Corporate training · Public institutions · Integrity training · Anti-Graft Act · Conflict of Interest Prevention Act · Fair trade · Ethical management
Ethics and compliance training — the Anti-Graft Act, Conflict of Interest Prevention Act, and fair trade self-compliance, taught through real-world cases
Audience
Public officials and public-sector employees · Financial-sector and corporate employees · Partners and vendors
Format
In person (on-site) · Online (live video)
What it covers
Anti-Graft Act · Conflict of Interest Prevention Act · Fair Trade Compliance Program · Embedding the Code of Ethics
What you keep
A one-page case guide for your organization + a reporting and consultation contact table
Reply
We reply within 24 hours
10-question case quiz: What would you do?
Pick an answer and the explanation opens right away. No question asks about monetary limits or reporting deadlines — those numbers change, and what splits opinion on the job is “is it related to my duties?” and “do I have to report first?” Your results are attached to the quote request below, and training starts with the questions most people miss.
- Improper Solicitation and Graft ActEmployeesWhile a bid review was under way, a sales rep sent a coffee gift card to a public agency contact, saying 'thanks for your hard work.'Answer · Not allowed
With counterparties closely tied to your duties, such as reviewers or evaluators, the rule is not to give or accept anything, however small. Not only the public official who receives it but also the employee who sent it and their company can be sanctioned. - Anti-Graft ActPublic officialsAfter a work meeting, a public agency employee had a meal with a vendor, and each paid for their own share.Answer · Allowed
If each person paid their own share, nothing was given or received. But if the other party quietly paid the bill, you have received something at that moment, so it is safer to state the payment arrangement beforehand. - Anti-Graft ActPublic officialsAn acquaintance said, 'My child just applied for a job at your agency. Please put in a good word.'Answer · Report it or consult first
A request to influence hiring is a classic improper solicitation. State clearly that you decline, and if the same request comes again, report it to your organization’s solicitation reporting desk. Keep a record that you declined. - Conflict of Interest Prevention ActPublic officialsA contracts officer learns that a company run by their spouse is bidding on the current tender.Answer · Report it and consult first
When a family member is a party related to your duties, the principle is to report the private interest and step away from that work (recusal). Don’t decide that you can handle it fairly on your own. - Conflict of Interest Prevention ActPublic officialsUsing information about a planned development site learned on the job, an employee bought nearby land in a family member’s name.Correct answer · No, you must not
Profiting from nonpublic information learned on the job, whether yourself or through family, is prohibited. Putting it in a family member’s name changes nothing. - Conflict of Interest Prevention ActPublic officialsA senior colleague who recently retired has moved to a vendor that does business with your organization and contacts you: “Let’s play golf together, like old times.”Answer · Report it or consult first
When a former employee becomes a party related to your duties and contacts you privately, the rule is to report it to your organization. The reporting period is set by law, so check with your organization’s audit or integrity office. - Fair Trade Compliance Program (CP)EmployeesAt an industry gathering, a competitor’s sales director suggests, “Let’s coordinate how much we raise unit prices next year.”Answer · You must not
Coordinating prices or volume plans with a competitor is collusion, and even sharing the information can be a problem. State your objection clearly, leave the meeting, then tell the compliance department what happened there. - Fair Trade Compliance Program (CP)PartnersTo hit a cost-cutting target, you are told to notify partners that, starting this month, the unit prices on their existing contracts will be cut across the board.Correct answer · No, you must not
Unilaterally cutting an agreed price without justification or consultation may violate subcontracting and fair trade laws. Price adjustments must follow a consultation process backed by supporting documents. - Embedding the code of ethicsPartnersA box of holiday fruit from a partner arrives at a purchasing team member’s home.Answer · Report it and consult first
Most codes of ethics bar accepting gifts from business counterparts, and require that any gift already received be returned or handled through company procedure. Don’t just send it back on your own. Tell the ethics contact point so there is a record. - Embedding your code of ethicsEmployeesA team manager appeared to be taking kickbacks from a partner company. The employee anonymously reported it through the company’s internal reporting channel.Answer · Yes, you can
Internal reporting channels exist for exactly this kind of situation. The company must protect the reporter’s identity and must not retaliate. Separating confirmed facts from assumptions helps the investigation.
Answered 0/10 · Correct 0 — included with your quote requestGet a quote →
Laws and codes we cover — four tracks
The emphasis differs by organization and company. Public institutions focus on anti-graft and conflict of interest, financial firms and large corporations on fair trade and codes of ethics, and companies that deal with public institutions on the giving side of the Anti-Graft Act.
