Relationships with Employees

Governance

Examples of Initiatives (2): Diversity Initiatives
Social Requirements

The FDK Approach

Work style reforms, creating environments
conducive to work
● Equality in hiring (post-retirement rehiring,hiring of people with disabilities, womenʼswork-place participation and advancement）●Embracing diversity and inclusion● Creating work-friendly environments● Developing human resources for their contribution
to society and the planet●

Highlights of Relationships with Employees
Number of education and training
sessions incorporating humanrights into the curriculum

Number of female
employees in management
and supervisory roles

Employment Rate of Female
Employees

Number of Employees using
the Childcare Leave Program

53

18.7

8

Ratio of non-Japanese employees(Domestic business sites）

Days of paid leave taken/
per person/year

Overtime work hours/
per person/month

FY2019 employment rate ofpersons with disabilities

0.86

15.3

13.2

2.2

Initiatives supporting Relationships with Employees
Embracing Diversity and Inclusion
Basic Concept
Policy Orientation
FDK Group promotes diversity in human resources irrespective of nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, ability/disability, religion orvalues as a basic policy to enable individuals to grow with the company.
Ideal Form
Our Ideal Form is for everyone working in the FDK Group to refuse
to engage in any form of discrimination and welcome diverse humanresources with actual action.

Examples of Initiatives (1): Initiatives to Respect Human Rights
FDK Group expanded awareness about the respect for human rights
by conducting human rights enlightenment activities in conjunction
with the Human Rights Week in December.

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Human rights activities:
Held seminars for the purpose of improving human rights awareness● Distributed human rights promotion leaflets to every employee● Established a human rights consultation desk
● Added amenities to the workplace (multi-purpose restrooms, barrier-free utilities, etc.)● Reviewed revisions to internal policies with consideration for samesex partners● Human rights education and training●FDK Group has incorporated human rights training in the various training curriculum to put in place opportunities for employees to actively
think about human rights.
● Management training● New manager training● C1 promotion training● Mid-level employee training, etc.

The FDK Group launched the Success Support Project for Womenand set up the Office to Support Womenʼs Success for the purposeof expanding and supporting opportunities for women to succeed. The
Office to Support Womenʼs Success was renamed the Diversity Promotion Office on April 1, 2017.
The Diversity Promotion Office strives to foster respect for diversity while working to create a work-friendly environment.
The Diversity Promotion Office comprises an office manager, staff,
promotion members (appointed from each business division) as wellas advisors from human affairs and the labor union led by the director
in charge of corporate affairs.
Diversity Promotion Framework
FDK Group has worked to build a women-friendly workplace since
FY2014, and it has been promoting diversity thereafter around thetwo axes of “supporting the success of diverse human resources” and“realizing diverse work styles” with the aim of facilitating individual
growth regardless of gender to create new value therein.

Activity Achievements of the Diversity Promotion Office● Renewing Awareness and Reforming the Corporate culture
Held a career advancement seminar for women
The FDK Group held a seminar for woman to nurture up-and-coming
leaders with the hope of raising awareness and encouraging theactive participation of female employees.
● Heightened motivation
Provided leadership training
Formulated and supported career paths
Conducted career design training● Raised awareness about work-life balanceStandardized operations and created procedural manuals and other
instructional materials● Initiatives for after age-based retirement
Held life-planning seminars● Raised awareness about the Act on Promotion of Womenʼs Participation and Advancement in the WorkplaceRenewed awareness among women and increased the number offemale supervisors

Labor Environment Fair Trade Consumer Community
PracticeIssues●Employment Rate of Female Employees
（%）
30.0
20.9
20.0

18.1

18.7

2018

2019

10.00.0

2017●Number of Employees using the Childcare Leave Program（Persons）
20Female

10Male750.0

Policy Orientation
FDK Group is promoting diversity around the two principles below
based on issues identified in our Employee Satisfaction Survey, thefeed-back received in diversity questionnaire that targeted female employees.
1．Improve the growth and motivation of individuals
Each and every person shall accept one another to drive added
value and contribute to the organization in their own unique way.
2．Enhance corporate competitiveness and growth
FDK Group management and employees will freely debate mattersfrom diverse perspectives to continually forge new knowledge andtechnology.

