Hwasun-gun Holds Non-Face-to-Face New Year's Ceremony... Commitment to Integrity Practice

[Hwasun=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Young-gyun] Jeonnam Hwasun-gun (Governor Gu Chung-gon) held a non-face-to-face opening ceremony and a pledge meeting for integrity practice in the video conference room of the county office on the 4th, pledging to practice integrity.

At the integrity practice pledge meeting broadcasted to all departments and divisions, Kim Seon-gon, head of the Water Supply Team at the Water and Sewage Business Office, and Kim Hyun-mi, officer of the Development Civil Complaints Team at the Happiness Civil Complaints Division, read the pledge for integrity practice as employee representatives, and Governor Gu Chung-gon adopted the pledge.

Through the integrity pledge, employees reaffirmed their commitment to ▲eradication of improper solicitation ▲creation of a trustworthy public service culture ▲prohibition of accepting money or gifts ▲fair and honest work performance ▲compliance with the public officials' code of conduct ▲realization of an honest public service society.

Earlier, the county declared last year as the ‘Year of Establishing Integrity’ and implemented 31 high-intensity integrity policies including integrity pledges by all employees including Governor Gu, integrity practice pledge meetings, department-specific visiting integrity meetings, enforcement of the dismissal system for corrupt public officials, and strengthening of punitive sanctions.

As a result, in the ‘2020 National Public Institution Integrity Evaluation’ announced by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission in December last year, the county received a ‘comprehensive integrity grade 3,’ which is one grade higher than in 2019.

In particular, in the internal integrity evaluation, the personnel field scored 9.08 points, ranking among the top nationwide.

Governor Gu Chung-gon said, “Although the integrity level has improved due to the efforts of public officials, it has not reached the level desired by the residents,” and added, “Let us raise administrative satisfaction by performing work according to laws and principles, discovering and promoting highly perceptible services, and root the culture of integrity to make ‘Hwasun, the number one place for integrity.’”

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