▣ On Dec. 28, KEPCO NF (KNF) announced that it had achieved Grade 1 in overall integrity for the “2023 Comprehensive Integrity Evaluation for Public Agencies.”

▣ KNF received high marks in the Comprehensive Integrity Evaluation in 2021 and 2022 by achieving Grade 2 in both years; the company acquired the highest mark this year by rising to Grade 1.

▣ Of the 192 agencies with public relations subject to this year’s Comprehensive Integrity Evaluation, only four agencies achieved Grade 1, KNF being one of them. In addition, KNF was the only one to reach Grade 1 in its evaluation group, Public Relations Agencies III, which includes 45 institutions.

▣ To enhance its integrity and make a leap to becoming a leading company in transparency, KNF actively implemented three strategies consisting of improvement in areas vulnerable to corruption, internalization of integrity awareness, and advancement of anti-corruption systems. KNF also established anti-corruption and integrity policies comprising nine detailed implementation tasks.

▣ In particular, KNF stressed the importance of leadership with integrity under the initiative of CEO Choi Ik-su by conducting the Transparent Leadership Evaluation for 2-year managers. Other efforts include fulfilling various integrity culture activities, including expanding integrity awareness actions through communication meetings between the CEO and staff, between different classes, and between generations centered around the Integrity Agent, the company’s communication channel.

▣ CEO Choi said, “We were able to achieve excellent results because all members of the company worked to raise awareness of integrity,” adding, “We will continue to do our best to develop a company culture that encourages employees to communicate with each other based on a sense of integrity.” 

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