Ethical Standards

The department has an Ethical Standards Unit that has policy responsibility for the code of conduct, whistleblowers protection, conflicts of interest and secondary employment. It provides advice and guidance to management and staff in relation to these areas and on ethical issues generally.

Achievements

• delivered 77 workplace ethics workshops to 1 297 staff
• developed a policy on reducing bias and conflict of interest in the recruitment and selection framework.

Future action

• develop the capacity of regional areas to identify and deal with complaints of misconduct in accordance with Crime and Misconduct Commission’s devolution strategy.