HumanRights

20177712018

12019●Change in Employment Rate of persons with disabilities
（%）
3.0
2.2

2.1

2.2

2017

2018

2019

2.0

1.0

0.0

Career Advancement Seminar for Women

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Governance

Developing human resources for their contribution to society and the planet

Developing Global business Leaders

Example of Initiatives (3): human resource development policy

The FDK Group defines global human resources as “people who havesufficient knowledge about their company and can work in operations
in different environments while respecting the cultures of different▶ Themes to Nurture Human Resources
FDK Group strives to nurture human resources by categorizing human resource development into four main themes.

Higher Standard Education

Selected Personnel Education

Strengthening Stratified Training(Increasing Overall Quality of Work and Management)Nurture Global Business and Future LeadersEnhance the comprehensiveness of stratified training tailored toeach level and role from junior to senior employees

Nurture business leaders who are able to actively participate
globally from a long-term perspective

Cultivate a climate diverse “individuals”
can actively participate

Promoting Professionalism

Improve human resource support and the motivation of eachindividual through diversity promotion and career support.

Enhance high-level specialized training and nurture professional
human resources (horizontally expand specialized in-house training)▶ Stratified training
We provide training that aims to raise awareness of legal and regulatory compliance as well as teach the knowledge and skills needed ateach organizational level, such as CSR know-how and leadership in
the workplace.
● New general manager training● New manager training● C1 promotion training● Mid-level employee training (basic/advanced)● New employee training●Picture of a Global Human Resource

Employee who has sufficient knowledge about
FDK (their company) and supports operations ina multicultural environment while respecting
the traditions of different countries

Employee who possesses the skills (languageand communication skills) to think about andexecute matters from a global perspective

Knows about their own company

Considers both local and global
perspectives as a whole
Possesses language and communications
skills required during the execution stage

History, products, business region, andmanagement knowledge of FDK
Culture, history, society, and economic state ofother countries

Internal Training 3▶ Developing next generation of business leaders
FDK conducts training to cultivate the next generation of businessleaders for a strong organization able to accurately assess and respond to environmental changes. The effort involves nurturing self-reliant and independent individuals with broad perspectives reflecting
discernment of their relationship with society while developing anddisseminating transformative awareness and thinking within the company.
The training is built around looking at and thinking about thingsfrom various points-of-view to heighten ideas without exception as
well as nurture new inspiration and an ability in discovery.

Language and communication skills●Human Resource Development System
Specialized skill training

Quality management, statistics, and analysis
Occupational health, safety,and the environment

Internal Training 4

FDK Group is conducting education in-line with three categories; “basic training” related to the knowledge, skills, and code of conduct thatshould be shared with all employees, “stratified training” in-line withthe level and role of each employee from new employees to management, and “specialized skill training” to heighten the expertise ofemployees in their occupations.

●●●

Junior employee training

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●Export management

Electricity andchemical seminars

Development training for the next
generation of business leaders

Supervisor promotion training ● Workplace management training

New employee training●Supervisor training●New manager training

Basic training
TOEIC

Mental health seminars

Compliance
Newemployees

Internal Training 2

Law

Stratified training

Human Resource Development System

Internal Training 1

Labor Environment Fair Trade Consumer Community
PracticeIssuescountries” in addition to “possessing the skills (language and communication skills) to think about and execute matters from a global
perspective.”and learns about other countries

Examples of Initiatives (4):HumanRights

Human rights
seminarsJunioremployees

Mid-levelemployees

Occupational health and safety education
Knowledge ofdisaster prevention

Informational management/
informational security

Education and training for supervisors
and next-generation leaders

Managers

Internal Training 5

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