JTEKT Group Formulates Common Code of Conduct

JTEKT Corporation (Headquarters: Kariya City, Aichi Prefecture; President: Yoshihito Kondo; hereinafter "JTEKT") promotes its business activities with a Mission as its corporate calling, a Vision as its goal for 2030, and a Value as a common set of principles for all employees. JTEKT has newly formulated a "Code of Conduct" as a guide to connect the JTEKT Group's Value, "Yes for All, by All!", to daily judgments and actions. Based on its Mission of "Connecting technology to bring smiles to the earth and all people who work," JTEKT has set the JTEKT Group Vision of becoming a "solution provider that creates the future of a mobility society" by 2030. To transform into this solution provider, the company aims for growth and transformation on two axes: adding higher value to existing products and challenging new domains. As the needs of society and customers diversify, in order for JTEKT to continue to be trusted by society and contribute to it, it is more important than ever for each employee to think for themselves about "what is right" and act proactively. Furthermore, a proactive attitude of respecting each other's individuality and ideas, thinking together, and acting together is required so that each person's strengths can be demonstrated. Based on this background, JTEKT will advance its transformation into a solution provider using this Code of Conduct as a "foundation of value" so that employees can return to the concepts that should be cherished in their daily operations. ## 1. What is the Code of Conduct? The Code of Conduct is a guide that summarizes the concepts and actions for each employee to incorporate the Value into their daily actions. As a tool for each employee to constantly ask "what is right" based on the Value towards realizing the Mission and Vision, it clearly explains the Value, "Yes for All, by All!", and the five concepts that make it up. Yes for All, by All! (1) For the earth, for the world, for the customers (2) Participation by all (3) Seriousness (4) Dialogue (5) Continuous improvement In addition, while this Code of Conduct is centered on practicing the Value, as a company that makes life-critical products, it also incorporates "safety and quality" and "traffic safe[ty]" which are unwaveringly important concepts...