Seoul Metro Selected as Best Anti-Corruption Case by Seoul City

Seoul Audit Committee Hosts Anti-Corruption Case Contest, Receives High Praise for 'Strengthening Fairness in Contract Systems'... Achieves 'Excellent' in Public Institution Integrity Evaluation by Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission... Will Continue Efforts for Clean Business Practices

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Seoul Metro (President Kim Sang-beom) was selected as the Best Anti-Corruption Institution in the "Anti-Corruption and Integrity Practice Best Case Contest" hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government Audit Committee, which evaluates the promotion cases of various related organizations such as city departments and autonomous districts under the city.

A total of 32 cases were submitted from city departments, autonomous districts, and investment and contribution institutions, of which 6 cases were selected, including Seoul Metro (Best), 2 Excellence Awards, and 3 Encouragement Awards.

The excellent case of the corporation was "Improvement of Specific Technology Operation System and Strengthening Fairness of Contract System." When selecting companies possessing specific technologies to be applied to the subway, various policies to ensure fairness in external contracts were established and implemented since last year, including ▲a triple safety device where ordering, contracting, and auditing departments review validity in advance ▲quantification of evaluation items ▲inclusion of companies with multiple contracts (2 consecutive or 4 cumulative times or more) as special management targets for a full review of contract conditions.

During the process of establishing standards for fair evaluation of companies, such as requiring submission of selection statements, creating evaluation checklists, and selecting evaluation committee members without bias toward stakeholders, internal departments and external contractors expressed difficulties in their work; however, with the management’s strong anti-corruption will and continuous requests for understanding and cooperation, the system was implemented quickly without major problems.

As a result of continuing efforts to improve integrity, Seoul Metro has steadily achieved good results, including ▲being selected as the Best Institution in the "Seoul Metropolitan Government Anti-Corruption Policy Evaluation" in May last year ▲and obtaining the 2nd grade (Excellence), one level higher than the previous year, in the "2021 Public Institution Integrity Evaluation" by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission in December.

Kim Sang-beom, President of Seoul Metro, said, "I am pleased that the corporation’s pursuit of anti-corruption and integrity was highly evaluated by the Seoul Metropolitan Government amid a turbulent situation," and added, "Transparency and fairness are important values that cannot be abandoned as a public enterprise, so we will continue to make every effort to ensure that integrity takes root steadily in the Seoul subway."

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