SC-CSR Giudebook Tutorial

FUJITSU CSR Deployment Guidebook (Tutorial of CSR Items) October 2007 Procurement Unit FUJITSU Limited Introduction In recent years, the business environment has diversified and has been drastically changing due to the globalization of business activities and the maturation of information society. Electronics companies have been contributing greatly to the development of information society in this environment. In the meanwhile, the entire society has been showing greater concerns for the corporate engagement towards the formation of sustainable society, such as strict criticism against frequent corporate scandals and insincere corporate acts. Under these circumstances, the electronics companies leading the information society are being expected to fulfill the social responsibilities as members of the society through corporate activities, namely to promote “Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)” as well as the responsibility for compliance with laws. “CSR is generally interpreted as voluntary efforts by companies for the purpose of sustainable development in the fields purely outside of financial activities, such as compliance with laws, consumer protection, environment preservation, labor issues, respect for human rights, and contribution to communities” (METI, Japan). In other words, private companies are defined as social beings that have responsibilities to operate their ...