[Additional Report on Corporate Response Immediately Following Corrective Notice] Abandonment of Objection Handling Regarding Reason for Dismissal
Date/Time: June 9, 2025, 8:13
From: Shunsuke Kimura shukku9998@gmail.com
To: MUFG Accounting Audit Hotline mufg-accounting-audit-hotline@hokusei-law.com
To: Hokusei Law Office
(Attn: MUFG Accounting Audit Hotline Representative)
I hope this message finds you well.
This is Shunsuke Kimura, the whistleblower.
At 8:00 AM today, June 9, 2025, I formally sent the following email to the Office of the Director (Whistleblower Protection and Cooperation), Consumer Affairs Agency, and I am sharing it here for your reference.
This email records the fact that, in response to the “Corrective Notice” issued by your Agency on May 29, 2025, the subject company (Maeda Corporation) unilaterally and formally proceeded with procedures on the same day. Despite the fact that an “objection regarding the reason for dismissal” was formally documented and returned during this process, the matter was finalized as “dismissal” without due consideration.
This response clearly contradicts the intent of the corrective notice concerning the “effective operation” of the whistleblowing system, and I regard it as a serious act that may be evaluated as institutional abandonment of compliance.
Accordingly, I respectfully request that this matter be taken into account in future auditing, risk assessments, and reviews of corporate governance systems, and that the facts be duly confirmed.
Below is the full text of the content already sent to the Consumer Affairs Agency.
📘 OECD/UNCAC Legal Reference
- OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
- Chapter II (General Policies): Enterprises must maintain effective internal compliance systems and not undermine corrective processes.
- Chapter III (Disclosure): Enterprises should disclose material facts in an accurate and reliable manner, especially regarding labor and governance matters.
- Chapter IV (Human Rights): Dismissal or retaliation against whistleblowers constitutes an adverse human rights impact.
- OECD Anti-Bribery Recommendation (2009)
- Annex II: Recommends effective, confidential internal reporting mechanisms, and corrective follow-up.
- UNCAC Article 33
- Requires protection against unjustified treatment for whistleblowers who report in good faith.
