Uzbekneftegaz: violations of various legal norms for a total of 717.9 billion soums were revealed in 2021
19/01/2022 20:45
Uzbekneftegaz: violations of various legal norms for a total of 717.9 billion soums were revealed in 2021
19/01/2022 20:45
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Under the leadership of the Chairman of the Board of Uzbekneftegaz Mekhriddin Abdullayev, a meeting was held to further improve anti-corruption activities and increase the efficiency of the compliance control system aimed at preventing theft in departments and enterprises of Uzbekneftegaz, in full compliance with the quarantine rules established in our country.
As an integral part of the corporate culture, the employees of Uzbekneftegaz ensure compliance with the legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan, internal policies and procedures, as well as high professional and moral standards in the field of combating corruption.
However, as a result of the studies conducted at the enterprises and organizations of the Company’s system in 2021, violations of various legal norms were revealed for a total of 717.9 billion soums (deficit and development of 91.9 billion soums, damage to society 57.8 billion soums, other errors and omissions 219.9 billion soums, the fact of unauthorized transfer of products by Bukhara Oil Refinery LLC for safekeeping 237.7 billion soums), for which the Company’s Management and law enforcement agencies take appropriate measures to eliminate them.
As a result of thematic and remote studies conducted by compliance inspectors in the regions, financial errors in the amount of 153.9 billion soums were revealed.
As a result of the preventive control work, debts totaling 153.8 billion soums were collected, abuses were prevented and savings of 149.6 billion soums were achieved in favor of society.
In the course of studies conducted at system enterprises in the field of compliance control, 244 cases of kinship were identified, as a result of the measures taken, 152 cases were eliminated.
In total, 617 lists of corruption and other risks that may arise in the company’s system were formed, and 1092 measures were developed to reduce them.
Most importantly, an international certificate of conformity ISO 37001:2016 was obtained, which determines the implementation of a management system in the direction of combating corruption, as well as 50 specialists were trained by international experts in this standard and they were awarded the appropriate certificates.
The management of the company has developed and adopted in practice 46 internal regulations aimed at preventing corruption in the company and establishing compliance activities.
In order to ensure openness and transparency in the activities of the department, anonymous surveys are conducted and analyzed among 1010 employees.
A declaration of conflict of interest was received from 2,089 current employees of Uzbekneftegaz.
It should be noted that when organizing activities, a Memorandum of Cooperation was signed with the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan and appropriate measures are being developed to develop bilateral relations.
Cooperation with the Accounts Chamber of the Republic of Uzbekistan is also consistently carried out in the field of organizing and coordinating the anti-corruption system, the implementation of measures “To combat and prevent corruption and the shadow economy for 2020-2021” is fully ensured.
In addition, close cooperation has been established with law enforcement agencies, including the Prosecutor General’s Office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the National Guard, the Ministry of Justice, the State Security Service, the Department for Combating Economic Crimes under the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Compulsory Enforcement Bureau.
For example, information on errors and shortcomings in the amount of 251.3 billion soums, identified in 39 case studies, was sent to law enforcement agencies for a legal assessment.
Of these, criminal cases were initiated in 28 cases by the relevant authorities, in 4 cases pre-investigation verification actions were carried out and the identified shortages were recovered, in 5 cases pre-investigation verification actions are being carried out.
During the meeting, the Chairman of the Board of the Company Mehriddin Abdullayev noted that it is necessary to encourage employees who have shown dedication in achieving the above positive indicators, and responsible employees and compliance inspectors who made mistakes and omissions in the course of their work received a critical assessment.
In particular:
- about the incomplete implementation of the activities of inspectors and untimely coordination with the responsible employees of the enterprise;
- insufficient qualification of some inspectors in the field of compliance;
- in the process of monitoring compliance, it is necessary to pay more attention not only to identifying shortcomings and punishing, but also to the widespread use of preventive measures to prevent their elimination, identify and eliminate corruption and other risks that may arise in processes in all spheres of society;
- the need to create a program for advanced training, certification of inspectors was especially emphasized compliance, training with the involvement of specialists from the relevant responsible organizations.
Also, in order to effectively organize the activities of the department, the Chairman of the Board identified priority tasks for the ongoing work in 2022.
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