Focused Discussion on Improvement Measures for Corruption-Prone Areas
Yongsan-gu, Seoul (District Mayor Park Heeyoung) is accelerating efforts to spread integrity within the organization, with the goal of creating an "integrity culture that moves residents."
On July 25, the district held the "2nd Integrity Meeting for Comprehensive Improvement of Integrity in Corruption-Prone Areas in 2025" at the district office's smart conference room, presided over by Park Heeyoung, Mayor of Yongsan-gu. During the meeting, practical improvement measures for corruption-prone areas were discussed.
Heeyoung Park, mayor of Yongsan District, is presiding over the "2nd Integrity Meeting for Comprehensive Improvement of Integrity in Corruption-Prone Areas in 2025" on the 25th. Provided by Yongsan District.
Previously, in June, the district established the "Yongsan-gu Integrity Council," a consultative body directly under the head of the institution, to achieve "Integrity Grade 1 Yongsan." The council, which holds regular meetings three times a year with senior officials and key department heads, serves as an integrated platform for integrity policies. It strengthens organizational integrity capabilities by sharing anti-corruption initiatives and promoting interdepartmental cooperation.
At the meeting, department heads from corruption-prone areas, including the Taxation Division 1, attended and shared difficulties in sensitive work areas such as contracts, tax administration, permits and licensing, and subsidy projects. They proposed a variety of improvement plans and measures for fair and prompt civil service processing, including strengthening training to enhance staff expertise, diversifying complaint reception methods and expanding advance guidance, reinforcing feedback on permit and licensing procedures, standardizing work processing criteria and sharing unique cases, expanding kindness training, and promoting proactive administration.
In addition, Yongsan-gu is continuously operating various programs to foster an integrity-oriented organizational culture, such as integrity training for new employees, field trips for rookie public servants to learn about integrity, online integrity self-learning programs, anti-bullying code of conduct education, healing programs for young public servants in corruption-prone departments, integrity radio, integrity golden bell quizzes, and integrity concerts.
Mayor Park stated, "Integrity goes beyond simply preventing corruption; it is about building trust with residents," and urged, "Each department should take ownership and improve corruption-prone factors to provide warm and trustworthy administration."
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