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Enhancing the Integrity of Public Sector (Closing Legal & Regulatory Loopholes)

Closing Legal & Regulatory Loopholes

Introduction

To realize a “clean government with integrity,” one of the state principles of the incumbent administration, a variety of efforts have been made to improve institutions by eliminating corruption causing factors such as the leakage of budget and collusion for privilege. Improvements customized to each organization have also been implemented through cooperation with pertinent organizations. Analyses of corruption reports regarding budgetary waste and surveys about integrity were utilized to identify areas which both held considerable influence over public life and lacked integrity.

2018 Result of Operation

In 2018, the public companies, budget waste, local administration, and private sector corruption were selected as the four major areas of anti-corruption, and the ACRC actively made 25 recommendations for incompatible laws and regulations. By doing so, the ACRC intended to eliminate chronic corruption vulnerabilities, such as employment irregularities at public institutions, bribery and rebate practices by businesses, and financial leaks related to public purchases and subsidies.

Among the 25 system improvement tasks recommended in 2018, "enhancement of the efficiency of the operation of gas stations designated by public institutions" and "enhancement of transparency of the operating system of commercial lease businesses of public enterprises" were implemented early through the active cooperation of related organizations.

In addition, many people have expressed sympathy and support for the need to improve the system for tasks that have been in the blind spots of supervision for internal or external control, such as 'strengthening the post-management of local council's budget execution' and 'preventing preferential treatment in the use of airport VIP rooms'.

Recommendation of Institutional Improvement

(unit: number of recommended cases)

Integrity Assessment Results table list
Year Civil complaint area Anti-corruption area Total
2009 99 18 117
2010 69 22 91
2011 48 33 81
2012 44 22 66
2013 50 16 66
2014 45 18 63
2015 45 18 63
2016 42 10 52
2017 36 24 60
2018 33 25 58
2019 48 13 61

2016 Major Examples of Recommendation

  • Improvement of Operation and Management of National Grants and Scholarships
  • Improvement in Practices of Funding for National Consultative Councils Established by the Heads of Local Governments and Other Organizations
  • Enhancement of Impartiality of Appraisal and Assessment Work of Public Institutions
  • Enhancing Effectiveness of Disciplinary Actions against Sexual Assaults and Drunk Driving in Organizations Related to Public Service