Yeongdeungpo-gu Receives Commendation from the Minister of Personnel Innovation for Public Official Ethics System Operation Evaluation

Only Seoul Autonomous District to Receive Commissioner of the Ministry of Personnel Management Award... Produced 2 Recipients of Institutional Awards and Meritorious Public Officials... Highly Rated for Forming the 'Gift Report Evaluation Team' and Actively Promoting the 'Gift Reporting System'

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Yeongdeungpo-gu (District Mayor Chae Hyun-il) was the only district in Seoul to receive the Commissioner of the Ministry of Personnel Management Award and was selected as an excellent autonomous district in the ‘2019 Public Service Ethics System Operation Evaluation’ hosted by the Ministry of Personnel Management and Seoul Metropolitan Government.

The ‘Public Service Ethics System Operation Evaluation’ is conducted annually targeting 260 institutions including metropolitan and basic local governments to check the overall operation status of the public service ethics system, aiming to prevent illicit accumulation of wealth by public officials and ensure fairness in official duties, thereby establishing ethics among public officials.

This evaluation was conducted with strict screening by the Seoul Metropolitan Audit Committee from July to August.

▲ Property registration, disclosure, and review ▲ Employment and conduct restrictions ▲ Stock blind trust system ▲ Operation of the Public Service Ethics Committee ▲ Promotion and education of the ethics system, and other 10 fields with 29 items were inspected to evaluate compliance with public service ethics laws and the appropriateness of work procedures.

As a result of the evaluation, six excellent institutions for guidance and inspection of the public service ethics system operation, 15 outstanding public officials, and three institutions selected for excellent cases of public service ethics system operation were finally chosen. Among them, one outstanding public official from Yeongdeungpo-gu was selected, the only awardee among Seoul’s autonomous districts.

Also, as a result of the Seoul autonomous district evaluation, Yeongdeungpo-gu was selected as an excellent autonomous district along with Gangdong-gu and Gangseo-gu, receiving an institutional commendation and producing one additional outstanding public official for public service ethics work.

The district operated the Public Service Ethics Committee four times for fair and accurate property registration and review. In particular, it received excellent evaluation for actively promoting and implementing the gift reporting system by organizing a ‘Gift Reporting Evaluation Team’ to create a transparent and clean public service culture.

Moreover, through the public officials’ code of conduct autonomous learning system, image-centered educational content related to public service ethics was provided, which was evaluated to effectively help cultivate ethical awareness.

The Ministry of Personnel Management plans to award the Commissioner’s commendation to excellent institutions and outstanding public officials in the operation of the public service ethics system, including Yeongdeungpo-gu employees, at the Sejong Convention Center (66 Dasom 3-ro, Sejong) on the 30th of this month.

Chae Hyun-il, Mayor of Yeongdeungpo-gu, stated, “We will strive to firmly establish public service ethics, the basic qualification of public officials, throughout all employees and the entire organization of Yeongdeungpo-gu in the future,” and added, “We will work hard for transparent and fair district administration to create an open Yeongdeungpo that earns the trust and love of its residents.”

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