On the 18th, the Gyeonggi Provincial Council conducted a 'Integrity Education and Integrity Practice Pledge Ceremony' for public officials at grade 5 and above in the Council Secretariat.
This integrity education was promoted to diagnose the current situation based on last year's comprehensive integrity evaluation of local councils and to seek improvement measures, aiming to strengthen the practice of integrity and anti-corruption within the organization.
About 70 public officials at grade 5 and above from the Council Secretariat, including Director Kim Jong-seok, six department offices, and 13 specialized committee offices, attended the education session.
Kim Yoon-ji, head of the Public Service Ethics Team, who gave the lecture, analyzed the results of the 'Corruption Perception and Corruption Experience Survey,' which was the biggest deduction factor in last year's comprehensive integrity evaluation, and introduced the direction of the anti-corruption and integrity policies to be vigorously promoted this year.
Following this, the 'Integrity Practice Pledge Ceremony,' expressing the anti-corruption will of all employees, and the 'Integrity Implementation Slogan Performance' were held.
Employees of the Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly Secretariat are taking the integrity pledge on the 18th.
The integrity practice pledge included commitments as public officials of the Provincial Council to prevent corruption in the public service and to set an example in creating a clean and fair society.
The key pledge items are ▲ prohibition of improper solicitation ▲ exclusion of external undue interference ▲ eradication of money and entertainment hospitality ▲ exclusion of private interests ▲ elimination of power abuse ▲ fostering a clean organizational culture.
The Provincial Council will conduct an integrity awareness survey to reflect in this year's anti-corruption and integrity policy plans and will provide corruption prevention and integrity education to all employees in the second half of the year.
Kim Jong-seok, Director of the Council Secretariat, stated, "We plan to continue education to thoroughly eliminate bad customs that have been practiced traditionally and to create a clean organizational culture," and urged, "I ask all employees to actively participate so that the Gyeonggi Provincial Council can regain high trust in terms of integrity."
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