The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission Compiles a Casebook of Excellent Anti-Corruption Policies in Public Institutions under the Moon Jae-in Government

78 Public Institutions Present 100 Anti-Corruption Policies

Jeon Hyun-hee, Chairperson of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission. / Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] The "Top 100 Best Practices in Anti-Corruption Policies of Public Institutions," which compiles excellent anti-corruption initiatives promoted by public institutions to improve integrity since the launch of the Moon Jae-in administration, will be published.

On the 31st, the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) announced that to support uninterrupted anti-corruption reforms in the public sector during the fifth year of the Moon Jae-in government, it selected 100 outstanding cases from 78 institutions discovered through anti-corruption policy evaluations over the past four years and published them in a casebook. The policy evaluation assessed various anti-corruption efforts and their effectiveness, including the establishment of anti-corruption plans, improvement of corruption-prone areas, and dissemination of achievements by public institutions at all levels during the year.

Since its inauguration in May 2017, the Moon Jae-in administration declared anti-corruption, integrity, and fairness as the most important values of state affairs and has made government-wide efforts to complete anti-corruption reforms. The ACRC annually selected and announced outstanding cases in each field of anti-corruption policies by evaluating the anti-corruption efforts of institutions at all levels through internal and external expert evaluation panels. The newly published casebook carefully selected a total of 100 cases focusing on those with high public perception, significant social impact, or high applicability in the field.

The outstanding cases included in the casebook share the commonality of comprehensive improvement efforts across all areas, from analyzing institution-specific vulnerable areas and improving internal culture to operating various anti-corruption systems and expanding policy participation and publicity.

Some institutions strengthened their own conflict of interest prevention systems by prohibiting recommendations of retirees by current public officials and operating avoidance systems for complaints and reviews submitted by retirees who worked in the same department. To eradicate power abuse, some institutions collected internal and external cases of power abuse, categorized them by type, published casebooks, and utilized various content such as YouTube web dramas and webtoons for promotion and education. Additionally, citizen auditors were actively engaged in audits of affiliated and subordinate organizations to identify corruption-prone areas from the citizen’s perspective and promote institutional improvements. Along with these cases, difficulties encountered during policy implementation and ways to overcome them were also included to enable institutions to apply and adapt them.

The casebook will be distributed to public institutions at all levels in the form of an online booklet file, posted on the ACRC website for easy access by the general public interested in anti-corruption policies, and representative cases will be produced as video content and other integrity materials for public promotion.

Han Samseok, Director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau at the ACRC, said, "We hope this casebook will be a valuable guide that institutions can open whenever needed," and added, "The ACRC will continue to actively discover excellent policies of institutions, widely share them so that institutions at all levels can make joint anti-corruption efforts, and do its best to ensure that the public can feel the results."

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