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■ Making of a Rewarding Office
In the Nichicon Group, a place of an activity is given to those who have a challenging spirit, vigorous energy, and do their best. Besides that, we support our employees in improving their career, so that each of them can enhance his/her ability and gain a good result at the right place and in the right position. We make improvements in their motivation by rewarding their efforts, inventiveness, etc., as well as by giving them fair evaluations.


■ Educational Training System that Supports the Employee's Ability Improvement
In addition to the information tools to remove new employees' anxiety and to make them understand our company and work, a technological introductory text (introductory chapter and advanced chapter) is arranged so that they can understand our products and technologies easily. With regard to new employee training, there is a training in which they visit our factory and experience an actual manufacturing job etc. other than a collective training for three weeks. We have organized a system in which they can learn a variety of knowledge through OJT even after assignment to their positions.

In addition, other than an original education particular to each business office or place, which is given for all employees, hierarchical training and a job-category-based training are also fully developed. Particularly, in the job-category-based training, we focus on marketing job training, and in FY 2004, we implemented a program called, Conference to Promote Innovation in Marketing Methods, which fortifies our operation for business solution by thinking things from the standpoint of our customers. Total 65 employees attended the program.

Besides this, language study training, 110 home-study courses, and an opportunity to attend an external seminar and course are widely provided, and we have organized our system so that our employees can improve their ability according to their motivation.




■ Respect for basic human rights and human rights education
To have correct awareness toward the human rights is the most basic matter when we spend our lives in the society. This is one of the most valued things in the Nichicon Group, and "Respect for every people's basic human rights" is declared in the Code of Conduct of the Nichicon Group, too.

As for the human rights education, it is given once every month at the Collective Salutation in which all employees in the office participate, and we make it a rule to take up this as a theme when the Code of Conduct is read by all the participants at the morning meeting. Other than this, training that deals with various themes related to human rights, including prevention of sexual harassment, is executed, too.


■ Etiquette/Manners Training that Enhances Human Value
The Nichicon Group has adopted etiquette/manners training as a part of the employee training. This aims at enhancing human value of employees at Nichicon by reforming their consciousness, as well as by cultivating their sensitivity so that they have a strong notion that they are employees of Nichicon. This training also provides an occasion where they can learn how to develop/cultivate their mind.

The results of the training are checked through reports (written description of their impressions on the training) submitted after the training or the trainees' speeches, actions, behaviors, etc. in their daily work.


■ Reinforcement of Welfare
We make efforts for the reinforcement of the welfare program, so that our employees can do their work in a comfortable environment. Bachelor apartments are constructed near each business office for the employees who find it difficult to commute from their own homes, and we have contract recreation facilities throughout the country. Our club activities include tennis, baseball, softball, skiing, fishing, backpacking, tea ceremony, flower arrangement, etc. We also have systems of shareholdings and property accumulation savings for employees.

Volleyball rally Badminton club
Volleyball rally Badminton club


■ Prize-giving System
The Nichicon group has, since the establishment of the prize-giving code in May 1965, granted every year the President's Award or the Award by the Chief of the Factory to employees, business offics, departments that have achieved remarkable results - all the business offices are subject to the examination.

Awards are given once a year on the anniversary of the Company's founding. Employees who have received commendations get their names and achievements listed in the Company bulletin in addition to receiving prizes or award money. In FY2006, 41 employees were awarded. The winners are made known to all employees through the company magazine.

■ Employee's Health Care Support
In the Nichicon Group, as a part of the preservation/improvement of health, in addition to various health checkups such as periodic health check-ups, lifestyle disease medical examinations, complete physical examinations, detection of asymptomatic brain diseases, etc., and we also execute office inspection/health counseling/guidance by industrial physician, distribution of booklets concerning health care, etc.

■ Securing the Occupational Safety and Health
Not only do we abide by the minimum standard provided by the Industrial Safety and Health Law to prevent an industrial accident, but also, aiming at achievement of a comfortable working environment, we aggressively work on the installation of an office environment where the employees can work safely and comfortably by doing such things as holding a meeting every day with the theme of safety and comfort, raising an alarm or presenting a point of concern, if any, to each other at the monthly safety and health committee.

Occupational Accident Dccurrence (persons)
Articles 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Number Total 12 14 13 14 14
Death 0 0 0 0 0
Unable 1 3 2 5 0
Frequency Rate 0.141 0.490 0.328 0.860 0.000
Severity Rate 0.006 0.004 0.012 0.070 0.000

Frequency Rate (The number of accidents causing an inability to work per 1 million working hours)
Frequency Rate

Severity Rate (Work-days lost per 1,000 working hours)
Severity Rate


■ Safety and Health Education and Course
In each business office of the Nichicon Group, safety and health education is regularly executed to improve the workers' awareness toward the safety and health. Especially, in the safety and health education for the new employees, safe performance in each work is thoroughly instructed with the slogan "Safely First."


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