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The board of directors of the Korea Sports Council has decided to establish an integrity ethics team and improve the election system for the chairman of the Korea Sports Council.
The Korea Sports Council deliberated and voted on a total of eight agendas, including the appointment of vice-chairman and director, and revision of various regulations, at the 9th Korea Sports Council meeting room in Songpa-gu, Seoul, at 2 p.m. on the 26th.
The board also received six reports, including ▶ resignation of the 42nd executive director ▶ appointment of the 42nd executive vice chairman and director ▶ expert advisory officer on the bid to host the Jeonju Summer Olympics, and ▶ improvement of the election system, including the establishment of the Korea Sports and Human Resources Development Institute and ▶ chairman of the Korea Sports Council.
In particular, the board of directors voted on a revision (draft) of 'Organization Regulations' that contains the establishment of an 'Integrity Ethics Team' that oversees the functions of integrity, anti-corruption, ethics, and human rights management. This is a key measure to spread the culture of integrity in the sports community and establish an integrated anti-corruption response system within the organization, and will focus on strengthening the foundation for internal control that all members can feel in the future. It also decided to revise the 「Membership Organization Regulations"」, which calls for mandatory safety management measures when operating member organization competitions and establishing the Korea Sports Council's authority to guide and supervise the entire secretariat of member organization that caused social controversy such as irregularities.
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It also decided to improve the election system, including the chairman of the Korea Sports Council, to increase fairness and representativeness in the election of the head of the sports organization. The main contents included ▶ introduction of direct election system ▶ introduction of mobile and online voting ▶ reinforcement of candidate qualification requirements. This is a measure that reflects social demands and problem consciousness to increase transparency and reliability in the election of sports organizations, and Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Choi Hwi-young reported to President Lee Jae-myung on the need to introduce direct and online voting at a recent Cabinet meeting. The board's decision is a follow-up measure in response to the direction of the State Council, and it will be implemented in stages and collected on-site opinions for the establishment of the system in the future.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
