Shinan-gun Establishes 'Special Comprehensive Measures' to Improve Integrity

Improving Integrity through Creating a Workplace Culture Conducive to Good Working Conditions

Shinan-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Park Woo-ryang) has established a comprehensive plan to improve integrity in 2024 to foster a culture of honesty and create a better working environment, and is set to begin full-scale implementation.

According to the county on the 14th, in the 2023 comprehensive integrity evaluation, Shinan-gun received the lowest rating due to a decline in external integrity, causing deep concern among residents. In response, a drastic comprehensive plan has been devised.

The main contents of the comprehensive plan include four key integrity promotion strategies: strengthening internal capabilities, improving the integrity of high-ranking public officials, preemptively blocking corruption to enhance external integrity, and operating an integrity incentive system.

Exterior view of Sinan-gun Office

In particular, the plan focuses on thoroughly inspecting vulnerable areas such as permits and approvals, contracts, and subsidy support, and preparing improvement measures for each department in these fields to restore residents' trust and transform Shinan into an integrity-driven county.

Additionally, all public officials will participate in an integrity pledge event on the 15th, and integrity emotional education will be conducted by inviting external experts to focus on restoring trust within the public service community.

Detailed measures by sector include customized integrity education, fostering an integrity-based public service culture, leading by example among high-ranking officials including agency heads, supplementing corruption blind spots, and establishing open audits, forming seven major promotion tasks.

Furthermore, to secure momentum for integrity policy implementation, a visiting integrity guardian team will be organized and operated.

Channels for public interest reporting will be established to strengthen regular inspections in corruption-prone areas such as construction contracts, permits and approvals, and subsidy support. A quarterly integrity policy reporting meeting will be held for each department to establish a practical integrity practice culture involving all members.

Moreover, continuous evaluation of integrity policies will identify issues for improvement, and an integrity feedback system will be established to share information among employees and promote development.

Governor Park Woo-ryang stated, “A society where honest public officials are respected and integrity becomes our natural culture,” adding, “All public officials of Shinan-gun will reflect on public ethics with extraordinary determination, reconsider whether there are any past wrong practices, and make relentless efforts until residents can truly feel the change.”

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