Jinju City Achieves Comprehensive Integrity Grade 2 for 5 Consecutive Years ... Signal of Establishing a Culture of Integrity

Raising Internal Integrity, Realizing 'Integrity Hub Jinju' Shared by Public Officials and Citizens

Jinju City's Comprehensive Integrity Score.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Jinju City, Gyeongnam Province, announced on the 10th that it achieved a comprehensive integrity rating of Grade 2 for five consecutive years in the '2021 Public Institution Integrity Evaluation' released by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission on the 9th.

For the integrity evaluation, the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission conducted a survey targeting 290 out of 8,300 civil petitioners who experienced public services such as construction supervision, permits and approvals, and subsidy support in Jinju City from July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021, and 154 out of 2,000 employees.

As a result of the survey, Jinju City's external integrity was rated Grade 2, the same as the previous year, and internal integrity rose by one grade compared to the previous year to Grade 2, achieving an overall integrity rating of Grade 2.

Thus, Jinju City has maintained a high level of integrity steadily by achieving a comprehensive integrity rating of Grade 2 for five consecutive years, with evaluation scores continuously increasing.

In internal integrity, the rise from the previous year to Grade 2 indicates that employees have a positive perception of the integrity culture within the organization.

The frequency of experiencing corruption or illegal/unfair instructions during budget execution and work directives was relatively low. Among these, the personnel affairs sector received the highest score, drawing attention.

To achieve the status of 'Integrity No. 1 District,' Jinju City strengthened administrative transparency through measures such as sending the mayor's integrity letter, implementing integrity monitoring for civil complaints in corruption-prone areas, and involving citizen auditors in audit activities. It has also continuously promoted an anonymous system for reporting public service corruption and a special management system for departments where corruption incidents occurred.

Additionally, amid the COVID-19 situation last year and this year, efforts to foster an integrity culture included a non-face-to-face integrity content contest and conducting 22 small-scale integrity education sessions by rank.

Mayor Cho Gyu-il said, “The city has been selected as an excellent institution in integrity for five consecutive years. I believe this is the result of employees' integrity efforts and citizens' cooperation, and in 2022, we will do our best to create an integrity Jinju that all employees and citizens can empathize with.”

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