Samsung Compliance Committee Approves Report on Typology and Assessment of Compliance Violation Risks... JY Absent

The first Compliance Committee meeting after Lee Jae-yong, Vice Chairman of Samsung Electronics, was released took place privately on the 17th at the Samsung Life Insurance building in Seocho-gu, Seoul. The Samsung Life Insurance building on that day. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Hyunjin] On the 17th, the Samsung Compliance Committee held its first regular meeting since Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong of Samsung Electronics was granted parole, categorizing compliance violation risks for top executives and establishing evaluation indicators. Vice Chairman Lee, who was initially expected to attend the meeting, did not appear.

The Samsung Compliance Committee held a closed regular meeting at 2 p.m. at the Compliance Committee office located in the Samsung Life Insurance building. During the meeting, the committee received reports on internal transactions within affiliates and on submitted reports and tips, discussed measures for handling them, and also conducted fact-checking related to the tips.

Additionally, the Compliance Committee discussed and approved the final report of a research project entrusted to the Korea University Governance Research Institute on "Typology of Compliance Violation Risks of Top Executives and the Establishment of Evaluation Indicators and Inspection Items." The research report categorized compliance violation risks into six types: direct and indirect pursuit of private interests, illegal fund formation, illegal lobbying, and bribery, among others, and presented detailed inspection items. Among these, items that could be quantified were proposed as evaluation indicators.

A Samsung Compliance Committee official stated, "The committee will strive to utilize this report to conduct more effective monitoring activities."

There has been considerable interest inside and outside the business community regarding whether Vice Chairman Lee would attend the Samsung Compliance Committee meetings. Before his re-incarceration in January, he had indicated his intention to regularize meetings with the Compliance Committee, and after his re-incarceration, he expressed his commitment to compliance management through messages from prison.

The next regular meeting of the Compliance Committee is scheduled for the 14th of next month. Although the timing for a meeting between the Compliance Committee and Vice Chairman Lee has not been confirmed, the possibility of a meeting in the form of an interview shortly before the regular meeting cannot be ruled out.

The Samsung Compliance Committee is an independent external organization established to strengthen Samsung's compliance management, launched in February last year. Former Supreme Court Justice Kim Ji-hyung serves as the chairman, with six external members and one internal member active. On the 11th, Chairman Kim also gave a lecture on compliance management to vice presidents of seven affiliates: Samsung Electronics, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Samsung SDI, Samsung SDS, Samsung C&T, Samsung Life Insurance, and Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance.

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