Compliance
Toshiba Tec Group works on compliance activities while thoroughly observing laws and regulations, internal rules, and social customs on a global basis.
Intellectual Property
The Toshiba Tec Group Standards of Conduct specifies “Compliance with all applicable laws and regulations associated with intellectual property rights,” “Protection and extensive use of the results of intellectual activities under the intellectual property rights,” and “Respect for the legitimate intellectual property rights of third parties,” as the Toshiba Tec Group’s policy for intellectual property rights. We also work to strengthen the protection of ideas from the early stages of the value chain including research and development to help provide the value to customers. As part of such an approach and as Toshiba Tec’s group-wide cross-activity and initiative aimed at motivating employees to pursue greater invention and creation, we hold an event called Invention Challenge starting in 2014 to collect ideas from every employee of our domestic and overseas group companies. In fiscal 2024, we solicited “ideas that he or she want to put into shape by 2030 to resolve social issues,” and over 1,600 ideas were contributed. We recognized excellent ideas with awards and filed relevant applications. In this way, Toshiba Tec Group has been working on both the development of its intellectual properties and the creation of opportunities to generate new business models.
