ESG Report 2022-2023 - Flipbook - Page 21
HIGHLIGHTS
INTRO
ESG MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Jeongdo Management and
Ethical Management
Jeongdo Management* and ethical management constitute the
fundamental principles of our business operations at Hankook
Tire & Technology. To properly weave compliance and these
management principles into our corporate culture, we operate
a range of programs to integrate Jeongdo Management and
ethical management into our systems and daily operations.
PRIORITY AREA
APPENDIX
Hankook Tire & Technology ESG Report 2021/22
Establishing an Ethical Management System
The Jeongdo Management Committee serves as the highest
Establishing a compliance risk management system and
achieving ISO 37301
Facilitating the whistleblowing system and performing
internal assessments
decision-making body under the direct leadership of the CEO
Our compliance risk management ensures that each
We widely publicize our whistleblowing channels – such as
in identifying and preventing compliance risks at all levels. In
organization independently reviews compliance risks. In 2019,
the Cyber Audit Office and the anonymous bulletin board for
accordance with the code of conduct set forth under the ‘8
a checklist was completed for each organization to perform
ethical management – among internal/external stakeholders
Jeongdo Management Principles’, issues most closely related
self-reviews on potential work-related risks, and was used in
to facilitate these whistleblowing systems. The details of the
to internal/external stakeholders – customers, employees,
2020 to review our Headquarters and domestic operations
Cyber Audit Office are on the business cards of our employees
suppliers, shareholders and investors – as well as organization-
with the supplementation of assessment criteria and scoring
to enable suppliers and other external stakeholders to fully
level relevant issues are proposed as agenda as discussed as
rubrics. In 2021, we introduced an ISO 37301-compliance
access such channels if they encounter unfair transactions or
such, and decisions are made swiftly to establish a culture of
management system to establish a company-wide integrated
unjustified business practices. The E-Ethics Letter, our in-house
Jeongdo Management. The Committee met three times – in
risk management system and systematically manage compliance
ethical management newsletter, also serves to regularly promote
February, June, and October of 2021 – to deliberate on a total of
risks along the PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Action) cycle. This enabled
and communicate whistleblowing channels. The anonymous
eight agenda items in the areas of quality, SHE, and corporate
us to achieve the international management system standard
bulletin board for ethical management is operated to address
governance. In particular, discussions were made from multiple
ISO 37301 in October 2021, gaining public recognition for the
inquiries about ethical management and support interactive
perspectives on ways to improve shopfloor safety management
adequacy and effectiveness of our compliance risk management
communication among employees concerning work-related
in relation to SHE compliance risks, and the outcomes were
system. In 2022, we will maintain this certification and bolster
compliance risks. As part of our corporate website renewal, we
aligned with decision-making and implementation. Since 2022,
our organizational capabilities to continuously advance our
updated the Cyber Audit Office to further protect the anonymity
the Committee has operated separate sessions under the theme
compliance risk management.
of whistleblowing and improve accessibility for overseas users,
Operating the Jeongdo Management Committee
which is expected to facilitate whistleblowing. Meanwhile, we
of ethical management to bolster our execution to establish a
culture of ethical management in addition to advancing Jeongdo
Management.
Expanding the pledge to practice ethical management
and abide by the Anti-Graft Act
continue to perform regular/ad-hoc internal assessments on our
We require our employees to sign the ethical management
are identified as a result such assessments, the HR Committee
pledge to commit themselves to faithfully practicing ethical
management. In 2021, 99% of our office workers in Korea
signed the pledge, and we expanded this to include overseas
operations and affiliates. Our office workers are also required
to sign the pledge to abide by the Anti-Graft Act to establish
fair and transparent business ethics, of which 98% of our office
workers in Korea signed in 2021. We encourage new hires to
* Jeongdo Management: Jeongdo Management sets the course of action for
Hankook Tire & Technology in its pursuit of sustainable management by providing
all stakeholders with fair opportunity and compensation and conducting business
in a proper and transparent manner in accordance with the basics and principles.
Its 8 management principles concern corporate governance, quality management,
customer-oriented management, ethical management, win-win management, sharing
management, and talent management.
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sign the pledge to practice ethical management and comply with
the Anti-Graft Act through ethical management training, and will
continue to expand this initiative to embed ethical management
into our corporate culture.
entire operations in Korea and abroad. If any corruptive practices
executes disciplinary and/or other measures to prevent their
reoccurrence.