Corruption Prevention:

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Corruption Prevention
Beyond the rhetoric and clichés
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Agency background
Initial CP momentum created by ICAC enquiry
Strong ongoing senior management support
Generally, a well funded agency
Predominately a mature-age workforce
Responsibility lay with an enthusiastic
specialist group but now the role of managers
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Corruption requires
Opportunity
Inclination
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Corruption risks increase as the two are brought
close
Opportunity
Inclination
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Corruption risks increase as the two are brought
close
Opportunity
Inclination
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Corruption risks increase as the two are brought
close
Opportunity
Inclination
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Corruption risks increase as the two are brought
close
Opportunity
Inclination
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Corruption risks increase as the two are brought
close
Opportunity
Inclination
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Corruption resistant environment exist when
there is
Opportunity
Inclination
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Corruption resistant environment exist when
there is
Fear Job Loss Reputation Loss Deny
permission Ethics
Inclination
Opportunity
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Decision-making Guide

• Effective

• Efficient

• Economical

• Ethical

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Simple Assessment Technique (PAT Rudimentary
Technique)
Bandages (Do no harm) Barristers
(Comply with the law) Bosses (Would the boss
approve?)
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Do whistleblowers whistle in tune?
Who What When Where Why How
(Mates)
(Spouses)
(Work partners)
(Pathological malcontents)
Any and everything
(Build up)
(After information session)
(Predominantly away from workplace)
(When investigators or CP staff are in their area)
(Aggrieved)
(Concerned it reflects on them)
(Jealous)
(See the behaviour as not being right)
(Hotline)
(anon letter)
(Direct contact with invest)
(ICAC)
(Chief Exec)
(Line manager)
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Do Hotlines ever ring?
WhereWho When
(In-house brochures/ posters etc)
(White pages)
(Staff)
(Bidders)
(Public)
(Staff)
(Staff)
(Anytime)
(2 am !)
(RDO)
Frequency
calls per month
95 general business enquiries
3 complaints of wrongdoing
2 ethical/probity/policy enquiries
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Can ethics be taught?
In the purist sense, probably not - give me the
boy til the age of seven
In an employment sense, probably yes
Employee Ethics the way we do things around here
We can make the blind see
We can shine the light
We can create an environment for ethical courage
Continual practice can lead to a conditioned
response
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Big Sticks or Carrots?
Carrots - heck, we cant afford shallots!
Versatility horses for courses
No uniformity within workplace groupings
Pluralistic approach
Those with autonomy provide reasons
Those in controlled workplaces provide ready
access to advice
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How do you measure culture?
Culture weve got culture up to our armpits

(Sir Les Patterson)
Possible to create a setting for a culture but
workplace dynamics make it impossible to
established a fixed setting
Exposure to the information, policies, etc
Knowledge do staff know what is expected of them
Attitude what would be the response to a given
situation. (not tested)
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Are red flags better than white?
The management of Corruption Risks
Propensity to overvalue one-offs
Accept the reality of occasional rogue employees
Focus of systemic risks
Formulate accountability to line-management

• Centrally developed program

• Locally delivered program

• Centrally monitored and collated

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