Chosun University Holds Forum on 'Strengthening Publicness in Corporate Management' for Private School Reform

On the 15th, the Chosun University History Innovation Project Group held a forum on "Enhancing the Publicness of Corporate Management and the Openness and Rationality of Board Composition." Photo by Chosun University

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Cho Hyung-joo] Chosun University Private School Innovation Project Group announced on the 17th that it held a discussion forum on the 15th, both online and offline, regarding "Strengthening the Publicness of Corporate Management and the Openness and Rationality of Board Composition."

This forum was organized as a public discussion platform to secure the publicness of corporate management by opening up the composition of the board and seeking rational measures for board composition.

The forum consisted of presentations and discussions. Presentations were given on the topics of "Restriction on the Chairperson Being a Relative of the Founder of the School Corporation" by Park Tae-sung (Auditor of the School Corporation) and "Limitation on the Consecutive Terms of Corporate Directors" by Professor Choi Hong-yeop (Department of Law).

Following this, representatives of the corporation and university members participated in the discussion, including Kim Si-wook, Chair of the Professors' Council at Chosun University; Yang Go-seung, Chair of the Staff Labor Union; Song Ho-chan, President of the Student Council; Kim Yong-rae, Secretary General of the Alumni Association; Ki Woo-sik, Secretary General of Participation and Autonomy 21; and Choi Ho-yong, Director of the Corporate Office at Sungkonghoe University.

Jang Seon-woong, Director of the Private School Innovation Project Group, said, "We expect this forum on the openness of board composition and rational measures for board composition to be a democratic communication platform where diverse opinions are gathered and shared."

Meanwhile, through this project, Chosun University plans to enhance the transparency of accounting in private universities, the democracy and accountability of board operations, and secure the democracy of university decision-making, thereby strengthening the publicness of private education.

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