Five Key Items Defining Corporate Ethics as 'integrity'
- Comply with the laws and regulations, corporate rules, common sense and sound practices of international society.
- Be fair and even-handed.
- Fulfill the Company's social responsibilities.
- Fulfill your own duties faithfully.
- Be honest.
Reports of violations of law or regulation:
- Report directly to the Ethics Consulting Office as soon as any violation is known.
- Any retaliatory action or inappropriate treatment with respect to any person reporting or cooperating with the investigation of violations is forbidden.
Action Guidelines
- Comply with laws and regulations and the company's rules. With respect to matters not clearly provided for, make a judgment considering their spirit.
- Treat employees, customers and clients fairly and justly. Not obtain from or give to anybody an unjust benefit and/or favor taking advantage of the business position.
- Make distinctions between public and private affairs, and should never pocket or abuse the company's assets.
- Keep confidential information never infringe on any intellectual property right, whether it belongs to Mazda or another party.
- Seek to develop, manufacture and sell products taking into consideration human safety and the environment.
- Always act with a view to seeking sound profits.
- Respect civil rights and human dignity.
- Always state the truth honestly and timely in reporting internally and /or to the public.
Ethics Committee Activities
Compliance Guide ensures employees thoroughly understand this subject
In line with the Corporate Ethics Code of Conduct, implemented mainly by the Ethics Committee formed in 1997, Mazda seeks to ensure complete compliance through measures such as the establishment of guidelines and through compliance training and development for employees.
Compliance training programs in FY2006 involved 1,800 employees, comprised of new recruits, mid-career recruits, newly promoted managers and newly promoted senior managers.
Consultation Desk for Reports of Violations of Law or Regulations
Employees needing to make reports or receive advice regarding legal violations can turn to the Ethics Consulting Office, or in the case of human rights violations or sexual harassment, the Human Rights Counseling and Investigation Desk or the Female Employee Counseling Desk (See "Respect for Human Rights" for details.).
Anonymity is assured for reporting or consultation purposes to ensure that employees who have made reports or cooperated in investigations do not suffer adverse consequences or retaliatory measures.
- Mazda Compliance Structure
Outline of the Ethics Committee's Activities
1997
Ethics Committee established under direct jurisdiction of the president.
1998
Produced Mazda's Corporate Ethics Code of Conduct, as well as the Guidelines on Receptions and Gifts.
2002
Invited an external lecturer to address directors and senior management on compliance (implemented annually).
2004
Produced a compliance manual, containing specific examples to promote awareness of compliance issues throughout the Company.
2005
- Distributed carry cards to all employees, containing the Five Principles of Ethical Behavior and the Action Guidelines.
- Began a compliance course via e-learning, which is compulsory for all indirectly related employees.
- Implemented an ethics survey for all directors and employees to measure how aware they are of compliance issues.
2006
- Discussions carried out on compliance in production and administrative departments with the aim of spreading and sharing compliance awareness.
- Completely revised the Guidelines on Receptions and Gifts.
Ensuring Our Suppliers thoroughly Understand Compliance
Since 2005, we have sent to all our Japanese and overseas suppliers our Request for Total Compliance with Labor-Related Laws, a document requesting their observance of labor-related laws and their renunciation of forced and child labor, as well as abuse of authority or training.
Intellectual Property Committee
Mazda has compiled guidelines committing it to "maintaining confidentiality and opposing infringement of its own and other parties' intellectual property rights," the text of which is included in our Corporate Ethics Code of Conduct.
Based on this pledge, we have established an Intellectual Property Committee chaired by an executive officer responsible for intellectual property issues and comprising Division General Managers from all our businesses. This committee discusses and decides important intellectual property issues. At the Intellectual Property Department, which is a dedicated office, we manage trademarks such as our Company name, logos and vehicle brands, and support consolidated companies and subsidiaries and overseas business bases in their compilation of basic policies for handling intellectual property issues.
