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  Nuvoton Human Rights Policy

       Nuvoton Technology Corp. is committed to adhering to international labor and human rights standards following the International Bill of Human Rights, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), the UN Global Compact, the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, and the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct as the highest guiding principles for business operations. We implement relevant standards of the Responsible Business Alliance Code of Conduct to ensure a safe and ethical work environment, reflecting our commitment to human rights issues.

“Nuvoton Human Rights Policy” applies to the company and its subsidiaries, protecting the human rights of regular and contract employees, as well as interns, business partners, suppliers, contractors, and other stakeholders. Nuvoton commits to adhering to the following human rights issues： 
  

 Particular Attention 
 

1. Comply with the laws and regulations of the locations where we operate, providing a safe and healthy work         environment, ensuring working hours protection, and adhering to legal and regulatory standards. 
2. Commit to diverse talent recruitment and development, continuously promoting a culture of diversity and inclusion. 
3. Safeguard the labor rights of vulnerable groups, including persons with disabilities, Indigenous peoples, migrant workers, and pregnant women, ensuring equal employment opportunities, eliminating any form of discrimination, and eradicating all types of differential treatment.   
4. Prohibit human trafficking and any recruitment and employment of child labor.   
5. Forbid all forms of forced labor or inhumane treatment, including all types of unlawful exploitation and harassment .  
6. Maintain diverse and effective communication channels between employees and the company, allowing employees to fully express their opinions while protecting the confidentiality and anonymity of complainants .   
7. Respect and protect the privacy of employees and customers' data, ensuring that the collection and use of data comply with regulatory requirements.   
8. Commitment to responsible mineral sourcing.   
9. Regularly assess and review human rights risks in operational activities, develop mitigation and remediation measures, and reduce both actual and potential negative impacts on human rights.   

Promotion of Human Rights Management

To safeguard the human rights of employees, suppliers, and other stakeholders, Nuvoton implements various measures for human rights management. Firstly, the company has formulated the "Code of Sustainable Conduct" and developed internal management policies and procedures based on it. Additionally, Nuvoton follows the Responsible Business Alliance's standards on freedom of employment to safeguard employees' labor rights. This includes ensuring the freedom to choose employment, prohibiting the use of child or forced labor, protecting young workers, adhering to statutory working hours and wages, respecting employees' freedom of association, and avoiding the use of conflict minerals. Discrimination based on various factors, such as race, nationality, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, disability, pregnancy, religion, political opinions, military service status, protected genetic information, club membership, or marital status in matters such as employment, wages, rewards, punishments, promotions, or retirement is strictly prohibited. If the use of child labor is discovered after employment, immediate notification is given to the employing unit, work is suspended, and the child is sent to the hospital for examination to ensure their health has not been affected by work. After terminating the employment relationship, the child is returned to their guardian, with all incurred costs, including examination fees, wages owed, and transportation expenses, borne by the company. Furthermore, Nuvoton requires all suppliers in the supply chain to jointly sign the RBA-compliant "Compliance Commitment" and "Confidentiality Commitment" and utilizes its purchasing power to demand adherence to human rights and social standards. Regular sustainability education and training are conducted to raise awareness of human rights protection among employees. Finally, the company has established a complaint mechanism and procedure for handling violations of integrity conduct complaints, as outlined in the "Reporting Violations of Integrity Conduct Regulations."

Moving forward, we are committed to further promoting our human rights management plan to ensure comprehensive implementation. Our future initiatives include formulating and publicly disclosing our human rights policy in 2024, introducing human rights due diligence processes, conducting human rights risk assessments for employees at the Taiwan headquarters, and gradually expanding the scope of risk assessments in the medium to long term to include overseas subsidiaries, suppliers, local communities, and other stakeholders.

Assessment and Management of Risks to Human Rights