The OMRON Principles have meaning only when each and every employee fully understands them so that they can digest and describe them in their own words, and also put them into action. This is because each employee's day-to-day activities add up to comprise the business operations of the entire company. In FY2006, OMRON took various measures to share and instill the OMRON Principles at the global level.

Publication of two guidelines

Along with the announcement of the OMRON Principles, the 'Introduction to The OMRON Principles' booklet was distributed to all employees worldwide. To support this, two guidelines (Japanese edition) were published and distributed to all employees in Japan. The CSR Practice Guidelines specify OMRON's basic policies for management and business practices. They also describe what all people working at the OMRON Group should do within the context of CSR, by breaking down the Management Commitments in the OMRON Principles into specific actions. 'Implementing the Guiding Principles for Action' in turn discusses the specific actions required and expected for OMRON Group employees to practice each Guiding Principle for Action in day-to-day tasks ( see pg. 11 'CSR Management and Activities' for details ).

Deepening employees' understanding

The introductory booklet and guidelines were distributed and used as topics for discussion at workplace meetings held at various sites in Japan. The meetings were held three times in May, July and December-January.

The third meeting on the theme of the CSR Practice Guidelines evoked particularly meaningful discussion because a total of 42 briefings were given for all managerial class people in Japan before the meeting. More than 10,000 employees (corresponding to nearly 100%) participated in the workplace meetings, and reports were submitted from each site.

Top management giving presentations throughout the world

OMRON gives high priority to direct communication between top executives and staff members. After the May announcement of the OMRON Principles, top executives including the Chairman and the President themselves visited sites in Japan and also attended area conferences in China, Southeast Asia, North America and Europe in succession, giving presentations on the Principles to local executives and employees. The executives explained the reasons behind the review of the former corporate philosophy and shared their thoughts on the meaning of the OMRON Principles. Participants were encouraged to ask questions and exchange their views with executives.

Employee awareness survey

Aware of the importance of assessing the mindset of employees who are the main driver of OMRON's corporate activities, OMRON conducted a total employee awareness survey on the Internet in fiscal 2006.

This survey integrated various questionnaire surveys formerly provided for employees and targeted all OMRON Group employees throughout the world. Elements surveyed included the level of implementation of the OMRON Principles, organization, workplace and personnel activation level, awareness of compliance/corporate ethics and brand awareness. OMRON expects that measurement and analysis of employee awareness and behavior in regard to these elements will allow the company to identify issues and facilitate future planning of strategies. OMRON plans to continue conducting this survey once a year.