“Acting fairly and legally” is a core principal within Alps Electric’s Business Approach, which is apparent in our Group Compliance Charter, illustrating our Fundamental Compliance Philosophy and Action Guidelines. This Charter was established in fiscal 2003, adopted globally, and is available to employees in Japanese, Chinese and English.
Alps Electric Headquarters’ Compliance and Audit Office collaborates with compliance officers assigned to seven locations around the world to promote and enforce compliance at our global facilities. Pressing activity involves establishing effective internal reporting systems for the China, ASEAN, and European regions.

Publishing Compliance News

Alps Electric publishes reports, in a timely manner, incidents where other companies have violated laws and regulations. We do this to raise employee awareness concerning the importance of compliance in daily business. In fiscal 2010 we published 18 news reports for employees to read. However, rather than just simply reporting information about the cases, we suggest measures the subjects should have taken to avoid violation and how Alps’ own internal regulations cover areas similar to those in the reported cases. We also point out the potential risks with in our own company. The news items are released through the intranet bulletin board or shared by e-mail.