Sejong University Business School Signs ESG and Compliance Partnership With Korea Compliance Association

Sejong University’s Graduate School of Business has partnered with the Korea Compliance Association to build joint education and research programs in ESG management and corporate compliance.

The agreement was signed on Aug. 18 at Sejong University. Participants included Lee Seong-hoon, vice dean of the business school; Yang Jae-jang, director of its ESG MBA; and Kim Eun-sung, chairman of the Korea Compliance Association.

The organizations will cooperate on education and research, develop programs to strengthen companies’ compliance and ethical management capabilities, and jointly hold seminars, forums and special lectures. They also plan to exchange experts, build an industry-academic network and work together to train professionals with practical skills.

The Korea Compliance Association was established in 2023 to help domestic companies build ESG management and compliance systems. It supports sustainable management through conferences, seminars, professional training, assessments, consulting and policy research.

The university and association plan to combine the business school’s ESG education and research capabilities with the association’s compliance expertise and industry network. They said the partnership will help connect classroom learning with operational needs as social demands for sustainable management rise and related laws and systems become stronger. Both organizations also plan to expand work that treats ESG and compliance as elements of corporate sustainability and competitiveness, rather than only as regulatory responses.