Stakeholder Dialogue
The Nikon Group has been conducting activities to promote diversity since 2006, with the main focus in Japan on the advancement of women in the workplace. We plan to further strengthen these activities, and during the year ended March 31, 2012, we hosted a dialogue between experts on the topic of diversity, with an aim of summarizing the current issues and mapping out future efforts.
(Date of the dialogue: March 13, 2012)
Participants
*official titles are correct as at the time of the dialogue
Mr. Kazutaka Okubo (Facilitator) |
Partner, CSR Promotion Officer Certified Public Accountant, Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC |
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Mr. Naoki Atsumi | Specialist Committee Member, Council for Gender Equality, Cabinet Office Director, Diversity and Work Life Balance Research Department, Toray Corporate Business Research, Inc. |
Mr. Kenichiro Akiyama | Representative Director, MINORI Management Research Institute * Oversees the Diversity Training for Managers at Nikon Corporation |
Kenichi Kanazawa | Director and Operating Officer, Nikon Corporation (Director responsible for human resources) |
Masahiko Yoshida | General Manager, Human Resources Department, Business Administration Center, Nikon Corporation |
Toshiko Hakamata | General Manager, CSR Department, Corporate Planning Headquarters, Nikon Corporation |
Aki Wakamiya | Manager, Product Planning Section, Bioscience Marketing Department, Instruments Company, Nikon Corporation |
Atsushi Godai | President, Nikon Imaging Japan Inc. |
- A company that cannot promote the advancement of women in the workplace will also find it hard to promote other types of diversity!
—Identifying issues with the current state of Nikon's efforts to promote the advancement of women in the workplace— - Moving from the stage of understanding to actual implementation and real-life experience
—What kinds of measures are effective in creating a positive workplace culture?— - Summary of the dialogue
—Possible measures for spreading awareness of diversity to all employees—