The Ministry of Transportation and Communications yesterday launched an anti-corruption campaign that aims to have the corporations the ministry invests in set an example by thorough self-regulation.
In an opening ceremony of a seminar on corporate integrity and ethics, Minister of Transportation and Communications Mao Chi-kuo (毛治國) said the ministry has invested in 105 corporations and enterprises in the transportation industry, and the assessed value of all these corporations has topped NT$7 trillion (US$220 million).
“Some of them, including Chunghwa Telecom and Yang Ming Marine Corp, are leaders in the transportation industry,” Mao said. “They will become role models in their respective fields if they take the initiative to fight against corruption.”
The chief executives from Chunghwa Telecom and Yang Ming Marine Corp and the management personnel from 19 corporations that the ministry directly or indirectly invests in also attended and pledged their support for the campaign.
Minister of Justice Tseng Yung-fu (曾勇夫), also present at the anti-corruption seminar, told the audience that combatting corruption has become a global campaign since the passage of the UN Convention against Corruption.
“Not only do civil servants need to fight against corruption, those in corporations must also display the same vigilance,” he said.
The campaign is seen as part of the ministry’s efforts to reshape its image, which was tarnished by a series of embarrassing scandals involving the nation’s airports.
On Monday, Richard Yen (嚴心鏞), nephew of Landis Hotel and Resort Group president Stanley Yen (嚴長壽), was invited by Mao to teach staffers at the ministry how to offer services that “touch and move people.”
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