KOSHA’s Commitments to Clean Culture and Credible Governance Recognized

KOSHA wins PM’s Commendation in “National Sinmungo Award”

February 25, 2011

At the National Sinmungo[1] Award, organized by Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission, Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA; President: Min-Ki Noh) received the Prime Minister’s Commendation in recognition of promoting the culture of clean governance and integrity.

The award ceremony was held on February 25 at the Korea Press Foundation, located in Jung-gu, Seoul. KOSHA’s efforts to root out corruption and policy improvements to spread clean culture were well recognized through the award.

So far, KOSHA has been making agency-wide endeavors to stave off corruption, including: establishment of ethical management system; operation of hot line that enable workers to report any corrupt behaviors directly to the auditor; introduction of clean ombudsman system that helps to prevent social irregularities; operation of cyber audit department; and the introduction of employee’s clean mileage system.

After the evaluation of agencies conducted by the Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission, KOSHA was rated “excellent” in 2009 and 2010 under anti-corruption category, and rated “outstanding” in cleanliness category.

The awards given out during the ceremony went to 85 individuals and 11 organizations under three categories including anti-corruption, ombudsman, and public service.

As an individual awardee, Deputy Director Se-Hyun Kwon of the Audit Department at KOSHA received the President’s Commendation for his efforts to keep the operations in KOSHA transparent.

The National Sinmungo Award started in 2009 and this year’s event marks its third year. The awards are given to acknowledge organizations and individuals of their hard work in easing people’s grievances and spreading clean culture.

President Min-Ki Noh of KOSHA said, “Integrity and ethical management are the pre-requisites for an organization trusted by customers. KOSHA will continue accident prevention efforts together with activities that make the operations in KOSHA transparent and corruption-free.”