{"id":588,"date":"2023-05-15T10:24:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T01:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/?page_id=588"},"modified":"2023-11-07T02:29:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T17:29:08","slug":"society","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/sustainability\/society\/","title":{"rendered":"Society"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"swContentTitle borderBottom\">Society<\/h2>\n    <div class=\"sustainLead\">\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-320 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/esg_society.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"748\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"swContentSubTitle borderLeft\">Respect For Human Rights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We have established a human rights policy for the Murakami Group, and we are promoting priority efforts in the following areas.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"swList-decimal\">\n<li>Respect for diversity<\/li>\n<li>Elimination of gender-based bias and inequalities<\/li>\n<li>Eradication of harassment<\/li>\n<li>Prohibition of forced labor and child labor<\/li>\n<li>Ensuring employee health and safe workplaces<\/li>\n<li>Respect for basic rights of employees<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"swContentTitle borderBottom\">Human Resource Management<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"swContentSubTitle borderLeft\">Basic Approach<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We recognize that a pleasant working environment and workplace are key foundations of management, and we will bolster our various programs, and ensure the creation of an environment where those programs are accessible and easy to use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"swContentSubTitle borderLeft\">Available Programs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Programs for childcare<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"environmentBlock\">\n<ul class=\"swList-disc\">\n<li>Time off before and after childbirth (6 weeks before childbirth (14 weeks in case of a multiple pregnancy) to 8 weeks after childbirth)\n<\/li>\n<li>Childcare leave (Until child reaches 1 year old. Can be extended to 2 years old if admission to daycare, etc. has not been decided)<\/li>\n<li>Childcare leave at birth (time off for fathers after childbirth) (up to 8 weeks after childbirth)<\/li>\n<li>Shorter working hours before childbirth and during childcare (daily required working hours can be shortened to 6 hours during pregnancy, or until child finishes 3rd year of elementary school)<\/li>\n<li>Time off for sick\/injured childcare (up to 5 days a year for one child in elementary school, and up 10 days a year for two children or more)<\/li>\n<li>Limits on overtime work due to childcare (until child finishes 3rd year of elementary school)<\/li>\n<li>Childbirth time off for spouse (up to 3 days in the period from date spouse enters hospital for childbirth until the date 2 weeks after the day of childbirth)<\/li>\n<li>Shifting of hours (working hours can be shifted up to 1.5 hours per day)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Programs for family care<\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"environmentBlock\">\n<ul class=\"swList-disc\">\n<li>Family care leave (up to 93 days for 1 applicable family member in a condition requiring care)<\/li>\n<li>Time off for family care (up to 5 days a year for one family member in a condition requiring care, and up to 10 days a year for two or more family members)<\/li>\n<li>Shorter working hours for family care (daily required working hours can be shortened to 6 hours per day for up to 3 years)<\/li>\n<li>Shifting of hours (working hours can be shifted up to 1.5 hours per day)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong>Vacation programs<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"environmentBlock\">\n<ul class=\"swList-disc\">\n<li>Day for simultaneously taking paid vacation (planned annual vacation of 5 days per year)<\/li>\n<li>Program for providing annual paid vacation in half-day units<\/li>\n<li>Establishment of number of annual holidays (120 days per year in 2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Other benefit programs<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"environmentBlock\">\n<ul class=\"swList-disc\">\n<li>Employee savings plan (general asset formation, housing asset formation, pension asset formation)<\/li>\n<li>Defined-benefit corporate pension<\/li>\n<li>Defined-contribution corporate pension, adoption of matching contributions<\/li>\n<li>Establishment of dormitory for single employees (in Chiba City, with conditions on admission)<\/li>\n<li>Adoption of leased dormitory and company housing program (with conditions on residence)<\/li>\n<li>Distribution of confections commemorating company founding<\/li>\n<li>Events commemorating anniversaries<\/li>\n<li>Invention compensation system<\/li>\n<li>Congratulatory\/condolence payment system<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"swContentSubTitle borderLeft\">Capacity Development<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Educational programs<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>We are focusing efforts on the following types of training.<\/p>\n<div class=\"environmentBlock\">\n<ul class=\"swList-disc\">\n<li>New employee training<\/li>\n<li>New employee follow-up training (six months after entering company)<\/li>\n<li>Level-specific training<br>\nYoung employee training: \u201cBasics of Communication\u201d<br>\nMid-level employee training: \u201cStrategic Negotiation Skills\u201d, \u201cHigh-Quality Persuasion\u201d<br>\nManager training: \u201cBasics of Management\u201d<br>\n<\/li>\n<li>Occupation-specific training (sales, manufacturing, engineering, office work)<\/li>\n<li>Training before posting overseas<\/li>\n<li>Language training<\/li>\n<li>Evaluator training<\/li>\n<li>Self-improvement support (covering 90% of the cost when employee has completed correspondence education or e-learning*)<\/li>\n<li>Harassment training<\/li>\n<li>Information security training<\/li>\n<li>Investment education<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Promotion<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"environmentBlock\">\n<ul class=\"swList-disc\">\n<li>Adoption of employee promotion program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"swContentSubTitle borderLeft\">Promoting Active Participation