‘Comprehensive Integrity Grade 1’ … BPA Contributes to Spreading Integrity Culture, Receives Prime Minister’s Commendation

Busan Port Authority (BPA) was selected as an outstanding institution in the 2022 Comprehensive Integrity Evaluation and received the Prime Minister's Commendation at the 11th National Integrity Day ceremony hosted by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission.

The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission designates the 27th as "National Integrity Day" and holds a commemorative ceremony every year, awarding excellent institutions that have contributed to the promotion of national integrity and the spread of anti-corruption and integrity culture throughout the year.

BPA achieved the highest grade, Grade 1, for the first time since its establishment in the 2022 public institution comprehensive integrity evaluation, contributing to corruption prevention and improvement of integrity, and received the Prime Minister's Commendation in the comprehensive integrity evaluation outstanding category on National Integrity Day.

The comprehensive integrity evaluation is a system implemented since 2002 under the supervision of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission to improve corruption-prone areas in the public sector and spread a culture of integrity.

The evaluation includes integrity perception, which measures internal employees' and the general public's perception and experience of corruption in internal and external work processes; integrity effort, which evaluates the institution's efforts to promote anti-corruption and integrity policies; and corruption status, which reflects the occurrence of corruption incidents within the institution.

The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission announces the comprehensive integrity grade for each institution annually.

Officials from Busan Port Authority and other organizations recognized for excellence in the 2022 Comprehensive Integrity Evaluation are receiving awards.

To improve integrity, BPA has established its own ethical management system and strengthened monitoring and preventive activities through ethical risk diagnosis.

Additionally, the head of the institution has signed an integrity pledge with the labor union to communicate with internal and external stakeholders and conducts on-site inspections.

BPA also conducts education and campaigns on the Act on the Prohibition of Solicitation and the Act on Prevention of Conflict of Interest for stakeholders within Busan Port, shares the authority’s best practices in integrity with other public institutions, and strives to expand the foundation of integrity culture in the local and public sectors.

Kang Jun-seok, President of BPA, said, “The award for achieving Grade 1 in the comprehensive integrity evaluation is the result of raising integrity awareness together with BPA employees and stakeholders of Busan Port,” adding, “We will continue to make greater efforts to create a clean and transparent Busan Port.”

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