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Promoting Risk and Crisis Management

We have established a Risk and Crisis Management Committee for the purpose of building and implementing risk management systems and crisis management systems in order to improve corporate value of the Canon Marketing Japan Group (hereafter, the "Canon MJ Group") and minimize loss for our stakeholders.

Areas of Activities of the Risk and Crisis Management Committee

  1. Preparation and set up of risk management systems
  2. Preparation and set up of crisis management systems (including BCP)
  3. Raising and promoting awareness of corporate ethics and compliance
  4. Information security
  5. Internal reporting response
Chairperson: Director in charge of Group General Administration & Human Resources Committee Vice-Chair: Vice President in charge of Group IT Members: Vice Presidents and above, Corporate Planning Headquarters Group Executive, Brand Communication Headquarters Group Executive, Legal and Intellectual Property Headquarters Group Executive Risk and Crisis Management Committee meetings held four times a year

Building and Establishing Risk Management Systems

Subordinate to the Risk and Crisis Management Committee, compliance departments are offices in the domain of risk management that assess risks company-wide in view of the potential damage they could cause, the severity of their impact, their frequency, their likelihood and other factors to identify the risks that the Canon MJ Group faces each year. They then establish risk management systems and formulate measures to address risks. These risks include the violation of laws, regulations and corporate ethics, a wide range of corrupt acts including bribery, environmental issues, quality issues, and information leaks. Since 2020, we have been examining these risks to identify priority risks that are considered important and taking positive steps to address them in collaboration with related departments. For 2022, we selected risks related to the BPO business as priority risks.
In addition, we carry out risk management activities in accordance with the annual activity plans that have been developed and approved by the Board of Directors.
We assess the state of development and operation of the risk management systems and report findings to the Board of Directors every fiscal year. (Individual companies in the Group also reports their findings to their respective boards of directors.)
These systems in compliance with our Risk and Crisis Management Regulations establish the basic policy on risk and crisis management and the risk and crisis management systems of the entire Canon MJ Group.

Raising and Spreading Awareness of Corporate Ethics and Compliance

Guided by the Risk and Crisis Management Committee, we work to build and improve our compliance system and carry out activities to increase awareness of corporate ethics and compliance in accordance with the Canon Group Code of Conduct.
We review and evaluate these activities on a regular basis and report findings to the Board of Directors as part of the risk management activities.

For information about specific compliance advancement measures, please click here.

At the Canon MJ Group, we understand that a lack of employee compliance awareness is a risk the business faces, and that compliance and risk are closely interlinked. Therefore, we implement both compliance advancement measures and risk management systems which are inseparable activities.