Question: Does the company indicate that it has a confidential and anonymous channel/mechanism accessible to all stakeholders to raise bribery and corruption concerns and complaints without fear of reprisals?
Answer:
No
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World Benchmarking Alliance
Shiseido Group
2024
Unverified - Added by Steward
The company discloses that it has established whistleblowing and consultation hotlines at each regional affiliate for employees to report all forms of misconduct, including harassment and bribery, any potential misconduct and violation of Code of Conduct and Ethics. Moreover, it discloses that the hotlines allows the whistleblower to report concerns anonymously without fear of retaliation, however, it is unclear whether the channel is accessible to all stakeholders to raise bribery and corruption concerns and complaints without fear of reprisals.