Ethical Management
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Strategy
Regarding corruption incidents that may occur in the course of business, Wonik QnC aims to prevent them in advance by identifying and evaluating risks based on ISO37001 and establishing preventative measures, and recognizing the importance of ethical values for all stakeholders by taking fair measures for corruption incidents that do occur.
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Objective
Through promoting ethical culture, we strengthen anti-corruption initiatives and practice ethical management.
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Management Organization
Compliance & Ethics Team
Code of Ethics
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Basic Ethics for Employees
- Honesty and fairness
- High ethical values
- Compliance with the law and acting by one's conscience
- Protection and promotion of human rights
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Responsibilities and obligations to customers
- Customer-centric management
- Listening to customers and providing the finest service
- Safeguarding customer interests
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Fair Trade
- Compliance with trade laws
- Pursuing good faith competition
- Fair and transparent trade
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Responsibility to employees
- Human-centered management
- Comfortable and safe working environment
- Enhancement of quality of life through education
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Accountability to shareholders
- Maximizing enterprise value
- Sharing results with shareholders
- Protecting shareholder interests
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Responsibility to our nation
- Faithfully paying taxes
- Safety and risk prevention
- Environmental protection
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Reporting and Rewards
- Ethics counseling and reporting system
- Whistleblower Protection
- Rewards and discipline for ethical management
Compliance Management
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Strategy
As a publicly traded company, Wonik QnC will implement and strengthen compliance control standard in 2023 to prevent legal risks that may develop during business operations.
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Objective
By establishing a compliance management system and removing the risk of violating the law, we faithfully fulfill our role as a fair corporate citizen.
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Management Organization
Compliance Management Team
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Action Plan
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2023
Introduction of compliance control standard
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2024
Integrated risk management
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2025~2026
Internalization of compliance management
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2027~
Advancement of compliance management
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Compliance Officer
With the implementation of the Compliance Control Standard, Wonik QnC intends to hire a compliance officer in 2024 and will rigorously carry out compliance control tasks such as reviewing the company's legal risks regularly and conducting training.
- Date of appointment : 2023. 5. 3.
- Term : 3years
- Department : Compliance & Ethics team
- Establishment and implementation of legal compliance training and education programs
- Compliance check of the legal compliance framework
- Legal risk assessment and improvement
- Reporting the outcomes and plans of compliance activities to the board of directors
- Ethics and Legal Management Charter
- Code of Ethics
- Compliance Policy
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Anti-Corruption Policy
(Prohibition of Improper Solicitation)
Board of Directors
Three inside directors (Baek Hong-joo, Lee Yong-han, and Lim Chang-bin) and one outside director (Lee Hyun-kwon) make up the Board of Directors. Baek Hong-joo was elected CEO by the board on March 29, 2022, with the responsibility of managing the company's operations professionally. He also serves as the chairman of the Board of Directors as a qualified individual able to immediately convene board meetings and seek management opinion on significant management issues.
Board of Directors table
Position | Name | Referral |
Activities (Responsibilities) |
Company transactions | Relation with the largest shareholder or major shareholders | Reappointment status | Number of reappointments | Tenure |
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Inside Director (CEO) |
Baek Hong-joo | BOD |
Chairman of the Board General Manager |
Non-applicable | Non-applicable | No | - |
2022.03.29 ~2025.03.28 |
Inside Director | Lee Yong-han | BOD | Overall company management | Non-applicable | Major shareholder | Yes | 6 |
2021.03.30 ~2024.03.29 |
Inside Director | Lim Chang-bin | BOD | Overall company management | Non-applicable | Non-applicable | Yes | 2 |
2022.03.29 ~2025.03.28 |
Outside director | Lee Hyun-kwon | BOD | Overall company management | Non-applicable | Non-applicable | No | - |
2022.03.29 ~2025.03.28 |
Board-related Policies / Objectives / Performance
As part of its attempts to implement board-centered responsible management, Wonik QnC encourages the reporting/approval of important issues, particularly ESG-related issues, and the independence, diversity, and expertise of the Board of Directors.
ESG Discussions in the Board of Directors
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Policy
The Board of Directors is the highest decision-making body with decision-making authority over major topics such as business objectives, including ESG management matters of Wonik QnC, and it aims to exercise the authority granted to it by laws, articles of incorporation, and board regulations. Specifically, we acknowledge that discussions on ESG management issues have a substantial impact on management. Hence, we incorporate ESG issues into core management issues and present annual performance and plans for the most significant ESG operations. In addition, we will continue to advocate for steps to improve corporate governance, allowing management strategies to be expanded and choices to be taken from an ESG viewpoint.
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Objectives
In 2023, Wonik QnC will establish a working group to promote ESG management, and in that TFT, Wonik QnC will raise awareness of ESG management and increase the involvement of the Board of Directors by regularly reporting on the status of ESG management to the Board of Directors, approving major decisions with the following goals, and subsequently establish and operate the ESG Committee as a committee within the Board of Directors to strengthen the expertise and level of ESG management.
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Supporting Organizations
Wonik QnC has created the following ESG promotion organizations (click here) and regularly meets with the Board of Directors to report/approve ESG management.
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Performance
The Board of Directors’ activity history contains ESG-related concerns that have been reported or authorized.
