Corporate Philosophy

NGK products and technologies must create new value and contribute to the quality of life.

NGK formulated its corporate philosophy, the most fundamental corporate objective of the NGK Group, in 1986. This philosophy ascribes meaning to the continued existence of the NGK Group and indicates the business domains into which the Company should channel its efforts.

Based on this corporate philosophy, the NGK Group provides new products and services through its business activities, while fulfilling its social responsibilities as a company on every front, including social behavior and preservation of the natural environment. Accordingly, the Group promotes initiatives aimed at transforming itself into a corporation that earns greater trust than ever before from all of its stakeholders.

NGK Group Guidelines for Corporate Behavior

Established in April 2003, the NGK Group Guidelines for Corporate Behavior is a set of guidelines for putting the NGK Group’s corporate and management philosophies into practice, and a policy for actions taken by the Group. Along with the pursuit of economic efficiency through fair and free competition, the guidelines specifically indicate the fundamental stance that Group business activities, officers and employees should adopt to ensure that the Company’s existence also remains a beneficial one for society.

In April 2008, we revised the NGK Group Guidelines for Corporate Behavior to bring them in line with changes in social trends. Leaflets to this effect were distributed to all employees at NGK and Group companies in Japan. Moreover, knowledge of the Group’s corporate philosophy is thoroughly entrenched thanks to efforts by each division to periodically reconfirm the details of the Group’s corporate behavior guidelines.

NGK Group Guidelines for Corporate Behavior (Excerpt)

Our Relationship with Society: With the goal of achieving management openness, the NGK Group will actively communicate with society and, as a good corporate citizen, contribute to its development and improvement of the society. We also recognize that our efforts concerning environmental issues are essential to the company’s activities and survival, and we undertake them in a proactive manner.
Our Relationship with Business Activities: Through futurity, the NGK Group will continue to develop products that are safe and useful to society and to provide satisfaction to its customers worldwide. Our business activities will consist of fair, transparent, and free trade in accordance with the law as well as with the spirit of the law. Furthermore, as a member of international society, we will respect the cultures and customs of the world’s nations and make efforts toward achieving togetherness with local communities. Finally, we will pass the fruits of valid business activities on to our stockholders in an appropriate manner.
Our Relationship with Our Employees: The NGK Group respects basic human rights, and will also work to actively support career formation and capacity building for our employees so they may attain comfort and affluence. Each employee must abide by labor laws and internal corporate regulations as he or she performs his or her duties independently and with integrity, while at the same time improving his or her own skills.

Seven Policies and Guidelines

Based on the NGK Group Guidelines for Corporate Behavior, the Group has seven policies and guidelines that form a system for asserting its stance and approach both within and outside of the Company. These policies and guidelines are the “Basic NGK Group Information Security Policy,” “Core Policy on the Environment,” “Company-wide Health and Safety Policy,” “Basic Human Resource Development Guidelines,” “Companywide Quality Policy,” “Basic Purchasing Policy,” and the “Basic Green Procurement Policy.”

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