국민권익위원회 Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission

ACRC Korea Transparency Newsletter (August 2021)

▷ ACRC Proposed 93.2 Billion KRW (USD 80 million) for Its Next Year’s Budget Focusing on Creating Tangible Outcome for Citizens in Anti-Corruption and Reform for Fairness

- Making the year 2022 the first year of becoming one of the top 20s in CPI

▷ ACRC Spreads Ethics and Compliance Management with Six Major Public Corporations

- The ACRC signed an MoU for ‘spreading ethics and compliance management and introducing certification system’ on 12th of August

▷ ACRC Nurtures Integrity Education Instructors Who Will Lead Integrity Culture

- With the growing demand for integrity education, the ACRC beefs up the pool of instructors for professional and knowledge courses who will teach anti-corruption laws and systems

▷ ACRC Compiled Excellent Anti-Corruption Policies That Led Establishment of Integrity Culture for the Last 4 Years in the Moon Jae-in Administration

- The ACRC published a casebook of 100 anti-corruption policies from 78 public organizations

▷ ACRC Says, “Dismissal at Request Is Not Allowed for Executives in Public Offices When They are Involved in Misconducts”

- The ACRC carried out Corruption Risk Assessment on 1,569 bylaws of 13 public organizations in national land and safety sectors, and made 98 recommendations

▷ ACRC and Korean Association for Corruption Studies Hosted “Anti-Corruption and Integrity” Academic Conference

- The conference diagnosed policies and had an in-depth discussion for future development tasks to implement anti-corruption and integrity policies in a sustainable manner

▷ ACRC Accelerates Strategic Support to Expand Local Ombudsman

- The ACRC cooperate with Local Ombudsman to provide support, including education, experience, information and case sharing

▷ ACRC Dispatches ‘Mobile Shinmungo(Outreach Bus)’ to Address Complaints in Farming and Fishing Villages across the Nation Hit by COVID-19 Pandemic

- ACRC visits farming and fishing villages across the nation starting from Muju-gun, Jeollabuk-do province in 26th August