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국민권익위원회를 상대로 소송을 제기했던 중부대학교가 소송에서 패소하면서 본전도 못 건지게 됐다.

중부대학교는 국민권익위원회(이하 권익위)의 사학비리 신고자 신분보장 조치에 불복해 권익위를 상대로 소송을 제기 했으나, 법원이 권익위의 손을 들어주면서 패소했다.

14일 전국사학민주화교수연대에 따르면 서울행정법원은 지난 8일 국민권익위원회의 사학비리 부패신고자 신분보장 등 조치와 이행강제금 처분 조치에 불복해 소송을 제기한 중부대에 대해 원고 패소 판결을 내렸다.

중부대는 지난해 초 본교의 사학비리 등을 제보한 A교수를 면직처리했었다.

이에 대해 권익위는 지난해 5월 30일 중부대의 면직 처리는 위법하다고 판단해 A교수의 면직을 취소하고 복직시킬 것을 결정했다. 

면직으로 받지 못한 급여 등을 지급할 것과 불이익조치에 가담한 학교이사장 등 총 27명을 경찰에 고발하기로 할 것을 요구하는 신분보장 조치결정을 했다.

하지만 중부대 법인은 권익위의 조치결정을 이행하지 않았고, 이로 인해 3000만원의 이행강제금까지 부과 받았다.

중부대는 권익위 판단에 불복, 행정소송을 제기했지만 서울행정법원은 권익위의 처분이 적법하다며 원고 패소 판결을 한 것이다.

사학민주화교수연대는 "이번 판결은 권익위의 결정도 무시하는 족벌사학에 대해 경종을 울리는 사법부의 판단으로 앞으로 사학비리 신고자 보호에 큰 기여를 할 것"이라고 밝혔다.

한편 중부대는 지난 2021년 교육부 감사결과 총 52건의 지적 사항이 나왔으며 이사회 허위 개최 건 등으로 인해 교육부로부터 법인 임원승인취소 처분과 함께 임시이사 파견 조치를 받았다.

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Joongbu University, which is in conflict with the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, doesn't seem to be able to even make a profit...

Joongbu University loses lawsuit against the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission against reinstatement of person who reported corruption...must pay overdue salary and enforcement fee

Joongbu University, which had filed a lawsuit against the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, lost the lawsuit and was unable to even get its money back.

Joongbu University filed a lawsuit against the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (hereinafter referred to as the Civil Rights Commission) against the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission's (hereinafter referred to as the Civil Rights Commission) measures to guarantee the status of those who reported private school corruption, but lost the case when the court ruled in favor of the Civil Rights Commission.

According to the National Professors' Alliance for the Democracy of Private Schools on the 14th, the Seoul Administrative Court ruled on the 8th that Jungbu University, which filed a lawsuit against the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission's measures to guarantee the status of whistleblowers of corruption in private schools and impose compliance fines, lost the plaintiff's case.

Early last year, Joongbu University dismissed Professor A, who reported the university's private school corruption.

In response, the Civil Rights Commission judged that Joongbu University's dismissal process was illegal on May 30 last year and decided to cancel Professor A's dismissal and reinstate him.

A decision was made to protect the identity of the students, demanding that they pay the salaries they did not receive due to dismissal and report to the police a total of 27 people, including the school president, who participated in the disadvantageous measures.

However, Joongbu University Corporation did not implement the ACRC's decision to take action, and was even fined 30 million won in compliance fines.

Joongbu University disobeyed the decision of the ACRC and filed an administrative lawsuit, but the Seoul Administrative Court ruled against the plaintiff, saying that the ACRC's disposition was legal.

The Professors' Alliance for the Democracy of Private Schools said, "This ruling is a judgment by the judiciary that sounds an alarm against nepotism in private schools that ignores the decisions of the Civil Rights Commission, and will greatly contribute to protecting those who report corruption in private schools in the future."

Meanwhile, as a result of the Ministry of Education's audit in 2021, Joongbu University found a total of 52 points, and due to the false holding of the board of directors, the Ministry of Education canceled the approval of corporate executives and dispatched temporary directors.