Management Framework
Compliance Training
To promote compliance, it is absolutely essential that each and every employee is aware of the need for compliance on an individual level and has a working knowledge of all applicable laws and regulations. To raise awareness, we organize compliance awareness training and example-based workplace discussions on legal and regulatory violations. In order to improve employees' knowledge meanwhile, we organize legal and regulatory compliance training and compile a compliance guidebook that employees can refer to at any time. These are the four key methods that we use to ensure compliance within the Mitsui Chemicals Group.
Example-based workplace discussions on legal and regulatory violations
The Mitsui Chemicals Group has been organizing example-based workplace discussions on legal and regulatory violations since fiscal 2009. These discussions involve members of staff in each workplace discussing examples of compliance violations at Mitsui Chemicals and at other companies, with a focus on the causes, preventive measures and the potential for similar occurrences in their own workplace. The aim is to raise awareness of legal and regulatory compliance and reinforce communication with senior members of staff. Discussions have received a positive response in many of our workplaces, with some departments voluntarily increasing the frequency of discussion sessions and others picking out examples of particularly relevant violations at other companies.
Compliance manuals
In an effort to comprehensively raise awareness of compliance on an individual level, in 2003 we compiled a compliance guidebook (revised in 2006) summarizing important points to consider when carrying out operations as a Mitsui Chemicals Group employee and distributed copies to all group employees. In addition to the existing Japanese and English editions, in 2009 we compiled a new Chinese edition containing information on Chinese laws and regulations. Copies were distributed primarily to our subsidiaries in China.
We use these manuals to help promote compliance on a day-to-day basis.
Compliance awareness training
The awareness of individual directors and employees is the most important factor to ensure compliance. The required level of awareness varies however depending on each individual's position within the company. We therefore tailor the contents of compliance awareness training to suit every level, from management to new recruits.
Our goal is for individuals at every level to take the initiative and set an example for others, thereby raising levels of compliance awareness throughout the group and creating a more open corporate culture.
Legal and regulatory compliance training and e-learning
Here at the Mitsui Chemicals Group, we organize legal and regulatory compliance training in order to improve employees' knowledge. Our training course is currently divided into 15 subjects, each dealing with a specific law that our employees need to be aware of in order to carry out their duties. 14 of these subjects are available via e-learning.
Required subjects vary depending on the contents of each employee's duties. We also require employees to re-take courses on a regular basis to ensure that they are aware of recent developments. Around 13,000 employees underwent training in fiscal 2011.
