Mokpo City, Commitment to Creating a Clean Public Service Environment

Promotion of the 2022 Anti-Corruption and Integrity Comprehensive Plan to Improve Internal and External Integrity

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jeong Seunghyun] Mokpo City in Jeollanam-do announced on the 7th that it has established the ‘2022 Comprehensive Anti-Corruption and Integrity Measures’ and plans to actively implement them to create a clean public service and a trusted city administration.

Last year, the city was rated Grade 3 among city-level local governments nationwide in the Integrity Evaluation conducted by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission.

Accordingly, the city has designated this year as the year of ‘Integrity Rebound’ and will promote various integrity policies to internally foster a sound workplace culture and externally listen to voices from the field.

To improve internal integrity, the city will create an atmosphere where all employees actively participate in integrity activities by implementing ▲ audits and education on improper budget execution ▲ autonomous internal control and collection of employee difficulties through integrity keepers in each department ▲ support for proactive administration to prevent passive administration ▲ operation of communication and empathy programs between generations and ranks within the workplace.

Along with this, the city will spread an integrity culture by ▲ mandating all employees to complete more than 2 hours of integrity education ▲ conducting integrity education with executives and staff of affiliated institutions ▲ strengthening education for public officials and public awareness on the Anti-Graft Act, the Public Officials Conflict of Interest Prevention Act, and others.

Externally, the city will strengthen audits while collecting field difficulties in areas such as construction, service contracts, subsidies, and permits, and enhance feedback on civil complaints satisfaction by sending integrity notification messages (online) and integrity postcards (offline).

Furthermore, to eradicate habitual corruption, the city will strengthen regular inspections and conduct self-audits and monitoring in corruption-prone areas to focus more on preventing misconduct in advance.

In addition, the city operates an anti-corruption public interest reporting integrity portal to activate reporting of corrupt acts and protect whistleblowers.

A city official said, “We will do our best to continuously and thoroughly implement policies to improve integrity so that we can advance as an excellent integrity institution.”

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