Respect for Human Rights

Sysmex strongly advocates respect for human rights and the elimination of discrimination in its Global Compliance Code, has established Human Rights Policy, and works to create corporate management and workplace environments that respect all employees' human rights. This code and policy are in keeping with the UN’s Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, as well as the spirit of the ILOʼs Core Labor Standards, which define the minimum labor standards that must be preserved in the workplace.
To ensure that these principles are effectively put into practice, Sysmex has clarified its zero-tolerance policy regarding discrimination, harassment, forced labor, and child labor, and conducts various types of training to ensure employee awareness of these matters. Sysmex joined in the UN Global Compact in 2011 and clarified its corporate stance in relation to the Compact’s Ten Principles regarding human rights, labor, the environment, and anti-corruption.

Sysmex stipulates the implementation of human rights due diligence in the Global Compliance Code and works and Human Rights Policy to identify the impact on human rights of business activities within the Company and across the supply chain and works to prevent or mitigate any negative impacts. 
Specifically, we have incorporated into CSR surveys of our business partners such topics as the prohibition of forced and child labor and eliminating discrimination due to gender, disability, race, or other factors. To ensure that our business activities and transactions with business partners is not involved or complicit in human rights abuses, we ascertain impacts on human rights in advance and put in place measures to prevent any abuses. With the UK Modern Slavery Act having gone into effect in 2015, Sysmex UK has published a statement on its website and operates in full compliance with the act.

Sysmex has established internal reporting hotlines in Japan and overseas for handling consultations on human rights, including those related to discrimination and harassment. Information received through these hotlines is handled appropriately and confidentially, and counselees and reporters are protected from any negative consequences caused by seeking consultation or making a report. We confirm the facts of the events consulted or reported, and if a compliance violation is found, we will impose a penalty on the violator and take corrective and preventive measures.

Sysmex strives to prevent human rights abuses by conducting training with the purpose of preventing harassment and ensuring that employees have a correct knowledge of labor matters.