In response to the problem that the postmaster in Fukuoka Prefecture identified the director who made a whistleblower about the scandal and was doing so-called power harassment, Japan Post introduced a mechanism that makes it easier to make a whistleblower, such as preventing the information of the whistleblower from leaking. We announced measures to prevent recurrence.
According to Japan Post, three years ago, the general manager of a district such as Nogata City, Fukuoka Prefecture, learned that there was an internal report regarding the scandal of his son who is the postmaster in the same district, and then identified another director who made the report. I was doing power harassment such as urging to approve whistleblowing.
In response to this problem, Japan Post announced recurrence prevention measures on the 16th.
According to this, in this issue, the managing director in charge of both the business of accepting whistleblowing and the business of conducting investigations mistakenly told the content that could guess the whistleblower during the interview with the director at that time. I pointed out that.
In addition, the department that accepts reports and the department that conducts investigations, which used to be the same organization, will be reorganized into separate organizations so that the information of the whistleblower will not be leaked.
In addition, we will introduce a mechanism that makes it easy to make internal reports, such as placing an outside lawyer at the reception desk for reports.
Toshiomi Shima, managing director of Japan Post, who met online, said, "The problem of whistleblowing has damaged the trust of employees of the entire group. We would like to take measures to restore trust."