| Q |
What is Kokuhatsu.com ? |
| A |
Kokuhatsu.com is the acceptance system for whistle-blowing, which JCC offers.
Employees report the problem that they discovered in your office to Kokuhatsu.com,
then JCC report to the person in charge of compliance activites in your
company. It has a deterrent effect of corporate misdoing and helps early
discovery and handling of them, then you can prevent enlargement of a problem.
When public interest reporter protection method starts, it is thought that
the acceptance system for whistle-blowing becomes more and more important
from now on. |
| Q |
What is public interest reporter protection method ? |
| A |
Public interest reporter protection law protects whistle-blowers when they
report laws and ordinances violation that they discovered in their office.
This law was concluded in June, 2004, and will be
enforced in April, 2006. The handlings that are loss such as discharge
for whistle-blowers are prohibited, when they satisfies the predetermined
matters, with this law.
Please reffer to Consumer Affairs Agency Web site about Public interest
reporter protection law. |
| Q |
Is the whistle-blowers protected by public interest reporter protection
method by all means ? |
| A |
No, It is not protected by all means. The whistle-blowers have to satisfy
following either as matters to be protected. 1) The whistle-blowers might
take the handling that is a loss when they notify the inside and administration
of corporate misdoing. 2) There might be evidence concealment by whistle-blowing.
3) There was not a fair reason, and it was demanded not to report to the
inside and administration by the company. 4) There is not a notice of the
effect to investigate after iwhistle-blowing by documents within 20th or
there is not a fair reason, and the company does not investigate that.
5) The whistle-blower are in emergent danger of a life crisis, harm to
a body having done occurring.
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| Q |
Is it only in Japan that there is a law such as public interest reporter
protection method ? |
| A |
No. There are Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Whistleblower Protection Act in U.S.A.
In addition, there is Public Interest Disclosure Act that became a model
of Japanese public interest reporter protection method in the U.K. |
| Q |
Why must I protect whistle-blowers ? |
| A |
As for the whistle-blowers, there is danger to receive the handling that
is something a loss, and there are still lots of examples which really
received retaliation. |
| Q |
When public interest reporter protection law takes effect, why does the
importance of the acceptance system for whistle-blowing ? |
| A |
At first, in public interest reporter protection method, it becomes a premise
to solve a problem in the company. However, a report to an outside is accepted
when it is not lead to solution in the office.
It is very important for companys that they have function of drawing up
problems adequately by themselves, and deal with problems adequately. |
| Q |
Are we insufficient only at an office report window ? |
| A |
Reccently some companies set the acceptance system for whistle-blowing
in the office. Most of that are set in the legal affairs department, the
general affairs department, human resource department and so on.
In case of that, employee are afrind of the penalty so that it is needed
to set neutral acceptance system for whistle-blowing. |
| Q |
Should I set a window in a legal adviser office ? |
| A |
There is a legal adviser to protect a company from legal risk, and they
are taken as a human being of the company side. It is hard to think that
law office functions as same as nutual acceptance system for whistle-blowing. |
| Q |
Don't we need an existing acceptance system for whistle-blowing in the
office if we adopt Kokuhatsu.com ? |
| A |
It is enough only Kokuhatsu.com, however JCC usually thinks that existing
acceptance system for whistle-blowing in the office is also important.
It is a top priority matter to provide the environment that employees don't
hesitate to use it. |
| Q |
What are benefits to adopt Kokuhatsu.com for employees ? |
| A |
Kokuhatsu.com folds whistle-blowers protection and relief of whistle-blowers
as having top priority.Whistle-blowers cannot be identified in quality
of voice in the case of whistle-blowering on the telephone, and there is
not worry chased an origin of transmission of a message even in the case
of an email whistle-blowers if they use Kokuhatsu.com.
Please reffer to Benefit page.
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| Q |
What are benefits to adopt Kokuhatsu.com for companies ? |
| A |
JCC prepares a necessary things by initial setup such as a manuals and
so on.You can set and start the acceptance system for whistle-blowing in
the office speedy and easily.
Please reffer to Benefit page. |
