Busan City Audit Committee Conducts Special Inspection to Establish Discipline in Public Service

Implementation of 3 Inspection Areas (Basic Service, Misconduct, Construction Corruption) Until December

Concurrent Preventive Publicity Activities to Raise Awareness and Improve Perception in the Public Service Sector

The Busan City Audit Committee will intensively carry out a large-scale special inspection for two months until December to establish a proper public service culture within the public sector.

The special inspection areas are ① Basic Duty Inspection ② Misconduct Inspection ③ Construction Corruption Inspection. After finalizing the inspection targets, methods, and key points for each area, the city plans to vigorously promote the special inspection activities.

First, the Basic Duty Inspection will be conducted through unannounced joint on-site checks with the Audit Committee and audit department staff of each institution, targeting the city headquarters (affiliated agencies and offices), districts/counties, and public institutions under the city.

The key inspection points focus on cases of fraudulent receipt of overtime pay after personal errands, or cases where business trips were applied for but not actually taken while improperly receiving travel expenses within the jurisdiction. If detected, strict personnel measures will be taken along with the establishment of recurrence prevention plans for each institution.

Second, the Misconduct Inspection will promptly investigate notifications from the Office for Government Policy Coordination, Ministry of the Interior and Safety, investigative agencies, etc., targeting the city headquarters (affiliated agencies and offices), districts/counties, and subordinate public institutions. Joint investigations will be conducted with related organizations such as the 16 districts/counties, public corporations, and public enterprises for misconduct reports received through the online reporting system (Integrity Voice Box and Public Interest Reporting).

The main inspection points include structural and habitual misconduct, bribery, violations of the Code of Conduct for Public Officials, and violations of the Conflict of Interest Prevention Act.

Third, the Construction Corruption Inspection will conduct special checks on 56 large-scale construction sites in Busan with project costs exceeding 10 billion KRW, and strictly investigate reports received at the Public Construction Corruption Reporting Center established last September.

The key inspection points cover all corruption-related acts such as poor construction related to large-scale public construction projects, safety accident risks, illegal subcontracting, and preferential treatment of specific companies. For reports received at the reporting center, facts will be verified and necessary measures such as audits will be taken.

In addition, the Audit Committee plans to carry out various customized promotional activities to raise awareness and improve perceptions among public sector employees.

A collection of misconduct cases of public officials over the past five years will be compiled and distributed in December, and crime prevention education for city employees will be conducted to improve awareness and prevent similar criminal acts.

Han Sang-woo, Chairperson of the Busan City Audit Committee, stated, “This special inspection departs from the previously independent inspections by sector and introduces a focused and interconnected inspection method for corruption-vulnerable areas to intensively promote the eradication and prevention of misconduct.” He added, “Through special inspection activities by sector, we will concentrate on improving corruption-vulnerable areas and do our best to establish a proper public service culture.”

Busan City Hall.

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