P.48 Human Rights (2)

Human Rights Business Foundation

Initiatives to reduce human rights risks through dialogue and events

Dialogue with staffing agencies that dispatch production staff

In response to the results of the Human Rights DD survey targeting content creation partners (2024), the Sustainability Committee and its Human Rights Subcommittee took the lead in advancing discussions with representatives from each con- tent creation site on improving working practices, including the prevention of overwork among dispatched staff. In September 2025, we held an explanatory and dialogue session with the staffing agencies, which was attended by 227 participants from 136 companies. Specific actions for improvement that are being taken at each site were described. Representatives from the various creation sites presented examples such as the assignment of “management producers” responsible for staff mental care and development, as well as the establishment of a consultation channel staffed by mid-lev- el employees called “Onayami no Tsubo” (English: “Worry Pot”) so that younger staff can easily seek advice about anything. And in the area of development, examples utilizing videos and quizzes were also described. Participants expressed a desire for such dialogue sessions to be held on an ongoing basis, and comments such as “We would like the environment to be improved so that women can continue working long-term in the field, with life events taken into consideration” were received.

Updating common sense and turning expression into a “new weapon”

“Human Rights WEEK 2026” In February 2026, we held the third TBS Group Human Rights WEEK. The theme for fiscal 2026 was “Updating Common Sense: Respect Together.” We shared across the entire Group a positive stance that consideration for human rights is not a “shackle” that restricts expression, but rather a “new weapon” for creating content that earns the trust of a greater number of people. In the daytime TGU* Special Lecture, we examined from multiple angles the challenges facing contemporary media, including “Visual Impairment and Unconscious Bias,” “Risks and Countermeasures in the Generative AI Era,” “How an Atmosphere of Exclusion Is Created,” and “Content and Human Rights.” A total of 769 people applied, and completed ques- tionnaires from the participants contained numerous com- ments, such as “I realized that ‘inconvenience’ is determined by the person who experiences it,” “I learned that human rights are not a matter of mood or emotion but of law (rules),” and “We should make judgments through a human rights filter rather than in terms of whether we might face an online back- lash.” These remarks gave us confidence that a human rights perspective is being incorporated into daily content creation and business activities. The evening session featured an event titled “Mexican Night for Thinking about ‘Preconceptions!’” planned by the volunteer DE&I promotion project “Borderless Lab,” which transcends departments and generations. * TBS Group University (in-house program) Using the hugely popular 2025 drama series “Jaa, Anta ga Tsukutte Miro yo” (English: “Then You Try Making It!”) as the theme, this was a new-style event in which participants en- joyed gourmet dishes that appeared in one of the drama’s meal scenes while discussing preconceptions such as gender roles. Dialogue was facilitated through real-time questionnaires us- ing a smartphone totalizer system, and many participants com- mented that they “were able to notice their own unconscious assumptions.” Approximately 100 people took part, creating an open forum for dialogue filled with mutual respect. Fostering an organizational culture in which everyone can enthusiastically demonstrate their abilities is precisely what provides the foundation for creating content that moves the heart. The TBS Group will continue to promote respect for human rights and contribute to the sustainable enhancement of corporate value and the updating of society. 48