Corruption Matters - June 2021 | Issue 57
The new workplace landscape: what WFH means for corruption
While statistics are indicating a record drop in observed misconduct in 2020, some caution that this is not a cause for celebration. Rather, the skewed results should be attributed to Covid-19’s unprecedented impact on the way we work, and that we might need to rethink our anti-corruption measures.
Council investigation exposes numerous corruption risks
In March 2021, the NSW Parliament was presented with the ICAC’s report into the conduct of councillors of the former Canterbury City Council and others. The ICAC made 23 corruption prevention recommendations to help address the corruption risks identified.
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How to guide behaviour and gain compliance
The NSW Behavioural Insights Unit approaches compliance and corruption by observing and reacting to the way we behave. Sometimes it’s not just about the moral code we live by, but about designing systems to facilitate and trigger moral outcomes.
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What is value for money?
Public money must be spent wisely and in the public interest. This short video shows how achieving real value for money can help prevent corruption and ensure that the right outcomes are achieved.
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How to produce a fraud and corruption control policy
Most NSW public sector agencies must have a fraud and corruption control policy (Treasury Circular 18-02). The main purpose of the policy is to set the basic approach to controlling fraud and corruption, rather than specifying detailed controls and behavioural expectations.
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Have you subscribed to our YouTube channel?
The ICAC has posted new videos on reporting corruption, gifts and benefits, procurement red flags and corruption involving senior executives. You will find these and a suite of others on our YouTube channel.
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Symposium back in 2022
The 13th National Investigations Symposium (NIS) – Australia’s leading forum for investigators, complaint-handlers, auditors and senior public sector managers – returns to Sydney in May 2022. Speaking proposals are now invited and early-bird registration opens later this year.
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Managing unreasonable conduct from home: complaint-handling before and after a global pandemic
A research team from the University of Newcastle has demonstrated that public sector agencies can expect a positive return on investment (ROI) from effective complaints handling.
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In other news
This year, along with the release of its findings from Operation Dasha , the ICAC made public its findings from an investigation into the conduct of a Service NSW officer (Operation Mistral).
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