ON Semiconductor Celebrates Human Rights Day 2020
Human Rights Day is observed annually on Dec. 10, which is the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948. Per un.org, the UDHR is the most translated document in the world, available in more than 500 languages, and proclaims the inalienable rights which everyone is entitled to as a human being - regardless of race, color, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home -- so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. [...] Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world." – Eleanor Roosevelt
ON Semiconductor’s Human Rights Policy formalizes the company’s commitment to preserving and promoting the fundamental rights of others as reflected in the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) Code of Conduct, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, United Nations (UN) Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and the UN Global Compact. Our commitment to international human rights standards and local laws are rooted in our core values and reinforced through our commitment as a signatory to the UN Global Compact, the ON Semiconductor and RBA Code of Business Conduct and other company policies.
To prevent slavery and human trafficking, ON Semiconductor also implemented a Slavery and Human Trafficking Policy Statement, which ensures we are aware of and have zero tolerance toward human rights violations. We have implemented policies, procedures and management systems to ensure that all work at our company is voluntary and that workers are legally entitled to leave the company without penalty. Our company also ensures that workers are not required to hand-over government issued identification and original work permits to our company or any of our labor agents. We train our human resources and labor agents on the company’s practices related to anti-human trafficking and conduct on-site verification to ensure compliance. Incidents of slavery and human trafficking are also verified in our supply chain using risk assessments and site visits.
Our practice on the use of child and young labor is based upon our global minimum employment age policy. The purpose of this policy is to define and ensure that sufficient measures and controls are in place to verify the minimum age of individuals working at our company. As a rule, we only employ individuals who are at least 18 years of age by the first day of employment. The only exception to this rule is in China, where the minimum age for employment is 16 years old. To confirm candidates for employment meet the minimum age requirement, members of our human resources department perform due diligence to make sure we are complying with federal, state, regional and local requirements. The global minimum age policy also describes the process to be followed and protection afforded to discovered child laborers.
We apply the same minimum age requirement for employment at our supplier companies and labor agencies. We work to ensure that our suppliers have the necessary policies, procedures, measures and controls in place through risk assessments and on-site verification to avoid incidents of child labor within our supply chain.
Learn more about our corporate social responsibility program and ON Semiconductor’s commitment to protecting human rights globally.
