Misconduct Resistance Framework - Corruption and Crime ...

hoW to use the guide
You can use the guide in a number of different ways, depending on your agency’s needs and the status of your current
misconduct resistance approach. For example, you can use it as:
— A starting point if you are beginning to tackle misconduct resistance;
— A tool for self assessment and progress monitoring if you already have misconduct resistance strategies in place; or
— A tool to benchmark your agency’s performance as a whole (or individual work areas) over time, and against the
performance of similar organisations.
Using the guide is as easy as following these five simple steps:
STEp 1: Decide which of the outcomes and key elements you need to address first.
(There is no set formula for where to start – your agency’s priorities and needs should form the agenda.)
STEp 2: Try to answer each focus question under the key element you have chosen. This will help
you assess how comprehensive and effective your current strategies are. Not all questions may be
relevant to your agency situation.
After you have addressed each question, you should be able to identify gaps and areas for improvement,
and reach a conclusion about your agency’s overall performance.
Hesitating to readily answer a question may indicate that further review or assessment is required.
(Always consider whether the focus questions adequately cover all the issues relevant to your agency.
Depending on your core business and risk environment, there may be other questions that have not been
included.)
STEp 3: Compare your current agency performance against the corresponding Signs of Success to
benchmark your progress. This will also help you decide whether specific areas of the key element
require further development and what priority they should be given.
(Remember, these signs are indicative only – there may be other indicators that are more relevant to your
agency’s operating environment.)
STEp 4: Use the ideas to Build Capacity together with your own ideas to create an action plan for
dealing with the areas that have been identified as needing improvement.
STEp 5: Use Steps 1 to 3 to review your progress in the areas that were targeted for improvement.
NOTE:
Every agency has a different level of misconduct resistance – one agency’s strategies may be more
comprehensive and effective than another’s.
Your agency may not need to address all of the key elements at this time. However, it is important
that you periodically review your misconduct resistance approach so that you are aware of your
performance against all key elements, and to ensure that you stay on the right track.