Seongbuk-gu Issues Third Integrity Alert Ahead of Regular Personnel Changes: What’s the Reason?

Seongbuk-gu Issues Third Integrity Alert from 8th to End of Month... Related to 2021 Second Half Promotion Review and July 1 Regular Personnel Appointments... Key Content: 'Prohibition of Personnel Solicitation'... Integrity Alert, a Newly Implemented System This Year to Foster Integrity and Anti-Corruption Atmosphere

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Seongbuk-gu (Mayor Lee Seung-ro) has issued the third Integrity Alert of the year as part of its efforts to create a clean and trustworthy organization.

This Integrity Alert, issued from the 8th until the end of this month, focuses on the prohibition of personnel-related solicitations in connection with the second half of 2021 promotion evaluations and the regular personnel appointments effective July 1.

The Integrity Alert is a newly implemented system by Seongbuk-gu this year, designed to issue warnings during vulnerable periods such as holidays, personnel seasons, and vacation seasons when improper solicitations and corruption are more likely to occur, thereby fostering an atmosphere of integrity and anti-corruption.

In February, ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, the first alert was issued with the message "Do not give or receive holiday gifts" to establish public service discipline.

Additionally, in relation to the land speculation scandal involving employees of the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH), the second Integrity Alert was issued at the end of March to prevent transactions using job-related information by public officials. This preemptive measure aimed to stop speculative activities using job-related information, the provision or leakage of internal information to others, and any activities that exploit job-related information for private gain.

Lee Seung-ro, Mayor of Seongbuk-gu, stated, "A transparent and trustworthy internal organization is an important factor in enhancing the quality of administrative services, and we will do our best to implement integrity in personnel administration."

Seongbuk-gu plans to continue actively reforming to improve internal integrity, actively respond to various corruption and irregularities, and eliminate factors that cause corruption at the source, thereby realizing transparent and open administration that residents can trust and actively participate in.

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