- 🎁Anti-Graft ActApplies to · Public officials and employees of public institutions · journalists · private school staff, and those who give to them (private companies and their employees)Don’t make or accept improper requests for favors, and don’t take money or gifts from anyone connected to your work. Companies are exposed on the giving side: sales and government-relations staff and the company itself can both face sanctions.
- ⚖️Conflict of Interest Prevention ActApplies to · Public officials and employees of public institutions (companies that do business with them should understand the rules from the other side)Reporting duties in which you have a private interest and recusing yourself, not using information learned on the job for private purposes, and managing private contact with former employees and parties related to your duties.
- 🤝Fair Trade Compliance (CP)Who it’s for · Employees of financial institutions, large companies, and mid-sized companies · Procurement, sales, and partner management staffDon’t share price or volume information with competitors, and don’t set payments or terms unilaterally for partners. This is a regular training topic at companies that run a Compliance Program (CP).
- 🧭Embedding the code of ethicsApplies to · All employees · Partners (partner code of conduct)Turn your company’s code of ethics from a “document to read and sign” into a “standard for judgment,” working through gifts, hospitality, company assets, and internal reporting with your own company’s cases.
Audience × Form — to whom, and how
Even under the same law, the focus is on the receiving side for public officials, the giving side for companies, and the prime contractor’s code of conduct for partner firms. Find your situation in the table.
| Audience / Format | In person | Online (live video) |
|---|---|---|
| Public officials and public institution employeesPublic institutions · Public enterprises · Local governments · Offices of education | Integrity training + case-based judgment on anti-graft and conflict-of-interest rules Teams judge on-the-job scenarios such as outside lecture requests, meals with parties related to your duties, and disclosure of private interests. We provide an attendance sheet, a results report, and completion verification materials. 2 hours · Half day | Company-wide integrity training, all at once Live video training that lets headquarters, branch offices, and field sites attend together. Case quizzes are answered through live polling, and attendance is confirmed from login records. 2 hours |
| Employees of financial firms and large corporationsLed by compliance, ethics management, or HR | Department-Specific Compliance Workshop Sales and government relations get the Anti-Graft Act and fair trade; purchasing gets subcontracting and partner relations — we split the sessions by the cases each department actually faces. 2 hours · Half day | Annual ethics and compliance training A live session for branch and sales teams nationwide to attend together. It also covers revisions to the code of ethics and the internal reporting channels. 2 hours |
| Partners and vendorsTraining that a prime contractor hosts for its partners’ employees | Partner Code of Conduct Briefing We walk partner company executives and staff through the prime contractor’s code of conduct, gift-return procedure, and reporting channels using cases. It is held on the same day as shared-growth and partnership events. 2 hours | Simultaneous online training for partners We bring partner firms from different regions together in one live video session, with an attendance list for each firm. 2 hours |
Check the numbers here — governing laws and agencies
This page doesn’t give amount limits for meals, gifts, or condolence and congratulatory payments, nor reporting deadlines, restricted periods, or fine amounts. These figures have changed several times through amendments to the enforcement decrees, and an agency’s or company’s own rules are often stricter than the law. In training, we check the latest standards from the bodies above against your organization’s code of conduct or ethics code.
- Korea Law Information Center — Improper Solicitation and Graft Act ↗Current full text: types of improper solicitation, the ban on accepting money or valuables and its exceptions, and value limits (enforcement decree)
- Korea Law Information Center — Conflict of Interest Prevention Act ↗Current full text: reporting and recusal for private interests, the ban on using confidential information gained through your duties, and reporting private contact with retirees
- Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) ↗Casebook of interpretations, Q&A, and integrity training guidance for the Anti-Graft Act and Conflict of Interest Prevention Act
- Korea Fair Trade Commission ↗Cases of collusion and subcontracting violations, and guidance on the Fair Trade Compliance Program (CP)
Agenda — 2 hours (standard)
Lectures are kept short, with more time for case judgment and speaking practice. Depending on the audience, we swap the Conflict of Interest Prevention Act session with a fair trade session.
120 min standard
10 min
Opening session — case quiz results
We start from the results of a case quiz taken in advance. The questions most people missed are where we focus today.
Takeaway · A ranking of the situations your organization finds most confusing
30 min
Anti-Graft Act: givers and receivers
Through cases, we cover duty-relatedness, what improper solicitation looks like, and the steps for returning a gift and reporting it. Monetary limits are checked against the latest enforcement decree on the day.
Takeaways · What to do when you’re offered a gift or asked for a favor
25 min
Conflict of Interest Prevention Act — Disclose and recuse
The moment a family member or acquaintance becomes a party related to your duties, information obtained on the job, contact with former employees: groups decide whether each must be reported. (For private-sector audiences, we swap this for a fair trade session.)
