Samsung Compliance Committee Chair Chanhee Lee: “Facing legal and ethical risks in the AI era ... need to discuss strategy”

[Financial News] The Samsung Compliance Committee (the Committee) discussed ways to strengthen compliance management with its affiliates to address the legal and ethical risks businesses face as artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more widespread. This reflects the view that, as adoption of AI technology expands, new compliance challenges are emerging, including managing companies’ information access rights and preventing the misuse of AI tools. 
The Samsung Compliance Committee said on the 11th that the Committee had held the “Samsung Compliance Committee–Affiliate Compliance Workshop” the previous day at Samsung Financial Campus in Seocho District, Seoul. 
The workshop was organized under the theme “Compliance in the Age of AI Transformation (AX)” to share the compliance-management challenges and risk factors businesses face during the AI transition and explore ways to address them. Around 80 people attended, including Committee members, secretariat staff, and compliance officers and monitors from Samsung affiliates. 
In his opening remarks, Samsung Compliance Committee Chair Chanhee Lee emphasized, “As humanity evolves into the AI era, businesses face tremendous opportunities as well as legal and ethical risks. This is the time to discuss together proactive compliance strategies that will realize the values of compliance management.” 
That morning, Professor Kim Byeong-pil of KAIST’s Department of Management of Technology gave a lecture on “Agentic AI and Compliance.” Professor Kim discussed various compliance-management issues that can arise when using AI technology, including cases of AI tool misuse and the importance of information access rights. 
Practitioners from Samsung SDS and Samsung Electronics’ compliance organizations then gave presentations, respectively, on “The Current State and Challenges of AI Adoption” and “AI and Compliance Work.” Attendees shared the status of AI adoption at each affiliate and ways to use AI in compliance monitoring work. 
In the afternoon, Committee members Kim Gyeong-seon and Lee Gyeong-muk, who joined the fourth-term Committee, gave lectures on leadership and human capital management approaches required in the AI era. 
An “open talk,” where Committee members and compliance practitioners from affiliates freely exchanged views, was also held. Attendees shared the difficulties and areas for improvement they encounter in day-to-day compliance management and discussed effective response measures. 
The Committee said, “In addition to reviewing the affiliates’ compliance status, we will continue communicating and cooperating with the top executives of each company.” 
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