CODE OF CONDUCT FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Decree is to prescribe the standards of conduct that public officials must obey in accordance with Article 8 of the Act on the Prevention of Corruption and the Establishment and Management of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Dec. 31, 2008]

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Decree are defined as follows: <Amended on Feb. 12, 2016; Sep. 27, 2016; Jan. 16, 2018; Nov. 30, 2021>

1. The term "duty-related person" means an individual (deemed to be an individual if the public official is a private person), corporation, or organization that is related to the official duties of a public official and falls under any of the following categories:

(a) An individual, corporation, or organization that is filing or is clearly seeking to file any of the following civil petitions:

(i) A legal petition as defined in subparagraph 1 (a) (i) of Article 2 of the Civil Petitions Treatment Act (excluding those petitions to apply for or report registration or entry in a ledger, register, etc., or to apply for confirmation or verification of a certain fact or legal relation);

(ii) An inquisitive civil petition as defined in subparagraph 1 (a) (ii) of Article 2 of the Civil Petitions Treatment Act;

(iii) A civil petition for grievance as defined in subparagraph 1 (b) of Article 2 of the Civil Petitions Treatment Act;

(b) An individual, corporation, or organization that directly enjoys benefits or suffers disadvantages from cancellation of an authorization, permission, etc., suspension of business, imposition of a penalty surcharge or administrative fine, etc.;

(c) An individual, corporation, or organization subject to investigation, auditing, supervision, inspection, enforcement, administrative guidance, etc.;

(d) An individual, corporation, or organization that directly enjoys benefits or suffers disadvantages from an adjudication, decision, examination, appraisal, test, assessment, mediation, arbitration, etc.;

CODE OF CONDUCT FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Definitions) #

Article 3(Scope of Application) #

Article 4(Handling Instructions that Impair Fair Performance of Duties) #

Article 5 #

Article 5-2 #

Article 5-3 #

Article 5-4 #

Article 5-5 #

Article 5-6 #

Article 6(Exclusion of Privileges) #

Article 7(Prevention of Budget Use for Other Purposes) #

Article 8(Handling of Unjust Requests by Politicians) #

Article 9(Prevention of Job Solicitation) #

Article 10(Prevention of Influence Peddling) #

Article 10-2(Prohibition of Private Use of Position) #

Article 11(Prohibition of Intercession and Solicitation) #

Article 12(Restrictions on Transactions Using Duty-Related Information) #

Article 13 #

Article 13-2(Prohibition of Solicitation of Private Labor) #

Article 13-3(Prohibition of Unjust Acts by Exercising Authority) #

Article 14(Prohibition of Receipt of Money or Other Valuables) #

Article 14-2(Prohibition of Unjust Requests by Supervisory Agency) #

Article 15(Restrictions on Acceptance of Honoraria for Guest Lectures) #

Article 16 #

Article 17(Restrictions on Notification of Family Events) #

Article 18(Consultation on Violations) #

Article 19(Notification and Verification of Violations) #

Article 20(Disciplinary Action) #

Article 21(Reporting and Handling of Prohibited Money or Other Valuables) #

Article 22(Training) #

Article 23(Designation of the Code of Conduct Official) #

Article 24(Operation of the Code of Conduct for Each Agency) #