Publication of a Casebook on Improving Corruption Factors in 1,644 Enacted and Revised Laws

The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission Analyzes 2019 Cases... Distributed to Public Institutions

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[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] A casebook on corruption impact assessments, which analyzes and evaluates 1,644 corruption-inducing factors in laws and regulations enacted or revised in 2019 and compiles cases of improvements, has been published.

On the 3rd, the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission announced that it analyzed and evaluated the relevant laws and regulations, recommended improvements for 335 corruption-inducing factors to each institution, and compiled cases where these were actually reflected in the laws, distributing the casebook to all public institutions.

The Commission included cases and improvement suggestions categorized by 11 evaluation criteria in the casebook to make corruption impact assessment work easily accessible to all public officials and public institution employees.

Additionally, starting this year, 'passive administration' has also been defined as 'corruption,' and the possibility of inducing passive administration was added to the original 11 evaluation criteria.

The main areas recommended for improvement in 2019 were ▲ concretization and objectification of discretionary regulations to control excessive exercise of discretionary power (101 cases, 30.1%) ▲ establishment of conflict of interest prevention measures to prevent private interests from interfering in the public work process (67 cases, 20.0%), among others.

For example, a conflict of interest prevention regulation for evaluation committee members assessing the adequacy of tower crane inspection agencies was newly established in the Enforcement Rules of the Construction Machinery Management Act.

The eligibility requirements for vulnerable employment groups who can apply for employment services under the Act on the Promotion of Employment and Support for Livelihood Stabilization of Job Seekers were clarified.

The casebook is available for anyone to access on the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission’s website.

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