Misconduct Resistance Framework - Corruption and Crime ...

the right mindset
Misconduct consciousness is a fundamental part of work practices for everyone in your
agency, with responsibilities structured from the top down – it’s a way of thinking.
Focus Questions
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Do staff in all work areas know about, understand and support your agency’s misconduct resistance
objectives?
Are your staff members encouraged (in a corporate sense and/or at business unit level) to be actively
involved in the development, implementation and review of your agency’s misconduct resistance
strategies?
Have responsibility and accountability for the implementation of your agency’s misconduct resistance
strategies been clearly assigned, included in agency policies and procedures, and reflected in job
descriptions?
Are your staff members aware of their responsibilities for implementing, complying with and promoting
your agency’s misconduct resistance plan, and do they accept these responsibilities?
Are delegations, authorities and the supervisory roles of management clearly defined in your agency’s
misconduct resistance plan, and are these responsibilities addressed as part of regular performance
reviews?
Does your agency monitor and/or assess levels of staff awareness, understanding and compliance
with misconduct resistance responsibilities?
SignS of SucceSS
There is broad based commitment across your agency to the objectives of the agency’s misconduct
resistance plan. Integrity and misconduct consciousness are firmly established as the way everyone in
your agency thinks and operates, acting as a filter applied to day-to-day core business activities and
decision making.
Your agency’s structures provide staff, from the top down, with a clear understanding of the
agency’s misconduct resistance activities, processes and outputs for which they are responsible and
accountable, and to whom they must report.
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