Ethics Management

Ethics Management Activities?

Management Objects

Employee Behavior Regulation

• 1. Comply with legal and Company regulations.
  • 1.1 Comply with the corporate management laws and Company regulations, and create a sound
          organizational culture through the continuous implementation of ethical education.
    
  • ㆍAll employees should consider the possible legal issue prior to performing the duties and
         if determined to be yes, ask HR group for advice to ensure the legality. ㆍAll employees should not cover up or tolerate the violations of oneself or other employee.
         Such violations should be immediately reported and notified to HR group. Any issues
         reported by employee will be thoroughly kept as confidential and any disadvantages
         attributed to reporting should be strictly prohibited. ㆍAny legal violations are prohibited even if it was for “company”, “for customers”
         or “ordered by superior”. ㆍAll employees should not engage in behaviors, such behavior damages
         Company’s reputation or be morally criticized.
  • 1.2 All employees shall make their best efforts to take their responsibility as a faithful manager in order to protect Company’s properties and assets while performing the business duties.
  • ㆍAll employees should not take illegal possession of company’s properties or use them for private purposes. ㆍAll employees should not use company’s supplies for other than business uses.
  • 1.3 The political rights and intention of individual employee are respected but any political activities within the Company are strictly prohibited.
• 2. Engage in fair, transparent and free competition in the domestic/global market, as well as legal and
       proper transaction.
  • 2.1 Comply with domestic/international Fair Trade Act based upon Free Competition principles.
  • ㆍAll employees should comply with all legal regulations regarding the prohibition
         monopoly and fair competition that are applied to country to local where the project
         is performing. ㆍAll employees should not engage in any unfair or illegal transactions such as exclusion of
         competitive company, unlawful discrimination (unfair treatment), transactions under
         restrictive conditions, disturbance of business activities, etc. ㆍAll employees should not engage in illegal collusion such as documents exchange,
         discussion, contract or joint work in terms of determining the pricing, costs, production,
         facility capability, transaction conditions, sales policy, etc. with the competitive company
         or other interested parties.
  • 2.2 Pursue win-win growth with vendors through sincere and fair transaction.
  • ㆍAll employees should determine and select the vendor upon the fair decision over the
         transaction conditions, such as price, quality, delivery, etc. ㆍAll employees should not engage in illegal transactions, including the coercion of unfair
         transactions using the superior position. All transactions should be made in according to
         related laws and contacts
• 3. Comply with quality standards to prevent the occurrence of defects at the development and
       manufacturing process.
  • 3.1 All employees should comply with the safety standards according to the related laws and
         continuously perform a thorough quality management.
  • ㆍThe pursuit of safety is one of the most important tasks in the Company. We all should
         recognize that the safety is our responsibility. ㆍAll employees should make utmost efforts to cooperate with the vendors for research and
         development, design and production in order to ensure the safety at the various
         conditions. ㆍThe critical issues, such as defects of product, legal violation, outside report, etc. should be
         immediately notified to quality manager. ㆍIf defects found in product, the release and delivery of product must be stopped and
         notified to the related department. The related department immediately check and resolve
         the issues raised.
  • 3.2 All employees should promptly response to product-related accidents.
  • ㆍAny accidents must be immediately reported to executives to prevent the expansion of
         damages, identify the causes, setting up the countermeasures and perform the prevention
         activities for recurrence. ㆍObjective investigation and verification should be performed on an accident to identify
         the exact causes of an accident and report it to the executives. ㆍA resolution for accident should be established and responded to the accidents, including
         the legal issues based upon the objective facts, response to press media, compensation
         procedure, etc. ㆍPreventive and anti-recurrence plans should be established and carried out based upon
         the analysis of comprehensive results and the results should be reported to the executives.
• 4. Protect the intellectual property rights of the Company and other 3rd parties, as well as business
       confidentiality and other information.
  • 4.1 All employees should recognize Company’s intellectual property right and business
         confidentiality as crucial property and protect them.
  • ㆍAll employees should protect the results (outcome) of research and development as the
         intellectual property right (patents, utility design, trademark, copyright, etc.)
         and utilize them in accordance with the related Company regulations. ㆍCompany’s confidential information should not be provided to unauthorized person or
         party without a reasonable reason to use it. Company’s confidential information
         also should not be used for the private profits and profits for 3rd party. ㆍAll employees should respect Company’s intellectual property right and sales
         confidentiality, and also maintain the confidentiality of information.
  • 4.2 All employees should respect the intellectual property right of the 3rd parties, business
         confidentiality and other private information. All employees should not intentionally violate
        them or its illegal uses.
