Misconduct Resistance Framework - Corruption and Crime ...

THE RIGHT AGENCY MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENT
MISCONDUCT RESISTANCE IS AN INTEGRATED
AND ESTABLISHED COMPONENT OF AGENCY LIFE
Having the right agency culture and operational strategies will not by themselves achieve
effective misconduct resistance. To be effective, misconduct resistance must be driven from
the top, embedded in your agency management environment and integrated into all agency
business activities. This requires high level commitment and ownership, with accountability for
implementation of the misconduct resistance approach being allocated at the senior executive
level, where there is sufficient authority to ensure it is given effect.
Your management environment provides the foundation for how the agency operates. It incorporates
your agency business ethos, systems and structures, and the assignment of authority and
responsibility. The right management environment will:
w Instil your agency with an attitude of integrity and misconduct consciousness;
w Promote misconduct resistance as integral to your agency’s performance;
w Reinforce the benefits to your general business efficiency and effectiveness; and
w Integrate misconduct resistance so completely into the strategic, tactical and operational
business activities of your agency that it becomes a fundamental part of business for everyone.
While agency management systems and structures can provide an environment conducive to
building misconduct resistance, the actions of the people charged with relevant responsibilities
will determine whether misconduct resistance objectives are actually achieved.
THE RIGHT AGENCY MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENT