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Ethical Corporate Management Implementation Status
Item | Implementation status | Deviation from the Corporate Governance Best-practice Principles for TWSE/TPEx Listed Companies and the reasons thereof | ||
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Yes | No | Summarized Description | ||
1. Formulation of ethical management policies and plans (1). Has the Company formulated an ethical management policy approved by the Board of Directors and disclosed the policy and practice of ethical management in its regulations and public documents? Are the Board of Directors and the senior management committed to actively implementing the policy? |
V |
1. The Company operates in accordance with the various regulations of the Code of Integrity Management to implement integrity management. |
No significant differences, will continue to cooperate with relevant laws and regulations for future deliberations. | |
(2) Has the Company established an assessment mechanism for the risk of unethical conduct to regularly analyze and evaluate the business activities with a higher risk of unethical conduct within the business scope and formulated a prevention plan accordingly, at least covering the prevention measures for the acts under each subparagraph under Article 7, paragraph 2 of the Corporate Governance Best-practice Principles for TWSE/TPEx Listed Companies? |
2. The Company operates in accordance with the Code of Ethical Conduct, and the Whistleblowing and Grievance Management Measures were approved at the 7th Meeting of the 7th Board of Directors and revised at the 22nd Meeting of the 8th Board of Directors, providing an internal grievance mechanism and channel for employees and external stakeholders. |
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(3). Has the Company clearly specified operating procedures, guidelines for conduct, and a violation punishment and complaint system in the unethical conduct prevention plan and duly implemented them? Does the Company regularly review and revise said plan? |
3. The Company operates in accordance with the Code of Ethical Conduct, and the Whistleblowing and Grievance Management Measures were approved at the 7th Meeting of the 7th Board of Directors and revised at the 22nd Meeting of the 8th Board of Directors, providing an internal grievance mechanism and channel for employees and external stakeholders, thereby preventing unethical business conduct. |
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2.Implementation of ethical management (1). Does the Company evaluate each counterparty’s records for ethics? Has the Company specified the terms of ethical conduct in each contract signed with each counterparty? |
V |
1. The Company conducts internal evaluations on both suppliers and customers to ensure the integrity of the parties involved. If necessary, suppliers are required to sign an integrity commitment letter. |
No significant differences, will continue to cooperate with relevant laws and regulations for future deliberations. | |
(2). Has the Company established a dedicated (concurrent) unit under the Board of Directors to conduct ethical corporate management, regularly (at least once a year) report to the Board of Directors on its ethical management policies and prevention plans for unethical conduct, and supervise the implementation? |
2. The Company has designated the Chairman’s Office as the dedicated unit for ethical management operations and code of conduct, and regularly reports the implementation status to the Board of Directors. |
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(3). Has the Company formulated policies to prevent conflicts of interest, provided appropriate methods for stating one’s conflicts of interest, and implemented them appropriately? |
3. The Company’s Grievance Management Measures were approved at the 7th Meeting of the 7th Board of Directors and revised at the 22nd Meeting of the 8th Board of Directors, providing an internal grievance mechanism and channel for employees and external stakeholders. The Company has also established a Code of Ethical Conduct, clearly defining how to prevent conflicts of interest and ensure that the Company’s business secrets are not leaked. |
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(4). Has the Company established an effective accounting system and an internal control system for the implementation of ethical management and assigned the internal audit unit to formulate relevant audit plans based on the assessment results of the risk of unethical conduct and audit the compliance with the unethical conduct prevention plan accordingly or commissioned a CPA to perform such audits? |
4. The Company has established procedures for accounting professional judgments, processes for changes in accounting policies and estimates, and an internal control system. The internal audit unit audits them according to the annual audit plan and submits them to the Audit Committee for review. |
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(5). Does the Company regularly hold internal and external education and training on ethical management? |
5. The Company regularly promotes information related to integrity management at the Company’s monthly meetings, and the chairman personally expounds the Company’s business philosophy. |
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3. Implementation of the Company’s whistleblowing system (1). Has the Company formulated a specific whistleblowing and reward system, established a convenient whistleblowing method, and assigned appropriate personnel to handle the party accused? |
V |
1. The Company’s Grievance Management Measures were approved at the 7th Meeting of the 7th Board of Directors and revised at the 22nd Meeting of the 8th Board of Directors, and designated dedicated personnel to handle complaints, providing an appeal mechanism and channel for internal employees and external stakeholders. |
No significant differences, will continue to cooperate with relevant laws and regulations for future deliberations. | |
(2). Has the Company formulated standard operating procedures for investigation of reported cases, the follow-up measures to be taken after the investigation is completed, and a confidentiality mechanism? |
2. The Company has approved the Whistleblowing and Grievance Management Procedures at the 7th Meeting of 7th Board of Directors, and revised the procedures at the 22nd Meeting of the 8th Board of Directors, clarifying the operating procedures and relevant confidentiality mechanisms in the procedures. |
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(3). Does the Company take measures to protect whistleblowers from being mistreated due to their whistleblowing behavior? |
3. In accordance with the Whistleblower Protection Act, whistleblowers are protected from retaliation for making reports. |
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4. Strengthening information disclosure (1). Does the Company disclose the content of its Corporate Governance Best-Practice Principles and the effectiveness of the implementation of the principles on its website and the MOPS? |
V |
1. The Company has disclosed its Code of Ethical Conduct and the Whistleblowing and Complaints Management Regulations on its website. No whistleblowing cases were received during the period up to the Annual Report publication cut-off date. |
No significant differences, will continue to cooperate with relevant laws and regulations for future deliberations. | |
5. If the Company has formulated its own Corporate Governance Best-Practice Principles as per the “Corporate Governance Best-Practice Principles for TWSE/TPEx Listed Companies,” please specify the difference between its operation and the principles: No significant difference. |
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6. Other important information that facilitates the understanding of the Company’s ethical management: (e.g., reviewing and amending the Company’s corporate governance best-practice principles)Please refer to the Corporate Governance section on the Company’s website:http://www.goodway.com.tw |
The company conducts ethical management education and training:
The Office of the Chairman of the Board of Directors is designated by the company as a specialized unit, subordinate to the Board of Directors, to handle the revision, implementation, interpretation, consultation services and registration and filing of the contents of the notification of this operation procedure and guide, and to supervise the implementation
The main duties are as follows:
- Assist in integrating integrity and ethical values into the company's business strategy, and formulate relevant anti-fraud measures to ensure integrity in business in conjunction with the legal system
- Formulate programs to prevent dishonest behavior, and formulate standard operating procedures and behavior guidelines related to work and business in each program.
- Plan the internal organization, establishment and management, and set up a mutual supervision and balance mechanism for business activities with high risk of dishonest behavior within the business scope.
- Promotion and coordination of honesty policy propaganda training.
- Plan the whistleblowing system to ensure the effectiveness of its implementation.
- Assist the Board of Directors and management to check and evaluate the effective operation of the preventive measures established by the implementation of honest business, and regularly evaluate the compliance status of relevant business processes and prepare reports.In adition to the education and training of the integrity management policy for new employees, the chairman of the company will also publicize the company's business philosophy and integrity management policy to all employees at major gatherings of the company, and publicize the company's integrity management policy to the directors at the board of directors.
The relevant education promotion was conducted on 21 October , and the implementation was reported to the Board of Directors on 03 November in 2022
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