2017 Fair Player Club Summit and Fair Play Pledge Ceremony was held with participation of approximately 150 representatives from 7 metropolitan cities including Seoul Metropolitan Government, local chambers of commerce & industry, and companies on Friday, February 24, 2017, at Lotte Hotel in Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Fair Player Club is hosted by the Global Compact Network Korea, organized by Global Competitiveness Empowerment Forum, and supported by the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE), Ministry of Interior (MOI), and Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission (ACRC).
Oh Gyu-taek, Deputy Mayor for economic affairs of Ulsan Metropolitan City attened in 2017 Fair Player Club Summit.
In the 2nd Fair Player Club Summit and Fair Play Pledge Ceremony, representatives from companies and organizations pledged for fair play principles to create clean corporate culture and to run business complying with the law and codes of conduct. Also, major outcomes in the Cycle 2 and the plan of the Cycle 3 were introduced during the summit.
Fair Player Club aims to spread a transparent and ethical corporate culture by taking its incremental steps in three years, such as, seminar, research, and raising awareness activities for anti-corruption by industry (Cycle 1), region (Cycle 2), and country (Cycle 3) since 2015.
Since 2015, 125 companies and organizations participated in ‘Fair Play Pledge for Anti-corruption’ and 70 companies and organizations newly participated. Especially, close cooperation with Seoul Metropolitan Government, Busan Metropolitan City, Gwangju Metropolitan City, Daegue Metropolitan City, Ulsan Metropolitan City, Daejeon Metropolitan City, Incheon Metropolitan City and Local Chambers of Commerce & Industry, 34 local companies participated. This year become motivated to raise and spread awareness of compliance and business ethics to local companies.
During the summit, OH, Kyun, 1st Vice Minister, Office for Government Policy Coordination of Prime Minister’s Secretariat / Chief of Pan Governmental Anti- corruption Bureau, PARK Won-soon, Mayor of Seoul Metropolitan Government, KIM Jong-kap, Chairman & CEO of Siemens Korea, and Iohann LE FRAPPER, Vice Chair of the International Chamber of Commerce on Corporate Responsibility & Anti-corruption delivered their congratulatory speeches on spreading the Anti-corruption in management culture. Also, PARK Gyeong-ho, Vice Chair of Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission and Iftekhar ZAMAN, Executive Director of Transparency International Bangladesh gave special lectures.
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