Investor Relations

Governance

Business Integrity

Business integrity report

Execution unit: Board Secretariat

Frequency: Annually

Chairman Office, the designated unit under the Principles of Business Integrity, shall report to the board of directors every year.

2022：

Assessment Item	Implementation Status		Explanation
Assessment Item	Yes	No	Explanation
No acceptance of improper benefits by personnel of the Company.			The Company did not violate the rule.
No provision or promise of facilitating payments.			The Company did not violate the rule.
Political donations of the Company shall be made in compliance with relevant rules. Donations with an annual cumulative amount exceeding NT$250 thousand shall be approved by the board of directors, and the annual cumulative amount shall not exceed the upper limit prescribed by the Income Tax Act.			None.
Charitable donations or sponsorship of the Company shall be made in compliance with relevant rules. Donations or sponsorship with an annual cumulative amount exceeding NT$1 million shall be approved by the board of directors, and the annual cumulative amount shall not exceed the upper limit prescribed by the Income Tax Act.			The Company sponsored NT$3.52 million in 2022 for golf and gymnastics developments in Taiwan as part of the corporate social responsibilities.
For agenda items in a board meeting where the directors, managers or other stakeholders of the Company attending or presenting at the meeting or the juridical persons represented by them have personal interests, they shall state the major aspects of such interests at the meeting. If the interests may prejudice the interest of the Company, they shall not participate and shall recuse themselves from the discussion and voting of the agenda items, neither shall they stand proxy for other directors to exercise the voting right on those items. Directors shall exercise discipline among themselves, and may not support each other in an inappropriate manner.			In 2022, directors had recused themselves from agenda items due to conflict of interest where necessary.
The administrative unit is designated by the Company as the dedicated unit to formulate and execute management, retention and confidentiality procedures for intellectual properties including trade secrets, trademarks, patents and copyright. It shall also review the implementation results regularly to ensure the effectiveness of the procedures.			The accounting department is in charge of patent management and has proceeded in compliance with relevant rules.
Personnel of the Company are prohibited from disclosing trade secrets and intellectual property rights.			The Company did not violate the rule.
The Company prohibits unfair competition and prevents products or services from jeopardizing the rights of stakeholders when engaging in business activities.			The Company did not violate the rule.
Personnel of the Company are prohibited from insider trading. External institutions or personnel involved in major projects or contracts of the Company shall sign confidentiality agreements with the Company.			Personnel involved in major projects of the Company have signed confidentiality agreements with the Company.
The Company shall disclose its business integrity policy in the internal rules, annual reports, corporate website, or other documents, and announce the policy at external events including product launches and investor conferences in a timely manner for its suppliers, customers, and other business-related organizations and personnel to have a clear understanding on its integrity principles and rules.			The Company has disclosed the business integrity policy in the internal rules and annual reports, and a business integrity section has been established in the intranet.
Before engaging in business with another party, such as an agent, supplier, customer or other business counterparty, the Company shall assess the legitimacy and integrity policy of the party and whether it has been involved in unethical conducts to ensure the party would conduct business in a fair and transparent manner and would not demand, provide or accept bribes.			The Company did not violate the rule.
During the course of business, personnel of the Company shall explain to the counterparties the Company's business integrity policy and related rules, and explicitly refuse to offer, promise, demand or accept, either directly or indirectly, improper benefits in any form or name.			The Company did not violate the rule.
Personnel of the Company shall avoid engaging in business with unethical parties.			The Company did not violate the rule.
When the Company enters into a contract, it shall have a comprehensive understanding of the counterparty’s stand on business integrity and include compliance with the Company's business integrity policy in the terms of the contract.			The Company did not violate the rule.
The Company encourages internal and external personnel to report dishonest behaviors or misconducts. Rewards are given based on the severity of incidents reported. Employees making false or malicious accusations would be subject to disciplinary actions or, for serious cases, termination of employment.			The Company has yet to receive any complaints.
The Company creates and announces an internal, independent complaint mailbox or hotline, or commission external independent institutions to provide the same, on the corporate website and intranet for internal and external parties of the Company.			The Company has established a complaint section on the intranet and a stakeholder section on the corporate website. There has been no complaint so far.
Personnel handling the complaints shall give written statements to keep the identity of whistleblower and particulars of the complaints confidential. The Company undertakes to protect the whistleblower from retaliation.			The Company has yet to receive any complaints.
Where personnel of the Company become aware of other parties' unethical conducts which violate the laws and regulations, the Company shall report the facts to judicial or prosecuting authorities. For incidents involving government agencies or public officers, the government's anti-corruption agencies shall also be notified.			Personnel of the Company are not engaged in unethical conduct.
In the event of a serious breach of integrity by personnel of the Company, the Company shall dismiss or terminate the employment of the personnel in accordance with relevant laws and regulations or the Company's personnel policy.			Personnel of the Company have not been involved in breach of integrity.
The Company regularly organizes internal and external education and training on business integrity.			The Company's internal and external education and training on topics of business integrity (including business lectures, regulatory compliance, safety and health education and training, and information security) had a total of 18 participants for a duration of 200 hours in 2022.