Fundamental Policies

In order to clarify the management’s responsibility and accountability toward shareholders, customers, employees, and other stakeholders, and maximize corporate value, we work to ensure transparency and compliance in management and business operations, while at the same time promoting more efficient management. Through these initiatives, we seek to further enhance corporate governance.

The Company has adopted the form of a company with a Board of Auditors and has established a management structure that enables appropriate performance of duties and swift decision-making. It has achieved this by establishing a Board of Directors that consists of internal directors who are highly knowledgeable about Company operations and outside directors who possess extensive experience, deep insights, and exercise a high degree of independence. The Company has also established an Board of Auditors in which the majority of members are outside auditors. The Company judges the current structure to be functioning appropriately in supervising and overseeing the execution of duties.

Among the Company's directors, one outside director is expected to provide accurate advice and oversight, etc., on the Company's overall business activities, by utilizing extensive experience and expertise in IT, recruitment, risk management, and the promotion of women's participation in the human resources industry. Another outside director is a Specified Social Insurance Labor Consultant, possessing a well-balanced combination of knowledge, experience, and capabilities required to effectively fulfill this role and its responsibilities. Although the Company has not currently appointed any foreign directors, it will continue to deliberate on the Board's composition through the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, with a view to achieving an appropriate balance between size and diversity, including gender, internationality, professional experience, and age. In addition, by appointing as directors the heads of the Administration Headquarters and Corporate Planning Department, who have led the establishment of the Company’s IR structure and the formulation of its medium-term management plan, the Company reflects their expertise and execution capabilities in the Board of Directors, thereby working to secure and enhance the Board’s overall effectiveness.