliance training for specific employee ranks.
The Group enables anonymous whistle-blowing by operating helplines worldwide that reflect the circumstances of each region, called the Yusen Chat Room* in Japan, and has developed a system for the rapid collection of information that helps prevent corruption. Moreover, we are cultivating a highly transparent corporate culture