국민권익위원회 Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission

ACRC Korea Transparency Newsletter(December 2020)

▷ ACRC held ‘Anti-Corruption Week’ event for “Public Interest Whistle-Blowing Day”
  - The ACRC held “2nd Public Interest Whistle-Blowing Day Ceremony” and “Integrity Talk Concert” for three days from December 9 to 11, 2020.
▷ TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix assesses that Korea has very low risk of bribery
  ­ - In 2020 Bribery Risk Matrix by TRACE, Korea took 22nd place out of 194 countries assessed and recorded 20 points out of 100
▷ ACRC ran an anti-corruption training webinar for Uzbekistan public officials
  ­ - The ACRC introduced Korea’s major anti-corruption measures, including the Anti-Corruption Initiatives Assessment, Corruption Risk Assessment, and whistleblower protection and reward program.
▷ ACRC will resolved corruption of high-ranking public officials
  ­ - Legal ground has been established for the ACRC and the Corruption Investigation Office For High-ranking Officials to make joint efforts for realization of a transparent society.
▷ ACRC established guidelines to strengthen fairness of employment consigned by public institutions
  ­ - The ACRC will continue to enhance fairness in the management of consigned recruitment by public institutions, by monitoring how the guidelines are actually utilized.
▷ Ten major institutional improvements by the ACRC that changed people’s lives in 2020
  ­ - The ACRC introduced 10 cases of institutional improvements including exemption/deferment of water bills for small business owners and restriction of payment of incentives for corrupt employees of public institutions.
▷  ACRC announced result of “2020 Corruption Perception Survey”
  ­ - All groups of respondents answered that the government’s transparency and integrity have contributed to successful response against COVID-19.