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About Panasonic

Code of Conduct

Panasonic (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.) has a strong commitment to ethical conduct based upon the philosophy of our founder, Konosuke Matsushita. Since its issuance in 1992, the Code of Conduct has been revised to respond to the growing social interest in Corporate Social Responsibility, changes in the business environment, and globalization.

Background and Perspective of the Revision (in 2005)

Increasing social demand for enterprises to fulfill their corporate social responsibility (CSR)

  • Major components: environmental protection; respect for human rights, particularly workers' human rights; and promotion of fair business activities

Further advancement of globalization

  • Consistency with local laws, regulations and cultures in individual countries

Application on a Global & Group basis

  • The title has been changed from the Code of Conduct to the Matsushita Group Code of Conduct.

Group-wide systems will be established and operated to ensure observation of laws, regulations and ethics, as well as of the Matsushita Group Code of Conduct.

Code of Conduct Table of Contents

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