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Performance of the Fair Trade Compliance Program (CP) Operation in the First Half of 2025

2025년 7월 1일

 

1. Status of Fair Trade Compliance Program (CP) Operation  
1. Title Report on the Operation of the Fair Trade Compliance Program (CP) for the First Half of 2025
2. Key Details A. CP Operation Performance for the First Half of 2025
○ Fair Trade Commission CP Rating Evaluation
  - Submitted required documents for CP rating evaluation in March
  - Attended the Fair Trade Compliance Manager Meeting hosted by the Korea Fair Trade
    Mediation Agency in May (5.14.)  
○ Fair Trade Education
  - Conducted education for internal employees
    * Held Fairness and Ethics Meetings for employees, led by the Head of the Integrity
      Management Office [24 sessions, 124 participants in total]
    * Conducted mandatory online fair trade education (6.23.~7.17.)
    * Delivered fair trade education through 16 sessions: newsletters, elevator screens
      and campaign emails
    * Provided fair trade education for KCC Group suppliers (3 sessions, 5.15.~22.)
    * Conducted fair trade education during the 2025 EHP supplier meeting (3.20.2025)
  - Education for CP operation staff
    * Attended pre-briefing session for CP rating evaluation hosted by the Korea Fair Trade
      Mediation Agency (2.26.)
    * Attended briefing session on the Subcontract Payment Adjustment System hosted
      by the Korea Fair Trade Mediation Agency (6.13.)
○ CP-Related Audits and Pre-Inspections in the First Half
  - Conducted pre-audit of direct contracts in the first half (222 cases; 50 cases rejected)
  - Checked for unfair contract terms and requests/misuse of technical data (January)
  - Investigation of Complaints (3 cases)
○ Compliance Council Meetings
  - Held Fair Trade Practice Leader Meetings (2 sessions: March and June)
○ Risk Assessment and Effectiveness Evaluation
  - Conducted risk assessment by department for the first half
    (2 departments rated as “High” risk in Q1)
  - Conducted effectiveness evaluation to assess employees’ CP awareness and understanding
  - Measured employee satisfaction with CP activities (2nd half of 2024: 86.8 points
    → 1st half of 2025: 86.5 points)
    * As the satisfaction score for CP dissemination activities has slightly decreased,
      internal events and education related to CP will be expanded.
○ Implementation of Improvement Measures Based on CP Risk Assessment
   for Large Business Groups
  - Established “Business Group Regulation Guidelines"
    (Enacted and effective as of 7.1.2025)
    * Assigned disclosure verification roles to the CP department and reflected related
      R&R in the guidelines
  - Revised the Fair Trade Compliance Manual to include
   “Regulations and Major Cases for Large Business Groups” (Revised on 6.30.2025)
    * Distributed the revised manual via e-Mail, Blog, and App
○ ncentives for Outstanding CP Participants (e-coupons)
  - Provided incentives to top participants in the fair trade blog (18 people),
    satisfaction survey (10 people), and perfect scorers in the understanding assessment
    (20 people) in the first half
○ Participation in the 2025 Group CP Activation Support TFT led by POSCO Holdings
  - Provided coaching to two companies (POSCO Busan E&E and supplier A-Tech) to promote
    CP activation
○ Amendments to Fair Trade CP-Related Regulations (25 amendments in the first half)
  - Grade A (including 3 regulations such as the Fair Trade CP Operation Guidelines)
    4 amendments
  - Grade B (including 5 regulations such as General Terms and Conditions for Product
    Purchase): 7 amendments
  - Grade C (including 12 regulations such as the Code of Ethics Practice Guidelines):
    14 amendments
 
B. CP Operation Plan for the Second Half of 2025
○ Expansion of Internal Events Related to Fair Trade CP
  - eNtoB 2nd Fair Trade CP Enhancement Declaration Ceremony (7.24.)
  - eNtoB 1st “Fair Trade Day” event (end of November)
○ Fair Trade Education for Internal Employees
  - Face-to-face education on fair trade and ethics (August–September)
  - Additional online education for violators and sections with medium or higher risk in
    section evaluation (October–November)
  - Expansion of fair trade CP distribution education (increased elevator and campaign
    education)
    * Elevator: 3 times/half-year → 6 times/half-year; campaign emails: 6 times/half-year
      → 12 times/half-year
  - Planned education with external experts (end of November)
○ Compliance Council Meetings
  - Hold Fair Trade Compliance Council meetings twice (July/November)
  - Hold Fair Trade Practice Leader Meetings twice (September/December)
○ Operation of Fair Trade Self-Checklists
  - Operate self-checklists for the Fair Trade Act and Subcontracting Act
    (twice: July/December)
○ Awards for Outstanding CP Participants
  - Awards for outstanding employees in fair trade compliance activities
    (July: 4 people / November: 4 people)
  - Awards for outstanding sections in fair trade compliance activities
    (July: 1 section / November: 1 section)
  - Award for the best employee in fair trade compliance activities (November: 1 person)
○ Risk Assessment and Effectiveness Evaluation
  - Conduct risk assessment by department and review control measures
    (July, September, November)
  - Conduct effectiveness evaluation to assess employees’CP awareness and 
    understanding (November)
  - Develop improvement measures based on the results of the CP understanding assessment
    (November)
  - Develop improvement measures based on the results of the CP satisfaction assessment
    (November)
○ CP-Related Audits and Pre-Inspections in the Second Half
  - Continue pre-audit of direct contracts in the second half
  - Review procedures for subcontracting contracts
  - Conduct additional audits related to customer complaints
 
3. Decision Date 2025-07-01
4. Other Important Matters Related
   to Investment Decisions
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