Ulsan Office of Education Announces This Year's Integrity Measures ... Introduction of Ansim Lawyer Anonymous Proxy Reporting System

Ulsan Office of Education.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education announced the ‘2022 Integrity Measures,’ including the introduction of an anonymous proxy reporting system, to maintain the nation’s top-level integrity.

The three main strategies focus on enhancing the foundation for corruption prevention and integrity, eradicating corruption and increasing trust, and spreading and establishing a culture of integrity.

To advance the foundation for corruption prevention and integrity, an Integrity Measures Task Force led by Superintendent Noh Ok-hee will be operated monthly.

In addition to the existing Public Interest Reporting Center and Power Abuse Reporting Center, a new reporting center for public finance fraud claims under the Public Finance Recovery Act will be established and operated year-round.

As a new initiative, monitoring related to personnel and budget execution will be conducted to improve internal integrity, with investigations and actions taken upon discovering specific misconduct.

To enhance integrity in various public construction tasks, integrity agreements will be signed with organizations such as the Construction Association, and an anonymous proxy reporting system will be introduced through trusted lawyers.

The Office of Education has appointed three local lawyers as trusted lawyers.

These appointed lawyers will submit materials or provide statements on behalf of internal corruption reporters, contributing to the protection of whistleblowers and the activation of reporting.

To eradicate factors undermining integrity and improve trust, strict measures will be applied to unfriendly behavior, unfair and non-transparent work processes, complacency, and evasion of responsibility.

To this end, the Office of Education will implement detailed and intensive plans in various integrity areas, including strengthening integrity education, enhancing special audits, evaluating the integrity of senior officials, reinforcing soundness and accountability in school accounting, and improving systems in procurement contracts.

To spread and establish a culture of integrity, a public-private cooperative integrity network will be built, and an integrity content contest involving citizens, parents, students, and faculty will be held.

To strengthen communication, events such as integrity roundtable discussions, the Integrity Dream Campaign, Integrity Meditation Day, and Integrity Self-Diagnosis Day will also be conducted.

Last year, Ulsan Office of Education was the only public institution nationwide to receive the Presidential Award in the corruption prevention category.

The Office of Education has been rated Grade 1 for three consecutive years in the corruption prevention policy evaluation and was the only education office nationwide exempted from the corruption prevention policy evaluation.

An official from the Office of Education said, “We plan to actively promote integrity campaigns with the local community and parents so that the culture of integrity can spread beyond the Ulsan education sector to the entire Ulsan region.”

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