Gwangju Seo-gu Achieves 2nd Grade Integrity Rating... Highest Among Autonomous Districts

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Shin Dong-ho] Seo-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Seo Dae-seok) received an overall grade of Level 2, with external Level 2 and internal Level 2, ranking second among the five districts of Gwangju Metropolitan City in the ‘2021 Public Institution Integrity Measurement Results’ announced by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, achieving the highest grade of Level 2 among autonomous districts.

In May, Seo-gu held the executive officials’ ‘Clear Source Water Pledge Meeting’ to vow to perform duties with integrity and to eliminate unreasonable practices. Through regular executive meetings, it has emphasized proactive administration, courteous administration, responsible administration, performance-centered personnel management, and communication among staff, leading efforts to create an honest organizational culture.

As a result, there were no cases of experiences related to money, entertainment, or convenience in transparent and responsible administrative services free from corruption, achieving the highest score in the external integrity measurement’s category of experience with money, entertainment, and convenience.

In the internal integrity measurement, the personnel category maintained a high score from the previous year due to the spread of performance-centered, objective, and fair personnel management and communication culture.

Additionally, at the beginning of the year, Seo-gu established a comprehensive anti-corruption and integrity promotion plan and has been implementing various integrity policies such as integrity campaigns, integrity concerts, operation of a continuous integrity monitoring system, issuance of integrity alerts and corruption evacuation orders for preemptive corruption prevention, and mandatory integrity education completion for all employees.

A Seo-gu official stated, “We plan to analyze the results of this integrity measurement and reflect them in the establishment of next year’s comprehensive anti-corruption and integrity promotion plan,” adding, “We will continue to make greater efforts for integrity administration and integrity in daily life.”

Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Shin Dong-ho sdhs6751@asiae.co.kr

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