Operation Regulations of the Board of Directors
Operation Regulations of the Board of Directors table
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Authority | The Board of Directors resolves matters prescribed in laws or articles of incorporation, matters delegated by the general meeting of shareholders, fundamental corporate management policies, and significant business development matters. |
Composition | The Board of Directors shall consist of all of the Directors. |
Convening | A meeting of the Board of Directors shall be called by the CEO or any other director selected by the Board of Directors, with three days' notice provided to each director and auditor. If all directors and auditors agree, however, the convening procedure may be omitted. |
Chairman | In accordance with the terms of Article 37, Paragraph 2 of the Articles of Incorporation, the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall assemble the Board of Directors (The Board of Directors shall be convened by the CEO or a director designated by the Board of Directors, if any, by providing notice to each director and auditor three days prior to the date of the meeting). |
Resolution method | A majority of the votes cast by the majority of directors present and voting. |
Minutes of the Board of Directors | The minutes of the Board of Directors meetings shall be kept, sealed, or signed by the chairman, the directors present, and the auditor, and stored at the main office. |
Activities of the Board of Director
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- 2021
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Activities of the Board of Director
Activities of the Board of Director Meeting
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(Order of Bill)Date of Holding Bill Contents Approved or Not Outside Directors Inside Director Kim Deuk-joong
(*1)Lee Hyun-kwon Lim Chang-bin Baek Hong-joo Lee Yong-han Park Young-gyu
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100.0%)(Attendance:
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100.0%)(Attendance:
100.0%)(Attendance:
100.0%)Vote for or Against 1-1 2022-
03-04Approval of the 19th financial statements and operating report Approved Attendance
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03-04Resolution to convene the General Meeting of Shareholders and determine the purpose of the meeting Approved Attendance
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03-04Establishment of branch offices Approved Attendance
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03-29Appointment of the Representative Director Approved Term expired Attendance
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(in favor)Resignation 3-1 2022-
04-19Approval of the investment in Industrial Complex 5 Approved Attendance
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04-19Approval of the safety and health plan Approved Attendance
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08-08Approval to modify the investment plan of Industrial Complex 5 Approved Attendance
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08-08Obligation guarantee of subsidiaries Approved Attendance
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08-08Extension of loan Approved Attendance
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Activities of the Board of Director Meeting
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(Order of Bill)Date of Holding Bill Contents Approved or Not Outside Directors Inside Director Kim Deuk-joong Lim Chang-bin Lee Yong-han Park Young-gyu (Attendance:
100.0%)(Attendance:
100.0%)(Attendance:
100.0%)(Attendance:
100.0%)Vote for or Against 1 2020-
03-01Report on the merger progress and announcement Approved Attendance
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03-12Approval of the 18th Annual Separate and Consolidated Financial Statements Approved Attendance
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03-12Convening of the 18th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders Approved Attendance
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03-12Establishment of executive remuneration regulations Approved Attendance
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04-30Repayment of Export-Import Bank’s On-lending Facility in the Amount of KRW 2.0 billion Approved Attendance
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05-21Resolution to acquire shares of other corporations Approved Attendance
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06-15Floatation of a loan (export growth fund) Approved Attendance
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07-02Purchase of new factory site Approved Attendance
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07-30Floatation of a loan (export growth fund) Approved Attendance
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Activities of the Board of Director Meeting
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(Order of Bill)Date of Holding Bill Contents Approved or Not Outside Directors Inside Director Kim Deuk-joong Lim Chang-bin Lee Yong-han 이재헌
(*1)Park Young-gyu
(*2)(Attendance:
100.0%)(Attendance:
100.0%)(Attendance:
100.0%)(Attendance:
100.0%)(Attendance:
100.0%)Vote for or Against 1 2020-
03-06Approval of the 17th Annual Separate and Consolidated Financial Statements Approved Attendance
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03-10Convening of the 17th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders Approved Attendance
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05-20Approval of borrowing agreement with Korea Development Bank for industrial operating funds Approved Attendance
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05-29Increase and postponement of trade finance Approved Attendance
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06-09Obtaining a loan for an export growth fund Approved Attendance
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06-17Borrowing industrial operation capital and extending the period of KRW trade bill loan Approved Attendance
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06-24Joint liability on guarantee for borrowings from Nanowin Industrial Bank Approved Attendance
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08-14Hana Bank Gumi Branch’s borrowing transaction Approved Attendance
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08-26Wonik QnC’s borrowing of industrial operation capital from the Korea Development Bank Approved Attendance
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10-23Provision of joint liability on guarantee for Nanowin's borrowing of industrial operation capital from the Korea Development Bank Approved Attendance
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(in favor)(*1) The term of office expired on March 30, 2020.
(*2) Newly elected at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on March 26, 2020.
Audit Organization
Composition of Shareholders table
Name | Responsibilities | Gender | Appointment Date | Tenure | Specialty | Remarks |
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Lee Myeong-young | Fulltime auditor | Male | 2023.03.29 | 3 years | Business management |
- SK Hynix Management Support(CFO)(2012~2019) - SK Innovation CFO(2019~2021) - SK Innovation Executive Director(2019~2021) |
Internal Audit-related Policies / Objectives / Performance
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Policy
There is a full-time auditor at Wonik QnC, as well as an internal accounting organization and a compliance management organization that assist the auditor in fulfilling its risk supervisory obligations for the examined company. In addition, we intend to evaluate the formation of an Audit Committee in light of future legal and financial circumstances.
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Objective
Enhancing the role and openness of the internal audit organization by evaluating its performance based on the accomplishment of its objectives