LG Electronics Recruitment Corruption Responsible Person Receives Suspended Sentence in Second Trial

The person in charge of HR duties at LG Electronics, who was indicted on charges of recruitment corruption involving new employees, was also sentenced to a suspended prison term in the second trial.

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The Seoul Central District Court Criminal Appeal Division 8-2 (Presiding Judges Kim Bong-gyu, Kim Jin-young, Kim Ik-hwan) on the 19th applied the charge of obstruction of business to Park Mo, who was the head of HR at LG Electronics headquarters, and sentenced him to 6 months in prison with a 2-year suspension, the same as in the first trial.

The court stated, "Large corporations like LG Electronics must provide applicants with equal conditions and fair opportunities in all procedures including recruitment, evaluation, and hiring of new employees, and must set an example for society. Nevertheless, the decision of successful candidates was made based on personal relationships and business interests, undermining the purpose of open recruitment and seriously damaging fairness."

It also reprimanded, "Acts that destroy procedural fairness caused great frustration and anger among members of society and severely damaged LG Electronics' image."

Park was prosecuted for obstructing recruitment work by fraudulently passing the sons of company executives and others during the LG Electronics new employee selection process from 2013 to 2015.

Investigations revealed that Park, together with the staff, changed the results of two applicants classified as so-called 'management targets' who had failed the first document screening and the second interview screening, respectively, to pass and ultimately hired them.

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