ACRC Nurtures Integrity Education Instructors
Who Will Lead Integrity Culture

- According to the growing demand for integrity education,
the ACRC beefs up the pool of instructors for professional and knowledge courses who will teach anti-corruption laws and systems -

(11th Aug. 2021, ACRC)

With the implementation of the Act on the Prevention of Conflict of Interest of Public Officials, the Integrity Training Institute under the Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission (Chairperson: Jeon Hyun-Heui, ACRC) fosters integrity education instructors for professional courses and knowledge courses actively in accordance with growing demand for integrity education and reinforces expertise in education.

The Anti-Corruption Training Institute (ACTI) has been nurturing integrity education instructors since September 2016 when anti-corruption education became mandatory for public officials to support integrity education for public organizations in different levels. About 340 public officials handling audits and integrity affairs, lawyers, and professors have been registered and serving as integrity education instructors.

Also, to enhance expertise of instructors, the institute regularly provides information, such as latest anti-corruption policy and system, various reported cases, and court rulings, and operates refresher training courses for continued improvement of teaching capability.

Each organization operating anti-corruption and integrity courses can visit the homepage of the Anti-Corruption Training Institute (ACTI) (edu.acrc.go.kr) to check out the list of integrity education instructors with their expertise and apply for courses.

< Overview of Integrity Education Instructor System >

Category	Content of courses	Selection and registration process	Process of requesting visiting lecture
Instructors for professional courses	▪Teaching professional courses on ‘anti-corruption laws and systems’ including Improper Solicitation and Graft Act, Act on the Prevention of Conflict of Public Officials, and Code of Conduct for Public Officials	▪Complete instructor training courses (basic and professional courses) offered by the Integrity Training Institute → Pass paper-based evaluation	▪Check the list of instructors at the webpage of Anti-Corruption Training Institute(ACTI), and apply for the lecture. (by each organization)
Instructors for knowledge courses	▪Teaching humanity, history, and philosophy-based knowledge courses to cultivate integrity mindset among citizens and public officials	▪(1st assessment) basic evaluation for instructor registration → Pass evaluation for teaching capability (2nd assessment, class demonstration)

The Anti-Corruption Training Institute (ACTI) decided to foster integrity education instructors more actively and expand the talent pool as there is growing demand for integrity education due to recent enactment of the Act on Prevention of Conflict of Interest of Public Officials.

First, by operating an integrity education instructor training course, the institute fostered 30 new instructors who will provide professional courses on anti-corruption legislations and systems this year, and it plans to select 30 more instructors by the end of this year.

Also, the Anti-Corruption Training Institute (ACTI) will recruit more instructors who will be responsible for humanity and cultural courses to raise integrity awareness among public officials and citizens. Once those applicants who are qualified for certain criteria of instructor pass the second evaluation, they will be registered and serve as integrity education instructor from as early as October.

President Jeong Yun-jeong of the Anti-Corruption Training Institute (ACTI) in the ACRC said, “around 2 million public officials complete anti-corruption education every year. There is growing interest about integrity among citizens and future generation, such as students in elementary, middle and high schools.” She added, “the institute will actively foster integrity education instructors who have expertise to take the lead in spreading integrity culture in our society in the future.”