KT will clarify the 5 codes of conduct of ethical management by which all employees can refer to and implement accordingly to the real work environment and also do its best to install ethical management firmly in the company through the oath of practice of the principles, ethical management education and year-round communication channel.
Key Implementations of Ethical Management
- Establish and declare new ethical management principles
- Always monitor the practice of ethics and special activities
- Take an oath of practice for new ethical management principles
- Conduct ethical management education for all employees (monthly)
- Implement Holiday Clean KT campaign - Clean 365 Center
- Run a variety of ethical management communication channels per case
Run Ethical Management Communication Channel
Prevention
Channel
- Ethical Management FAQ
- Clean 365 Center
- Risk counsel channel for
all employees
Reporting
Channel
- Report ethics violations
- Run Hot-Line to head of audit
committee
Offline training will be held for all KT companies when new/career staff are hired or new executives appointed. You may want to visit the relevant organization for education when needed.
Ethical Management Activities
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2016
- 09
- Announced ‘Integrity Items’ for all employees according to the enforcement of Kim Young-ran Act (anti-graft law)
- Implemented 2016 Korean Thanksgiving Clean KT campaign
- Revised∙implemented special terms of the practice of ethics
- Revised∙implemented guidelines for ethical management principles
- 02
- Implemented New Year’s Day Clean KT campaign
- 01
- Implemented 2016 ‘oath of practice of ethical management’ (by all employees)
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2015
- 09
- Implemented Korean Thanksgiving Clean KT campaign
- 06
- Made and distributed handbooks of employees’ code of conduct for companywide risk management
- 02
- Implemented New Year’s Day Clean KT campaign
- 01
- Implemented KT group education to internalize ethical management (quarterly)
- Implemented 2015 ‘oath of practice of ethical management’ (by all employees)
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2014
- 08
- Implemented Korean Thanksgiving Clean KT campaign
- 06
- Issued case study of code of conduct for new ethical management
- 03
- Establish and declare new ethical management principles
- Take an oath of practice for new ethical management principles
- 01
- Implemented New Year’s Day Clean KT campaign
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2013
- 09
- Implemented Korean Thanksgiving Clean KT campaign
- 05
- Revised guidelines for code of ethics
- 02
- Implemented New Year’s Day Clean KT campaign
- 01
- Awarded 2012 ethical management prizes
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2012
- 09
- Implemented Korean Thanksgiving Clean KT campaign
- 07
- Established individual work ethics
- Implemented oath of practice for individual work ethics
- 01
- Implemented New Year’s Day Clean KT campaign
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2011
- 09
- Implemented Korean Thanksgiving Clean KT campaign
- 08
- Revised guidelines for code of ethics
- 02
- Implemented New Year’s Day Clean KT campaign
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2010
- 10
- Established ethical management hot-line
- 04
- Established and operated hot-line to head of audit committee
- 02
- All employees took the oath of practice for ethical management
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2009
- 12
- Conducted 2009 ethical management survey
- 06
- Implemented Ethical Management All New Campaign (unethical practice self-report system)
- 03
- Declared ethics charter and revised code of ethics
- 02
- Established Clean KT plan (10 ethical management center tasks, 9 purchase strategy center tasks)
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2008
- 09
- Diagnosed KT ethical management level
- 05
- Joined UN Global Compact
- 03
- Won 9th Business Ethics Awards
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2007
- 12
- Won 2nd Sustainable Management Awards
- 03
- Held Korea’s first CSR committee meeting (quarterly)
- Opened Clean-365 Center (previously the gift report center)
- 01
- Won 4th Transparent Management Awards
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2006
- 06
- Introduced special terms for supplier’s practice of ethics
- 05
- All employees took the oath of practice of ethics
- 03
- Second revised practice guidelines for code of ethics
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2005
- 08
- Established practice guidelines for code of ethics
- 05
- Established and declared code of ethics