Gyeonggi Province Public Organizations' 'Integrity' Slightly Improved... Internal Integrity Declined

The overall integrity score of 31 public-related organizations under Gyeonggi Province slightly increased.

On the 23rd, the Gyeonggi Provincial Audit Committee, a collegial administrative agency, announced that the ‘2024 Comprehensive Integrity Evaluation Results’ for 31 public-related organizations under Gyeonggi Province recorded a score of 8.59 out of 10. This is an increase of 0.02 points from 8.57 in 2023.

Since 2015, the Audit Committee has been conducting comprehensive integrity evaluations targeting public-related organizations under its jurisdiction for the first time nationwide, diagnosing the level of integrity of each institution through objective and fair assessments, and identifying and improving corruption-prone areas.

The comprehensive integrity score is evaluated in three areas: the ‘external perception’ assessed by residents who have experienced administrative services, the ‘internal perception’ assessed by internal employees of the institutions, and the ‘integrity effort’ evaluating each institution’s anti-corruption efforts. After evaluation, grades are assigned from the highest grade 1 to the lowest grade 5.

According to the evaluation results, the external perception score rose by 0.65 points from the previous year to 9.62. In contrast, the internal perception score fell by 0.25 points to 7.56. The integrity effort score increased by 1.85 points to 10.48.

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

The external and internal perception evaluation surveys involved 5,040 residents and 2,408 employees of the institutions, with a confidence level of 95% and a margin of error of ±1.30%p (external) and ±1.10%p (internal).

Looking at the results by institution, the Gyeonggi Research Institute received grade 1. Grade 2 was awarded to Gyeonggi Tourism Organization, Gyeonggi-do Economic Science Promotion Agency, Gyeonggi Job Foundation, Gyeonggi Transportation Corporation, Gyeonggi Social Service Institute, and Gyeonggi Environment and Energy Promotion Agency. Korea Gyeonggi Co., Ltd., which was evaluated for the first time in the comprehensive integrity evaluation, received grade 5.

The results of this comprehensive integrity evaluation will be reflected in the integrity indicator items of the 2025 public institution management evaluation (based on 2024 performance).

An Sang-seop, Chairman of the Gyeonggi Provincial Audit Committee, stated, "The comprehensive integrity evaluation of public-related organizations aims to diagnose the integrity of institutions, identify and improve corruption-prone areas, and promote ethical management with integrity." He added, "We will provide incentives based on the integrity evaluation results of each institution, offer customized integrity consulting for underperforming institutions, and facilitate integrity mentoring for communication between excellent and underperforming institutions to meet the residents’ expectations for integrity."

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