This Year's Gyeongbuk Provincial Office of Education 'Anti-Corruption Policy' Score... Self-Evaluation Rates 'Grade 1'

"Irrational Work Improvement, Communication Activation, and Eradication of Gapjil for Organizational Culture Improvement"

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] The Gyeongbuk Provincial Office of Education announced on the 31st that the results of the 'Corruption Risk Diagnosis' conducted from May to July showed an increase in integrity across all categories compared to last year.

The Corruption Risk Diagnosis is a systematic method of diagnosing and analyzing how likely an organization and department heads' positions are exposed to corruption, as well as identifying individual factors that undermine integrity.

The Office of Education commissioned an external survey company to conduct an online survey targeting about 21,000 employees, diagnosing the personal integrity of senior public officials such as school principals and the corruption risk of the Gyeongbuk Office of Education's organization and work environment using the standard evaluation items of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission.

In the personal integrity diagnosis field, the overall evaluation score was 9.92 points, an increase of 0.12 points compared to last year. In particular, the 'Fair Job Performance' evaluation category showed the highest increase of 0.22 points in items such as unfair work instructions, nepotism, personnel affairs, and work responsibility/avoidance.

Among the evaluated groups, the integrity of the main office staff (supervisors and grade 6 officials) was found to be the highest. In the organizational and work environment corruption risk field, the corruption risk of the main office department heads' positions was relatively high in the items of 'importance of work-related information' and 'degree of discretion.'

Superintendent Lim Jong-sik stated, "Transparency, fairness, and objectivity in work processing may seem the easiest, but they require continuous institutional changes," adding, "We will continuously strive to create an honest organizational culture through communication to narrow the perception gap between generations and positions, improvement of unreasonable work, and participation in decision-making processes."

Meanwhile, the Gyeongbuk Office of Education is conducting various anti-corruption and integrity activities, including the 'Public Officials Corruption Risk Diagnosis,' 'Visiting Integrity Consulting,' and 'Integrity Reporting Center Operation.' As a result, it achieved the highest grade in last year's Anti-Corruption Policy Evaluation hosted by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission.

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