31 March, 2011 CIRCULAR STANDING INSTRUCTION NO.1 OF ...

d) introduce financial rewards in addition to the already existing non
financial rewards; and
e) Increase the value of rewards and the intensity of the
consequences of sanctions.
5.0 GUIDING PRINCIPLES
The implementation of Rewards and Sanctions in the Public Service
shall be guided by the following principles:
Transparency:
Impartiality :
Results
Orientation:
Affordability:
Timeliness:
Flexibility:
There shall be openness and sharing of
information in rewarding good performance and
sanctioning poor performance.
In rewarding and sanctioning performance there
shall be fairness, irrespective of gender, race,
religion, disability or ethnic background.
The extent to which performance of individuals,
teams or organizations impacts on achievement of
organizational or national objectives will be the
basis for rewards or sanctions in the Public
Service.
In determining the nature of rewards, availability of
resources and sustainability shall be taken into
account.
There shall be immediate rewarding of good
performance for greater impact. Likewise,
immediate sanctioning shall be taken against poor
performance.
The rewards and sanctions may be customized to
take into account peculiar conditions that pertain in
a given Public Service entity.
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