Korea National Sports Council to Establish Guidelines for Responding to Illegal and Improper Acts... Building a System to Ensure Normal Operations of Sports Organizations and Protect Employees

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The Korea National Sports Council is preparing a systematic response to illegal or improper acts.

On the 16th, the council announced that it has established "Guidelines for Responding to Illegal and Improper Acts to Protect the Korea National Sports Council and Its Employees" as follow-up measures in response to the need for protecting institutional investors and employees raised at the 19th Board of Directors meeting held on August 26 at the Olympic Hall.

The purpose of these guidelines is to establish standards for systematically responding to illegal or improper acts that infringe upon the honor, trust, or normal operations of the Korea National Sports Council from an institutional investor perspective, and to protect employees from verbal abuse, physical assault, threats, and obstruction of work occurring during the course of their duties.

The guidelines distinguish between illegal or improper acts targeting institutional investors and those targeting employees, specifying response standards for each. For acts such as the dissemination of false facts or manipulated data and obstruction of work that infringe upon normal operations by institutional investors, the council will be able to respond proactively, including through civil and criminal legal measures, after verifying the factual circumstances.

Additionally, if verbal abuse, threats, or physical assault targeting employees persist or pose a risk, staff may terminate their response or report the matter to relevant authorities, and necessary protective measures such as counseling and work adjustments will be implemented for affected employees.

Furthermore, standards were established to ensure that legitimate rights exercises, including proper complaints, reports, whistleblowing, expression of opinions, or criticism, are not restricted. Determinations regarding whether an act is illegal or improper will be made by comprehensively considering factors such as the nature of the act, its repetitiveness, falsity, intent, and the degree of work obstruction.

The council plans to share these guidelines with member sports organizations and municipal/city/provincial sports associations so that each organization can utilize them to establish their own response systems for ensuring normal operations by institutional investors and protecting their employees.

Going forward, the Korea National Sports Council intends to respect legitimate rights exercises such as proper complaints and criticism while firmly responding to illegal or improper acts that damage the honor and trust of institutional investors or hinder normal operations, and actively taking measures to protect the safety and rights of its employees.

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