Aiming to maintain the trust and support of society, FHI is engaged in systematic compliance activities throughout all Group companies. In 2001, the Company announced its compliance policy, which is summarized as “FHI views compliance as a top-priority management issue, recognizes that rigorous companywide compliance systems are an important part of the foundation of its operations, and seeks to ensure strict compliance with all relevant public laws and internal regulations as a means of promoting maximum levels of fairness and openness in line with the highest societal standards.” The Company has also set up a companywide compliance promotion committee to deliberate, discuss, and decide on important compliance issues and promote exchanges of related information. From February 2003, we launched a “compliance hotline system” enabling employees to report directly to the Compliance Hotline Desk of the Legal Department when compliance problems arise. In addition to continually maintaining compliance-related educational and training programs, the Company began implementing groupwide measures to fully comply with Japan's new personal information protection law from April 2005.