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The Supreme Court has acquitted Cho Yong-byeong, chairman of Shinhan Financial Group, who has been on trial for unfairly involved in the recruitment process of new employees.

Although the HR team was notified of the beneficiary, it is a judgment that the applicants in question are not successful applicants because they have the so-called 'specs'.

There are many things to think about.



This is reporter Han So-hee.



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Cho Yong-byeong, chairman of Shin Hanji-joo, was sentenced to six months in prison and two years of probation in the first trial for taking part in the hiring corruption of three members of the Financial Supervisory Service in 2015 and 2016, including the son of an executive.



Among the three people who Chairman Cho asked the HR department to 'feedback on whether they passed or not,' 2 people passed the final exam, and 1 was rejected.



The first trial admitted that Chairman Cho did not explicitly instruct him to pass, but he admitted that the recruitment team had no choice but to consider it, acknowledging the charge of obstructing the hiring of interviewers.



However, following the second trial, the Supreme Court acquitted him.



We acknowledged the logic of acquittal in the second trial that we cannot rule out a reasonable doubt that the applicants delivered by Chairman Cho may have been legitimately accepted.



The purpose is to not be regarded only as an unqualified applicant because they have so-called 'specifications' such as academic background and foreign language skills.



[Kim Deuk-eui/CEO of Financial Justice Solidarity: Even if you make an improper request, if you have good specifications, you will be exempted.



Currently, there is no suitable crime for hiring corruption, so the hiring staff is regarded as the victim, not the test taker who was unfairly dropped out, and is punished by applying the crime of obstruction of business.



As a result, the victim, the hiring manager, appeals for the leniency of the perpetrator, the boss, who directly or indirectly gave the hiring instructions, and this is reflected in the sentencing.



Since the Special Act on Punishment of Recruitment Corruption has been proposed, which punishes both the solicitor and the company, and cancels employment for fraudulent hires, active discussion is required.



(Video editing: Seungjin Lee)