Zero Corruption Cases in 4 Years... Seoul Metro Selected as Excellent Institution for 3 Consecutive Years in Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission's Comprehensive Integrity Evaluation

Selected as an Excellent Institution in Evaluation of 498 Public Organizations, Top Among Seoul City Investment Institutions
High Ratings in Integrity Efforts through Focused Improvements in Corruption-Prone Areas such as Abuse of Power
President Baekho: "We Will Lead ESG Management as a Model Public Enterprise Promoting Integrity and Ethical Management"

Seoul Metro (President Baek Ho) announced that it has been selected as an excellent integrity institution for three consecutive years in the 2023 Comprehensive Integrity Evaluation of Public Institutions conducted by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission.

It is the highest score among investment institutions under the Seoul Metropolitan Government.

This evaluation was conducted by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission targeting 498 public institutions, measuring efforts to promote anti-corruption and integrity policies as well as internal and external perceptions of integrity within the institutions. The comprehensive integrity score is calculated by combining integrity effort (40%) and integrity perception (60%).

The corporation received uniformly good evaluations across all indicators, particularly achieving high scores in the integrity effort category, which assesses the institution’s anti-corruption achievements and efforts such as improving corruption-vulnerable areas. The integrity effort score was the highest among six urban railway operators nationwide.

The integrity effort indicators include ▲establishment and foundation for anti-corruption promotion plans ▲improvement of corruption-vulnerable areas by institution ▲interest and efforts of institution heads (including senior officials) ▲enhancement of effectiveness in anti-corruption and integrity education ▲maintenance of factors causing corruption ▲efforts to enhance self-inspection of fraudulent public finance claims ▲private cooperation for spreading integrity culture ▲establishment of anti-corruption systems ▲efforts to improve disclosure and accessibility of anti-corruption information ▲and internal member perception surveys on anti-corruption policies.

The corporation designated the eradication of gapjil (abuse of power) as a key task among corruption-vulnerable areas and has been implementing systematic and interconnected improvement measures from prevention to occurrence, response, and post-management of internal and external gapjil. The plan was established based on the 2022 integrity perception survey and internal status investigation results to enhance effectiveness.

Measures to eradicate gapjil include ▲eradication of the all-powerful cartel and establishment of an integrated civil complaint monitoring system ▲establishment of a diagnostic process to eliminate unfair contracts in the vehicle sector ▲activation of a monitoring system to eradicate unfair contracts ▲preventive inspections of subcontracting irregularities at vulnerable sites ▲and operation of customized reporting channels.

In the integrity effort category, the corporation was selected as an excellent case by achieving a 100% completion rate of education for high-ranking public officials in the indicator for strengthening efforts to improve gapjil in the public sector.

Previously, the corporation won the grand prize and encouragement award at the 2023 Anti-Corruption and Integrity Practice Excellent Case Contest hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government Audit Committee, and was also selected as an excellent institution in the Active Administration National Application Merit Awards operated by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, leaving significant footprints this year and gaining external recognition for its achievements in integrity and ethical management.

Baek Ho, President of Seoul Metro, said, “The fact that no corruption incidents have occurred in our corporation over the past four years is thanks to all employees focusing their capabilities on improving integrity with one mind, and the efforts we made in this process have given us the meaningful gift of being recognized as an excellent institution in comprehensive integrity for three consecutive years. Going forward, we will continue to take the lead in practicing ESG management as a model public enterprise leading integrity and ethical management.”

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