Principal Activities

Principal Activities

Promoting Compliance to laws and Political System by Constructing a National Integrity System
– Campaigning for the revision of Election Laws
– Participating in the Coalition for Anti-Corruption Legislation
– Rating electoral candidates by voters through participation in voters movements/activities
– Holding an Integrity Pact Development Plan workshops
– Holding Round-Table discussions on Anti-Corruption Laws revision
– Holds Round-table discussions on the development of Citizen Ombudsman System
– Holding a Regional Round-Table discussion and workshop on activating the Citizen Ombudsman System
– Holding Round-table discussions on KICAC’s performance and problems over the past 4 years
– Held the “Anti-Corruption: From Governance to K-PACT” round-table discussion

Anti-Corruption Policy: Research & Collection of Data
1) Anti-Corruption Practice: Anti-Corruption and Clean Society Research Centers
– A Collaborative Anti-Corruption Project with regional religions/religious groups
– Round-table discussion on establishing a standard code of ethics for civil society organizations
– Seminar on improving Seoul Integrity Pacts
– Assessment of Integrity Pacts to improve transparency and yearly collaborative projects with Seoul Junggu District
– Survey on residents’ perception of integrity of Seoul Gangdong-gu District

2) Anti-Corruption Investigative Research Project
– Survey on national Youth Corruption/Anti-Corruption Awareness
– Survey on Public Officials and Civil Servant’s Ethics Awareness
– Research on Public Officials’ Civil Service Code Of Conduct
– Monitoring on Seoul Metropolitan Area Open System
– Research on Anti-Corruption & Citizens’ Participation Activation Plan
– Survey on Seoul Gangdong District resident’s integrity awareness
– Survey on Seoul metropolitan area affiliated organization implementation of integrity pacts
– Research on the degree of improvement of anti-corruption and integrity in public enterprises

3) Anti-Corruption D-base Building
– 16 fields of organizations from the political, business, police, national defence, etc., spheres round table discussion
– Drawing an Anti-corruption map; presentations of the 20 spheres or regions regarding corruption perception index in the world

Educational and Cultural Anti-Corruption and Transparency Movements/Activities
1) Anti-Corruption and Transparency Education
– Anti-Corruption Lecturers Training
– National Auditing Agency System and Education
– Anti-Corruption Education for the Central Administration Agency, local government organizations, and public enterprises
– Youth Anti-Corruption Educational Sessions have been held in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province’s middle and high schools
– “Transparent Society Instructor Training Course” for Busan and Daegu regions’ civil society organization activists

2) Anti-Corruption and Transparency Publicity
– Distribution of anti-corruption guides and other anti-corruption publications
– Distribution and publication of anti-corruption books and pamphlets geared towards youth
– Publishing K-PACT informational pamphlets for wider distribution
– Monthly publication of “Transparent Society” magazine
– Publication of “Transparency Society Instructor Training Course” instructional materials

3) Exercising a Culture of Citizen Participation
– Holding an International Anti-Corruption Film Festival
– Holding an Anti-corruption Quiz Tournament
– Holding an Anti-Corruption parody exhibition
– Cambodia Study Tour

Developing a Fixed and Transparent Business Culture Through Ethical Management
1) Survey of Domestic Businesses’ Implementation of Business Ethics Principles
– Survey of 30 major businesses’ actual implementation of ethical principles
– Questionnaire survey on venture businesses’ adherence to ethical principles
– Survey of 300 major businesses’ actual implementation of ethical principles

2) Business Ethics School
– Creating a culture of good business ethics by strategically supervising domestic enterprises
– Understanding the reality of business ethics by developing a business ethics index
– Standardizing and promulgating an anti-corruption and ethical management system

Creating a Transparent Society with national, governmental, and business sectors
1) Clean Korea 21
2000-2001: 30 organizations – agencies, independent governmental organizations, business, civil society organizations, etc. participated in an exhibition of anti-corruption systems and activities and anti-corruption awareness raising.

2003: 11th National Anti-Corruption Annual Meeting in conjunction with the Anti-Corruption Art Exhibition
2004: Public, political, business, and civil society sectors collaborated in developing K-PACT
2005: Proposed K-PACT to the government, political, financial, and civil society sectors
2006: Promulgated the Youth Anti-Corruption Education and International Anti-Corruption Day Campaign

Implementing and broadening K-PACT
1) Broadening K-PACT
– Proposing and concluding K-PACT with government, national assembly, business, civil society organizations
– participating in a joint meeting with the K-PACT Council, executive council, and local government
– Evaluating the results of K-PACT’s implementation in each sector

2) Concluding and promoting K-PACT in the Seoul region
– Seoul PACT CSO promotion inaugural meeting
– Creating a transparent Seoul citizen round-table discussion
– Proposing K-PACT to Seoul’s regional public, business, and education sectors

International Anti-Corruption Activities
1) Introducing Korea’s Anti-Corruption and Transparency Activities
– Introducing integrity pacts and TI-Korea’s anti-corruption activities to Northern Asia
– Promoting international anti-corruption publicity through an English anti-corruption newsletters
– Producing Transparency International’s models and anti-corruption related materials in CD-ROM format for wide distribution
– Openly participating as a contributor in an anti-corruption related international conferences

2) Holding International Anti-Corruption Workshops and Forums
– TI Annual General Meeting, East Asian Regional Meeting, and workshop in Seoul
– International Anti-Corruption Youth Forum held in Seoul
– Participating in the US NDI (National Democratic Institute – a non-profit organization) International Workshop held in the US
– TI NIS (National Integrated System) Workshop held in Seoul

3) Participating in International Anti-Corruption Activities
– Participating in the UN and OECD NGO activities
– Presenting the Corruption Perception Index (CPI), Bribery Perceptions Index (BPI)
– Participated in Japanese National Citizen Ombudsman General Meeting and the US Ombudsman Association Educational Courses
– Participated in TI Advisory Committee Commission, Board of Directors election, current Board of Directors activities
– Collaborated with TI East Asian Regional activities

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