Department of Government Ethics

In order to plant the seeds of moral education, as well as the values of law and integrity, starting September this year, the Department of Government Ethics (DOGE) of Taipei City Government (TCG) is working in collaboration with the Department of Education of TCG and Transparency International Chinese Taipei to promote the “Taipei City Government’s Project of Educating to Build a Corruption-Free Environment On-Campus.” The campaign aims at installing in pupils values such as anti-graft, anti-bribery and general senses of laws and regulations. With the collaboration between the public and private sectors along with volunteers, basic knowledge on the morals of integrity is established among pupils by planting their roots into school premises through storytelling and series of Yameme animations.
Yameme is a 3D animation with an interesting storyline created locally by Taiwanese. It was awarded in Superpitch HD at the Asia Television Forum and recognized by the APP Short-Film Oscar Movie Awards. The Agency Against Corruption (AAC) of the Ministry of Justice and Transparency International Chinese Taipei worked together to create the animation for education on the rule of law, transforming uninteresting and abstract concepts into lively and solid images. It also received positive evaluation when shown on the Transparency International Annual Membership Meeting.
DOGE pointed out that owing to the corruption in various work fields – like cases of corruption seen in government sectors and the breaching of trust and tunneling in privately owned enterprises, the government has started to think outside of the box and deliver messages directly to students within campus instead of public servants, thereby establishing proper principles of behaving and dealing with different situations. Therefore, combining the strengths of Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) and volunteers, the DOGE anti-corruption volunteers visit elementary schools in Taipei City during early school hours or integrative activity times, where they share the importance of integrity, morale and legal knowledge with students. This approach will ensure that the education on the rule of law can be deeply integrated.
The agency emphasizes how the prosecution and investigation units focus on individual investigations, whereas the government employee ethics units also have another mission, which is to prevent crime. The project has not only started in elementary schools of TaipeiCity; in the future, collaboration with the Ministry of Education and the AAC will also take place. Specifically aiming for higher education systems to host activities regarding rules and discipline, they expand the number of students by removing age restrictions, thereby urging all students to participate in public affairs relating to anti-graft.