Dentsu has established the Corporate Ethics Committee to ensure corporate conduct that is fair and impartial and respects applicable laws and regulations. The committee also deliberates corporate conduct related to compliance and risk management. The committee consists of Executive Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Auditors, and is responsible for deliberating and deciding upon a full range of groupwide issues related to corporate conduct and ethics. Dentsu has established a Compliance Inspection Department and Compliance Planning & Project Management Department at its Corporate Innovation Division which is responsible for the establishment and operation of compliance control systems, investigation and implementation of measures to prevent recurrence of improper activities, and administration of the operations of D-EAR, Dentsu's internal reporting and proposal system.

ISO 27001 International Information Security Management Certification

Extremely sophisticated information security management is essential to the Dentsu Group and its business partners, who handle important information as part of their operations. In August 2008, all 60 companies in the Dentsu Group received international Information Security Management System (ISMS) certification under the ISO/IEC 27001:2005 and JISQ 27001:2006 standards. The Dentsu Group will continue to maintain stringent standards for information security management.

Dentsu's D-EAR Internal Reporting and Proposal System and Harassment Hotline

D-EAR, Dentsu's internal reporting and proposal system, not only provides employees with an opportunity to offer suggestions for operational improvements in problem areas that are difficult to address through the ordinary chain of command, but also encourages employees to come forward with information related to improper conduct and legal violations. As of March 31, 2008, the D-EAR system was in place at 41 Dentsu Group companies in Japan, and three of these companies also operate independent internal reporting systems.

We have also established a hotline at Dentsu headquarters, the Kansai and Chubu branches, and all domestic Group companies to field complaints of harassment. Further, Dentsu has created a telephone hotline (manned by outside counselors) that is open to the entire Dentsu Group.