SBC Receives Anti-Corruption Management Certification... Public Institution Integrity Rating Also Rises

[Asia Economy Reporter Junhyung Lee] The Small Enterprise and Market Service (SEMAS) announced on the 13th that it has obtained the Anti-Corruption Management System certification and improved its public institution integrity rating as a result of various activities to become a leading institution in anti-corruption and integrity culture.

At the end of last month, SEMAS received certification after undergoing the Anti-Corruption Management System (ISO 37001) audit by the Korea Management Certification Institute. ISO 37001 is an internationally standardized anti-corruption management system that grants certification by comprehensively reviewing anti-corruption objectives, control measures, and monitoring.

SEMAS also regularly operated programs to strengthen the organization's integrity. To understand the current state of integrity within the institution, it analyzed corruption-vulnerable areas through a corruption risk diagnosis for high-ranking public officials and conducted seven improvement training sessions. According to SEMAS, it also listened to internal staff voices through ethics and integrity practice resolution meetings led by executives including the head of the institution, and communication meetings to break down hierarchical barriers.

In addition, SEMAS expanded the scope of the integrity pledge from existing employees to external stakeholders such as consultants and project teams. The “Running People’s Complaints Center” was also operated more than 20 times annually. To promote anti-corruption reporting channels, SEMAS produced integrity promotional quarantine kits and distributed them to traditional markets and small business owners nationwide. This is why SEMAS was able to raise the rating in all categories in this year’s public institution integrity measurement.

Cho Bonghwan, Director of SEMAS, said, “This is the result of efforts to prevent conflicts of interest during proactive administration for small business owners and to strengthen the awareness of internal staff,” adding, “We will strive to become an institution leading anti-corruption.”

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