Ethical Corporate Management
The Company adheres to the ethical management principles, promoting ethical corporate management at different aspects and levels from the Board of Directors down to all units, setting an example of valuing honest and ethical business practices. The procedures for the Board of Directors to avoid and mitigate conflicts of interest are provided in Article 15 of the “Rules of Procedure for Meetings of Board of Directors”. In addition, the Company has newly revised the “Regulations for Whistleblowing”, which include the establishment of an independent whistleblowing email address or a dedicated hotline for internal and external parties to utilize, the information that whistleblowers shall provide, the acceptance levels for different reporting targets, the processing procedures of the dedicated unit, how records shall be kept and the whistleblower protection system. The Company disseminates information on related laws and regulations pertaining to prevention of insider trading to incumbent directors, managers, and employees at least annually; dissemination of such information to new employees will be made by the Human Resources Department at the orientation training. Meanwhile, in 2024, the Company organized internal and external trainings for all directors, managers and employees on subjects relating to ethical corporate management (including courses on compliance with ethical corporate management laws and regulations, anti-corruption, insider trading, the use of reporting channel, the accounting system, and the internal control). The trainees totaled 8,025 people and the training hours totaled 4,330 hours. All in-service employees and new employees completed the training on ethical corporate management. In addition, all employees have signed the “Undertaking of the Code of Business Practices and Ethics”. In 2024, there were no incidents of corruption or violations of ethical management principles.
Whistleblower System & Handling of Unethical Conducts by Company Personnel
The following channels are adopted for reports, in the event that any Company Personnel may have involvement in contravention of laws or contravention of ethical principles:
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Window for whistleblower | Supervisors of Department of Administrative Management. |
Report line： | 886-37-586-896 #11000 |
Report E-mail： | |
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Anonymous suggestion boxes： | Phison has established the Regulations Governing Internal and External Communication and Complaint and Report Management, which is applicable to Phi son’s employees and external personnel having a business relationship with or stake in Phison. If the aforementioned personnel suffer or detect any unlawful infringement of rights, discriminations, improper punishments, violations of ethical management and conduct, violations of privacy and intellectual property rights, or other relevant matters, they may file complaints through the existing channels in which the complainants’ names shall be provided, or through our new anonymous suggestion box. All complaints will be reported to the representative of the Corporate Sustainability Committee immediately, followed by the investigation in due course. All complaint cases must be approved by the representative before closing. |
The Company adheres to the ethical management principles, promoting ethical corporate management at different aspects and levels from the Board of Directors down to all units, setting an example of valuing honest and ethical business practices. The procedures for the Board of Directors to avoid and mitigate conflicts of interest are provided in Article 15 of the “Rules of Procedure for Meetings of Board of Directors”. In addition, the Company has newly revised the “Regulations for Whistleblowing”, which include the establishment of an independent whistleblowing email address or a dedicated hotline for internal and external parties to utilize, the information that whistleblowers shall provide, the acceptance levels for different reporting targets, the processing procedures of the dedicated unit, how records shall be kept and the whistleblower protection system. The Company disseminates information on related laws and regulations pertaining to prevention of insider trading to incumbent directors, managers, and employees at least annually; dissemination of such information to new employees will be made by the Human Resources Department at the orientation training. Meanwhile, in 2024, the Company organized internal and external trainings for all directors, managers and employees on subjects relating to ethical corporate management (including courses on compliance with ethical corporate management laws and regulations, anti-corruption, insider trading, the use of reporting channel, the accounting system, and the internal control). The trainees totaled 8,025 people and the training hours totaled 4,330 hours. All in-service employees and new employees completed the training on ethical corporate management. In addition, all employees have signed the “Undertaking of the Code of Business Practices and Ethics”. In 2024, there were no incidents of corruption or violations of ethical management principles.
