Promoting Compliance In addition to requiring all employees to observe applicable  laws and regulations, we believe that providing employees  specific criteria for making decisions is necessary to uphold  high ethical standards in our business activities. Such criteria  must be continuously reviewed and modified as appropriate  to accommodate changes in society and systems. Using this basic approach, we have the Astellas Charter  of Corporate Conduct, which specifies the Company’s  business philosophy (raison d’être, mission, beliefs). We also  have the “Astellas Global Code of Conduct” as a code that  uniformly applies to Astellas employees throughout the  world. The Astellas Global Code of Conduct provides  employees worldwide with a set of specific rules that fol- lows our business philosophy and the Astellas Charter of  Corporate Conduct. However, since it is not possible for the Astellas Global  Code of Conduct to encompass all of Astellas’ global busi- ness activities, we have codes of conduct and policies spe- cific to each region or country that take into account local  requirements, enabling our compliance programs. In fiscal 2013, Astellas has strengthened compliance and  the Global Compliance Committee focused on 14 matters  that would benefit from a global approach (e.g. anti-bribery/ anti-corruption, conflicts of interest, transparency and anti- harassment). In establishing the Global Compliance Initiatives  for 2014 (see the table below), the Committee gave approval  for representatives from each region to form a task force to  create global policies and create a globally-unified training  plan, among other measures. Review of Operations Annual Report 2014 _  Astellas Pharma Inc.  71 Global Compliance Initiatives for 2014 Ongoing Risk evaluation Enhanced Policies Additional  Process controls Enhanced Training  programs Ongoing Helpline  Activities Focus on Financial Transaction Payments Global approval system for  payments to healthcare  professionals and  organizations Global collaboration on review  process for payments to  healthcare professionals and  organizations Responsible communication Social media Anti- Harassment Transparency Donations Employee compliance survey Ongoing Helpline Activities Anti-Bribery/Anti-Corruption Information People Anti-Bribery/Anti-Corruption Policy Committee Conflicts of interest Internal  presentation  review process External  presentation  review process