Takeaways · Decision table for reporting private interests
25 min
Fair trade and ethics code: situations you’ll face at work
Conversations with competitors, partner pricing, returning gifts, company assets — we put your code of ethics beside real cases and test each clause.
Takeaways · Decision cases for our company’s code of ethics
20 min
Speaking practice — decline, report, document
Practice saying it out loud: declining a request, returning a gift, urging someone to report. It is hardest when the other person is a boss, a senior colleague, or a long-time vendor.
Takeaway · 3 sentences for declining, returning, and reporting
10 min
Wrap-up — decision casebook and reporting channels
We pull the cases covered today into one page, then fill in a table showing which desk in your organization or company each scenario goes to.
What you keep: a one-page case guide + a reporting and consultation contact table
What this course does not do
- Lectures on memorizing legal articles and amountsWe don’t make people memorize article numbers or amount tables. The numbers change; what people need on the job is the instinct to judge 'is this related to my duties?'
- Ending with scare tacticsTraining that just lists penalty cases ends with “let’s not do anything.” We spend the time practicing the sentences for declining, reporting, and documenting.
- Legal rulings on individual casesWe do not judge during training whether a case in progress is a violation. We refer you to your organization’s integrity or audit office, your company’s compliance department, or the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission.
- Another company’s ethics codeWe don’t teach generalities. We collect your agency’s code of conduct or company ethics code in advance and work through the cases using its own clauses.
Why we created this course
Training managers keep telling us the same things: “We run integrity training every year, but it’s the same lecture every time and nobody engages,” and “We need an ethics program our partner companies can attend too.” We already cover statutory mandatory training such as sexual harassment, personal data, and safety in the Mandatory Training Guide, and public-sector ordering in Public Sector Training Procurement. But nothing grouped anti-graft, conflict of interest, and fair trade by audience. So instead of a lecture to memorize, we built a program where participants judge real situations themselves, the moments where people actually disagree.
How it works
- Case quizAnswer the 10 case-quiz questions on this page, then send us your score and the questions you missed with your inquiry.
- Program plan and quoteBased on your audience (public officials, employees, partner companies), format (in-person or online), and headcount, we send a program plan, instructor profiles, and a quote within 24 hours.
- Code and policy reviewWe collect your code of conduct, code of ethics, and reporting procedures in advance and tailor the case answers to your organization’s standards.
- TrainingA standard 2-hour session on judging real cases. Participants take a pre-quiz in an online survey.
- Results summaryAlong with attendance and completion records, we give the training manager a summary of the most-missed questions and the questions raised during the session.
Request a quote for ethics & compliance training
Tell us your audience, format, headcount, and timing, and we’ll send a program outline, instructor profiles, and quote within 24 hours. If you have an agency code of conduct or company ethics code, send it after we reply and we’ll tailor the case answers to your organization’s standards.
No answers yet — take the 10-question case quiz above and your score and missed questions will appear here. You can also submit without taking the quiz.
FAQ
Does it count toward required integrity training hours?
We tailor the program to your organization’s completion requirements (hours, format, instructor conditions) and provide an attendance sheet, a results report, and completion verification materials. If a bid notice sets instructor qualifications (for example, a specialist instructor registered with the integrity training institute), we propose only when we have an instructor who meets them.
Don’t you cover the amount limits (meals, gifts, condolence money)?
We cover these in training but don’t list them on this page. They have changed with amendments to the enforcement decrees, and agency codes of conduct or company ethics codes are often stricter, so on the day of training we check the latest standards against your organization’s own rules.
Do private companies need Improper Solicitation and Graft Act training too?
Yes. Under Korea’s Improper Solicitation and Graft Act, giving is sanctioned just like receiving. Sales, government-relations, and proposal staff who deal with public institutions handle more cases on the giving side than the receiving side. If your company does no business with public institutions, we shift the emphasis toward fair trade and your code of ethics.
Can the training be delivered online only?
Delivered live over video. Case quizzes are answered through live polls, and attendance is confirmed from login records. We do not deliver recorded lectures (VOD) for upload to an e-learning system.
Can the prime contractor host training for its partner firms?
Yes. We build it around the prime contractor’s partner code of conduct, gift return procedures, and reporting channels, and provide an attendance check list by partner company. It is often scheduled on the same day as a shared growth or partnership event.
Can the session run longer than 2 hours?
Extending to a half day adds more time for department-specific case workshops (sales, purchasing, HR) and for speaking practice on declining and reporting. It can also be scheduled back-to-back, on the same day, with statutory mandatory training such as sexual harassment and workplace bullying prevention.
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