Human Rights Management
Hankuk Carbon is
Basic Principles
for Human Right Management
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01Non-Discrimination and HarassmentHankuk Carbon does not discriminate based on race, nationality, gender, age, education, religion, region, disability, marital status, gender identity, etc., in hiring, promotion, training, compensation, benefits, and other working conditions. Hankuk Carbon guarantees employment conditions such as maintaining reasonable working hours to enable employees to lead a life that preserves human dignity, providing reasonable remuneration and training opportunities to employees, and maintaining a working environment that respects various cultural differences.
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02Prohibition of forced and child laborHankuk Carbon does not allow any involuntarily performed work generated due to psychological or physical coercion.
Hankuk Carbon observes each country's labor acts, international rules for minors' labor conditions, and minimum working age standards. -
03Assurance of Industrial SafetyHankuk Carbon establishes a safety culture that encourages all employees to work in safe conditions and take appropriate action regarding any identified risk factors.
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04Assurance of Environmental RightsHankuk Carbon recognizes the environment and energy as key factors for management and, as a corporate civilian in development, makes an effort to realize a sustainable, low-carbon, eco-friendly economy.
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05Protection of Local Residents' Human RightsHankuk Carbon controls its management activities to avoid infringing on residents' human rights, such as the environment, health and safety, and freedom of residence.
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06Customer's Human Rights ProtectionHankuk Carbon takes necessary care to provide its products and services under the laws and regulations not to harm customers' lives, health, and safety.
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07Responsible Supply Chain ControlHankuk Carbon requests that key suppliers and partners observe the mandatory implementation of human rights protection for their employees.
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08Improvement in DiversityHankuk Carbon bans discrimination based on gender, nationality, race, disability, etc., to increase worker diversity and create a workplace where all employees are respected.
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09Disclosure of Employee StatusHankuk Carbon discloses the overall status of employees, including workers, remuneration, employment, welfare, training, etc., for transparent human rights management.
Complaints
Hankuk Carbon runs an anonymous communication system through which you can report any human rights issue via an in-house communication box and specialty department. Victims or witnesses can make an immediate report via corresponding channels, and where the issues are identified, they are treated in accordance with related standards after investigation.
Fair Trades
Hankuk Carbon observes fair market competition based on its management's robust compliance commitment and protects consumers' interests.
Principles for Suppliers
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01We negotiate and trade fairly with our suppliers based on mutual respect.
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02We do not impose unreasonable demands or unwanted trade conditions on our suppliers.
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03We do not unfairly disadvantage our suppliers or demand economic benefits from them.
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04We do not unfairly request or infringe on our suppliers' management information, technical data, intellectual property rights, or physical property rights.
Compliance with the Fair Trade Guidelines
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Contract Conclusion- Providing a written agreement before signing a contract
- Determination of unit price by a reasonable calculation method
- Clear delivery dates
- Objective delivery inspection standards
- Reasonable payment due dates based on mutual agreement
- Reasonable return processing for defective products
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Supplier Selection and Operation- Disclosure of supplier selection criteria, procedures, and results
- Ensure specificity, clarity, and fairness of selection criteria
- Disclosure of criteria and procedures for deregistration of suppliers
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Establishment and operation of an internal review committee for subcontracting transactions- Holding yearly meetings of the internal review committee
- The committee deliberates in advance on the fairness of the contract signing and pricing process, the Subcontracting Act's legality, etc.
- The internal review committee deliberates in advance on the appropriateness of the criteria and procedures for registering and canceling supply (subcontracting) companies
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Issuance and preservation of documents- Issuance of a written subcontract agreement
- Written contents: consignment date, contents, quantity and unit price, purpose of consignment, etc.
- Hankuk Carbon issues written contracts without delay after agreement of contract details with subcontractors.
- Documents are preserved in their original form when issued, delivered, or otherwise used.
- The contract subject keeps the document above for three years from the end of subcontract trades.
Fair Trade Practices Program
Hankuk Carbon takes the initiative for fair trade practices by running Hankuk Carbon's Fair Trade Practice Program and runs a pre-business consultation system and risk assessment all the time.
