Ethic in Public Sector

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Enhancing ethical culture through

ethical decision-making

Ethics in Public Sector:

Ethics training


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Exploring Ethics

What is the right thing to

do?


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Exploring ethics

Objective

Public Service Employees shoulddemonstrate an understanding of how

public service ethics relate to their role


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Exploring ethics

What are my ethics?

What are my ethics based on?


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Organizational Culture and

Ethical Behavior


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What is Organizational Culture?

Shared values, beliefs, norms

influence the way employees think, feel, and

behave towards each other and towards

people outside the organization

Pattern of shared basic assumptions


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Building Blocks of

Organizational Culture Characteristics of people within the

organization

Organizational ethics Employment relationship

Organizational structure

National culture


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What are Organizational

Values? Guiding principles

behaviors, events, situations, and outcomes

are desirable or undesirable

Types

Terminal

Instrumental


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Terminal and Instrumental

Values

Terminal

Quality

Responsibility Innovativeness

Excellence

Economy

Morality Profitability

Instrumental

Working hard

Respecting traditions Respecting authority

Being conservative

Being frugal

Being creative

Being honest


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Figure 1/1 Terminal and

Instrumental Values

Organizational Values

Terminal

Values

Instrumental

Values

Specific norms,

rules,


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Figure 1.2 Ways of Transmitting

Organizational Culture

Employees

learn

through:

Formal socialization

practices

Signs, symbols, stories

Ceremonial

Rites

and

Ceremonies

The

organizational

language


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Figure 1.3 Where an Organizations Culture

Comes From

Organizational

Culture

Characteristics of People

Within Organization

Design of

Organizational Structure

Organizational

Ethics

Nature of

Employment

Relationship


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Figure 1.4 Sources of

Organizational Ethics

Organizational Ethics

Societal

Ethics

Professional

Ethics

Individual

Ethics


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Creating an Ethical Culture

Establish rules and norms that outline

organizations ethical position

Demonstrate commitment to followingrules

Reduce incentives for unethical behavior


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Creating an Ethical Culture

Develop fair and equitable HR procedures

Provide access to upper-level managers

Encourage employees to voice concerns

Create a strong board of directors


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Why Does Unethical Behavior Occur?

Lapses in Individual Ethics

Ruthless Pursuit of Self-Interest

Outside Pressure


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Government focus on ethics

GVT should put in place:

Strong rules

Strong culture Strong scrutiny

Strong enforcement


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Strong Rules

Including:

One Code of Conduct for the PublicService

Gifts and Benefits policy

Regulate lobbyist industry


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Strong Culture

Including:

Ethical leadership

Mandatory ethics training


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Strong Scrutiny

Including:

Integrity Commissioner

Requirement to publish departmental giftsregisters

Reform State Procurement Policy


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Strong Enforcement

Including:

Crime and Misconduct Commission

Public Service Commission

Effective public interest disclosure laws


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Ethics in practice


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Mandatory annual ethics training

Promoting

the highest standards ofintegrity and accountability

from everyonein public office


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Public Service Ethics

Integrity & impartiality

Promoting the public good

Commitment to the system of government

Accountability & transparency


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Integrity & Impartiality

Truthfulness

Fairness

Honesty

Not prejudiced

Unbiased

Just


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Promoting the public good

actions that benefit

thepeople of or country as

a whole


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Promoting the public good and our system of government


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Accountability & Transparency

to act

responsibly

so our actionsand decisions

can beexplained

being open

and candid so

our actionsand decisions

can be easilyunderstood


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Exploring ethics

How will you

demonstrate

ethical responsibility

at work?


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Applying Ethics

Public Service Employees should be able to: identify ethical dilemmas, risks and breaches atwork

apply public sector ethics principles to ethicaldilemmas

respond appropriately to ethical risks andbreaches

access appropriate sources of advice for dealingwith ethical issues

identify actions they will commit to in order touphold public sector ethics in their day to daywork


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Applying ethics to dilemmas

Recognising

ethical dilemmas

risks and

breaches


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ask yourself

Am I doing the right thing?

Test your decision Apply the ethics principles

Apply the law

Get advice


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Test your decision:

Is it the right thing to do?

How would the public view this?

How will this impact on those affected?

How would you feel if this was done to

you? Does this demonstrate ethical leadership?


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1. Throughout your decision

ask yourself

Am I doing the right thing?

Record

information process

reasons

decision

Communicate confidentially

with those involved


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2. Preparing the decision

filling the GAP in your knowledge

Gather and assess information relevant

Confidentially

Apply laws

Policy & procedures service wide

agency specific


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3. Developing the decision

GOT it sorted then

Get advice independent

what you need to hear

Options & consequences - what are they?

Test your decision ethics

law


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GO.. and Act on your decision

(refer if you need to)

after the decision

Consider & reflect on your process & decision

would you change anything if you could do it again?

can agency processes be improved?

Tell others what you have learnt


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Responding to ethics risks &

breaches

Reporting risks and breaches

Questioning unethical behaviour


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What if the law is wrong?

Is the issue how the law has been

interpreted, or the law itself?

Raise the need for policy change or

legislative amendment through your

agencys processes.

If there is agreement that changes are

needed, seek advice about what should bedone with your decision.


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What if you don't agree with a

direction or decision ?

Discuss your concerns with someone yourespect.

You must comply with all reasonable and

lawful work instructions, whether or notyou personally agree with a given policydirection.

You can refuse directions that areunreasonable or unlawful.

Seek advice before taking this step.


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What if you think a decision or

actions is not in the public interest?

Public interest disclosure information

provided to an appropriate organisation

about certain types of wrongdoing in the

public sector

It may be helpful to seek advice before

making a public interest disclosure


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Ethics advice

Review the issues and your options

with someone

independent who you respect

who will tell you

what you NEED to hear

rather than what you want to hear


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Ethics advice

Your supervisor or manager

Your agency ethics human resources area, orlegal area


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Applying Ethics

How will you

demonstrate

ethical responsibility

at work?


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