Business Integrity

"Integrity" is the highest ethical standard of Winbond.

Winbond values integrity as well as corporate social responsibility, and we hold integrity as the highest ethical standards. The Human Resources Division dedicated to maintaining and enhancing “integrity” as part of company culture through policies making, continuous improvement, supervision over daily operation, and training to the employees. In 2011, 2014 and 2015, Winbond developed the policies of “Code of Corporate Governance”, ”Code of Ethic and Integrity”, “CSR Code of Practice”, “Corporate Social Responsibility Manual” , "Code of Ethics for Board Directors" and "Employee Code of Conduct".
In order to strengthen the training and promotion of labor human rights, environment protection, health and safety, integrity and ethics, and to make sure the company follows corporate ethics and government laws, and fulfills the guideline of integrity management, we conduct Business Integrity and CSR course annually and the outcome of training is reported to Winbond Board of Director by the Human Resources Division in the fourth quarter every year. The training course for 2021 started in the third quarter (covering topics about insider trading prevention, fair business/advertising/competition, protection of identity and non-retaliation), and further promoted to all our global sites. The global training rate yields in total training hours of 1,350 hours, and the total numbers of trained employees to be 3,377. The training rate reached 100%.

Human Rights Policy

Winbond Electronics Corp. promises to abide by internationally recognized human rights standards as the highest guiding principle, including :

UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
Declaration of Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work
UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the International Labor Organization

Winbond implements the Responsible Business Alliance Code of Conduct to uphold human rights and create a safe and ethical working environment. Also, winbond adheres to the human rights policies below and expects vendors to follows the same standards in their operation and management:

Particular attention:

To abide by local laws and regulations of the operational base and provide a safe and legal working environment.
To continuously promote a culture of diversity and inclusion by recruiting and developing diverse talents.
To protect the labor rights of disadvantaged groups such as women, indigenous peoples, foreign employees and people with disabilities so as to ensure equal employment opportunities and eliminate employment discrimination
To prohibit any form of forced labor and child labor from being employed
To prohibit any form of cruel treatment, including intimidation or harassment
To provide various grievance channels and mechanisms, and to protect confidentiality of the complainant's identity
To promise, propose, approve, give or accept bribe or other legitimate gains are prohibited
To purchase minerals responsibly
To conduct regular due diligence on human rights, review potential risks and formulate preventive measures to reduce the impact of human rights risks.