Professors from Sungkyunkwan University Hospital and others who used corporate cards at a room salon were caught in an audit by the Ministry of Education. (Korean report)

Faculty and staff members of Sungkyunkwan University and professors at its affiliated hospital were found guilty of using corporate cards, which should have been used for research and business promotion expenses, at salons, and were found guilty of using corporate cards at salons.
According to the results of the "Sungkyunkwan University School Corporation and Sungkyunkwan University Financial Audit" released by the Ministry of Education on the 5th, the financial statements of the Samsung Changwon Hospital, an affiliated hospital of Sungkyunkwan University, were not disclosed.
The two professors made payments totaling 1.9 million won (approximately 216,000 yen) at the room salon using the corporate card on four occasions between April 2020 and March 2023.
According to the hospital's guidelines on the use of corporate cards, the use of corporate cards is restricted in room salons, cabaret clubs, golf courses, etc.
The law clearly states that corporate cards can only be used when it is unavoidable for some reason, and in such cases objective materials and evidence must be provided. However, an audit by the Ministry of Education revealed that the hospital's budget execution was
It was confirmed that bank officials had not separately requested any documentation to explain the details of the transaction. The Ministry of Education has taken disciplinary action against two professors from Samsung Changwon Hospital for using a corporate card at a room salon.
The university also demanded that the president of Sungkyunkwan University recover the 1.9 million won spent at the salon. It also issued a warning to the person in charge of budget execution who did not request explanatory documents from the faculty and professors.
Six faculty members of the Sungkyunkwan University Industry-Academic Cooperation Group were also arrested for using corporate cards, which should have been used for research expenses, on public holidays and late at night, and for using them in room salons between November 2020 and December 2022.
The teachers were found to have used the cards at Sungkyunkwan University. The total amount of payments made by the teachers totaled 1,201,400 won (approximately 137,000 yen) on six occasions at inappropriate times and places.
The Ministry of Education issued two institutional warnings to Sungkyunkwan University and demanded that it recover a total of 45.73 million won (approximately 5.21 million yen).
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Education also released the results of the financial audit of Chung-Ang University and Chung-Ang University, along with the results of the audit of Sungkyunkwan University.
Nine professors at Chung-Ang University Hospital and Chung-Ang University Gwangmyeong Hospital, which are affiliated with the hospital, used the company cards to purchase medicines for personal purposes, totaling 15,714,240 won (approximately 1.79 million yen).
The Ministry of Education has asked the president of Chung-Ang University to take disciplinary action against the nine professors, taking into consideration the amount of money they spent.