Of Women<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We have established a council to promote active participation of women in the workplace, and worked to improve programs and develop an environment where those programs are easy to use. We are working to improve our female executive rate and female manager rate as urgent issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"swContentSubTitle borderLeft\">Diversity<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Murakami Group is promoting the creation of pleasant workplaces where it is easy to work by adopting respect for human rights in our mission statement, and eliminating gender-based bias and inequalities inside our company. We are working to promote diversity as part of our management strategy, and striving to foster an organizational culture which takes account of factors like sex, race, nationality, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, faith, values, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"swContentSubTitle borderLeft\">Occupational Safety and Health<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Murakami Group, we abide by all laws and regulations relating to safety and health, and we are creating pleasant workplaces where it is easy to work by taking various measures to ensure the physical and psychological health of all employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"sustainLead\">\n<ul class=\"swList-disc\">\n<li>Work management based on results of health examination<\/li>\n<li>Special health examinations for employees who handle organic solvents<\/li>\n<li>Mental health checks for all employees<\/li>\n<li>Strengthening efforts to prohibit smoking and prevent passive smoking<\/li>\n<li>Safety education through our production meister program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"swContentTitle borderBottom\">Quality Management<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"swContentSubTitle borderLeft\">ISO Quality Management<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"swContentSub2Title\">Basic Concept<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"environmentBlock\">\n<p>Our company provides photo emulsions and capillary films screen stencils and stencil manufacturing for the screen printing used in the manufacturing processes of our customers.\nOur company\u2019s foremost responsibility to our customers is to stably provide high-quality products, and to achieve that we have established our own quality policy, and we are continually working to strengthen our quality management system through close collaboration of all departments involved with quality, such as development, manufacturing, sales, and management.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"swContentSub2Title\">Quality Policy<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"environmentBlock\">\n<ul class=\"swList-decimal\">\n<li>We shall respond to customer and market needs through planning, R&#038;D, manufacturing, sales, and service for the three mainstays of our business: screen stencils, photo emulsions and capillary films, and screen printing materials and equipment.<\/li>\n<li>We shall ensure quality from the customer\u2019s standpoint by continually improving quality of all processes for providing products.<\/li>\n<li>With our quality management system as a basis, we shall consistently and effectively execute the PDCA cycle, and thereby prevent the occurrence and recurrence of problems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*Numerical goals are set in each department in accordance with the above quality policy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"swContentSubTitle borderLeft\">Quality Management System<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For our primary business activities\u2014manufacturing photo emulsions and capillary films and screen stencils for supply to customers, and procuring and selling screen printing materials and equipment\u2014we have acquired certification according to ISO 9001, an international standard for quality control, and we have developed a quality management system based on that standard.<br>After our first registration in October 2000, we expanded the applicable scope and offices, and acquired certifications for all our offices in Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"swBasicTable colored environmentalManagement\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        <th class=\"colored\">Applicable standards<\/th>\n                        <td>ISO9001:2015&nbsp;\/&nbsp;JISQ9001:2015<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                    <tr>\n                        <th>Applicable scope<\/th>\n                        <td>\n                            <ul class=\"swList-decimal\">\n                                <li>\n                                Development, manufacturing, and sale of photo emulsions and capillary films\n                                <\/li>\n                                <li>\n                                Manufacturing and sale of screen stencils\n                                <\/li>\n                                <li>\n                                Procurement and sale of screen printing materials and equipment\n                                <\/li>\n                            <\/ul>\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                    <tr>\n                        <th>Review registration authority<\/th>\n                        <td>SGS Japan Inc.<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                    <tr>\n                        <th>Certification authority<\/th>\n                        <td>UKAS&nbsp;\/&nbsp;JAB<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                    <tr>\n                        <th>Initial registration date<\/th>\n                        <td>October 25, 2000<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                    <tr>\n                        <th>Review registration certificate no.<\/th>\n                        <td>JP00\/018809(UKAS)&nbsp;&nbsp;\/&nbsp;&nbsp;JP08\/061242(JAB)<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"backTop\"><a class=\"swBackButton\" href=\"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/sustainability\/\">To Sustainability<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Society Respect For Human Rights We have established a human rights policy for the Murakami Group, and we are promoting priority efforts in the following areas. 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