National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea on the issue to encourage them to practice it in general. B. Major Activities 1) Recommendations and Opinions on Human Rights Laws and Policies ■ Recommendation on Applying the Guidelines and Checklists on Human Rights Management The NHRCK established a plan to develop the Guidelines and Checklists on Human Rights Management in February 2012 and presented its first draft in May 2013. Finally on January 8, 2014, it published the Guidelines and Checklists on Human Rights Management after collecting opinions and feedback from business enterprises in October 2013, and distributed the Guidelines and the Checklists to public corporations, quasi-governmental agencies and 300 listed companies. In August 2014, it reviewed the current status of integrating human rights in business in public organizations and found their understanding of business and human rights and its implementation measures remained low though some of the requirements have been implemented on the grounds of responsible or ethical management. Given that the majority of public organizations issue sustainable reports which is one of main factors in implementing human rights friendly management, the Commission expected to lay a significant foundation for the implementation of human rights integrated management when specific indexes such as guidelines and checklists are presented. In this regard, on September 25, 2014, it recommended the heads of 30 public corporations and 87 quasi-governmental organizations to integrate the Guidelines on Human Rights Management, conduct self-evaluations by using the Checklists, and develop improvement measures for deficiencies with the aim of encouraging the public Chapter 1. Improvement of Laws, Regulations, Institutions, Policies and Practices ▪▪▪ 77