  • ㆍAll employees should be aware that your violations of confidentiality, including the uses of
         intellectual property right of the 3rd parties or business confidentiality, and other private
         information without a prior consent may lead to criminal restrictions such as civil claims
        for damages, penalty, etc. ㆍIllegal software or unauthorized software should not be used within Company.
  • 4.3 All employees should properly use the information system and keep security every day.
  • ㆍAll employees should use Company’s information system for business purpose only but
         should not illegally use it for private purpose. ㆍAll employees should carefully manage the accounts or passwords not to expose them to
         other parties or person. ㆍAll employees should comply with the Company’s security regulations when using the
         internal network and prevent security accidents in the process of transfer of system,
        access of visitors, etc .
• 5. Operate Company’s decision-making organization in accordance with the legal and Company
       regulations, and comply with the fair accounting and disclosure standards.
  • 5.1 General meeting of shareholders, board of directors and other committed should comply with
         the procedures stipulated by laws and articles of association in terms of gathering,
        determination, preparation of minutes, disclosure, etc.
  • 5.2 All employees should comply with the internationally accepted accounting standard as
         stipulated by law.
  • 5.3All employees should faithfully disclose the key matters of management such as financial
         changes and corporate information to provide shareholders and
         investors with the accurate and transparent information.
• 6. Comply with environment and safety laws and Company regulations.
  • 6.1All employees should recognize the importance of environment and comply with the
         domestic/global environmental laws, thereby building an eco-friendly corporate and
         its worksite.
  • ㆍAll environmentally harmful substances and chemicals should be stored, handled and
        discarded in accordance with the related laws and internal regulations. ㆍAny harmful or toxic chemicals that are found to be stored unsafe or discarded in improper
         method should be immediately reported to safety environment manager.
  • 6.2 All employees should consider the environmental impacts on a sole standard when reviewing
         the project or new business.
  • ㆍAll employees should care and consider the environments at the research/development,
         planning, and design stages to minimize the impacts when developing the product
         and service.
  • 6.3 All employees should comply with the safety regulations to create a safe workplace.
  • ㆍAll employees have the responsibilities and obligations to protect safety and prevent risks
         for Company and any potential safety accident should be immediately reported
         and responded. ㆍAll employees should thoroughly comply with the safety regulations. ㆍAll employees should make an effort on the environmental conservation in their private
         life too.
• 7. Do not discriminate people regarding the recruitment and employment. Do not violate a sound
       organizational culture.
  • 7.1 All employees should be provided with fair opportunity without discrimination. They should
         be treated fairly upon the capability and performance.
  • ㆍAll employees should not be unfairly treated in terms of their employment, promotion
         and evaluation according to the nationality, race, religion, age, physical disability,
         hometown, marriage status, etc. ㆍAny of cases hiring the underage than legally stipulated or forced labor strictly prohibited
         in the law should not be accepted.
  • 7.2 All employees should listen other’s opinions carefully and realize an organizational culture to
         create an innovative idea.
  • ㆍA smooth communication channel to prevent the conflicts within the company in advance. ㆍAccept employee’s creative thinking and voluntary behavior as Company’s intangible
         assets and provide them with the training and education opportunity for their self-development. ㆍCreate an energetic and bright office atmosphere for individual achievement through the
         works given to employees, and make an effort to resolve the difficulties of employees.
  • 7.3 All employees should comply with the safety regulations in order to create a safe workplace.
  • ㆍShould be entirely away from behaviors destructing the fellowship such as discrimination,
        unfriendly manner or sexual harassment, monetary trades, violations, etc. ㆍA clique that causes disharmony in the organization should not be formed or a private
         organization should not be formulated either.
• 8. Do not pursue private profit through the Company. Do not engage in any unfair behavior with the other
       interested parties due to conflicting interests.
  • 8.1 All employees should not pursue private profits from Company.
  • ㆍAll employees should not engage in receiving or giving money in return of favors, goods
         or treatment in the relationship other 3rd parties such as vendors, governmental institutes
         or other businesses. ㆍAll employees should not use Company’s or other 3rd party’s confidential information
         obtained while performing the duty or transaction to buy securities. Also, such information
         should be used to provide profit or convenience to 3rd party.
  • 8.2 Do not engage in illegal behavior regarding the conflicting interests.
  • ㆍShould not engage in monetary transaction and bribe that can damage the fair
         transaction with the interested parties. ㆍMoney and valuable should not be provided or received except commonly accepted
         souvenir or gifts. ㆍTreatment or benefit exceeding the common level should not be provided or received
         even if unavoidable, all employees should not violate the regulation of other beneficiary. ㆍDo not notify other interested parties of your family occasions.