Annual Report - COMPLETE - Australian Crime Commission

Corporate Capabilities
Professional Standards and Integrity
Professionalism and integrity underpins the work of the ACC.
In 2003–04, to ensure isolated cases of unethical and/or inappropriate conduct did
not undermine ACC achievements, the ACC enhanced the rigour and scope of its
professional standards and integrity framework. This allowed it to more effectively
prevent, identify and deal with unethical behaviour and conduct detrimental to the
high standards of the organisation.
The application of the framework is managed by the Senior Executive Team and
CEO, and involved policies, processes and plans that strengthened the effective
recruitment and management of the ACC’s diverse workforce.
The Professional Integrity and Standards Coordinator position will be filled in the
2004–05 financial year.
ACC Managers
New positions were created for ACC Office Managers during 2003–04. These roles
were developed to further support the ACC’s key functions. The primary duties of
these roles include:
• managing all local corporate support functions, including the registry and
exhibits;
• assisting Heads of Determinations in the facilitation and coordination of deployed
resources to meet operational priorities;
• providing logistical and administrative support for Task Forces;
• monitoring operational resource deployment and usage; and
• representing the ACC in relevant forums and providing a local point of contact.
Risk Management
The ACC is committed to managing risks as an integral part of its management
practices and as a safeguard to ensuring successful continuity of business. During
2003–04, the ACC initiated an independent risk assessment of its procedures,
processes and operations, and linked its risk management policy plan and fraud
and corruption control plans to its corporate, business and individual work plans. It
has conducted fraud risk assessments and has in place appropriate fraud prevention,
detection, investigation, reporting and data collection procedures and processes
that meet the specific needs of the ACC, and comply with the Commonwealth fraud
control guidelines.
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