Department of Government Ethics

To encourage parent-child reading and cultivate the value of integrity in children, Department of Government Ethics (DOGE) of Taipei City Government launched the “Children Integrity Month” project in September, 2015, collaborating with Taipei Public Library’s volunteer storytellers, locally known as “Teachers Lin”. Using a collection of integrity-related short stories published by Agency Against Corruption of the Ministry of Justice as the source material, the volunteer storytellers “Teachers Lin” told and interpreted the stories to children and their parents at the branches of Taipei Public Library and local socio-educational institutions, letting the parents and children learn about integrity and anti-corruption concept while enjoying the stories.

In addition to parent-child reading activities in the real world settings, DOGE also designed an online interactive quiz contest called “Challenges for Honest”. Since the questions were taken from integrity stories, it was required that the quiz-takers read the stories before answering the questions. The contest was designed to increase interacting with the citizens and promote the value of integrity and the concept of anti-corruption by educating through entertainment. Enthusiastic participation from the citizens has brought the contest to a perfect ending. More than 800 contestants got full marks. Among them, around 103 lucky winners was randomly chosen to be awarded a fine gift.

The 2015 “Children Integrity Month” project has come to an end successfully at the late summer season. The activities consisted of not only the traditional parent-child reading but also the more contemporary online interactive quiz contest, in the hope of gradually strengthening the new generation’s understanding of ethical governance and establishing all people’s consciousness of zero-tolerance towards corruption.