What you can do to prevent corruption
As staff, we each have a responsibility to create an environment that prevents corruption from taking place. To create an ethical culture, staff should:
- Conduct your employment duties within the principles set out in the Code of Conduct
- Be aware of and abide by policies and procedures
- Review and, if necessary, improve existing procedures to minimise corruption
- Ensure that appropriate segregation of duties exist within high risk functions
- Ensure an appropriate level of supervision and training is provided
More specifically, staff should:
- Ensure that appropriate University expenses are charged to University credit cards, including checking that expenses are appropriately documented
- Properly dispose of surplus and/or obsolete equipment
- Use University equipment, services and finances for University endorsed functions only
- Keep your leave and timesheets up to date
- Work to the roles and responsibilities as outlined in your Position Description
- Keep information regarding University activities, business decisions and sensitive information, such as student and staff details, confidential
- Comply with the recruitment process, including checking referees
- Keep passwords safe and secure. Do not share with others
- Carefully review timesheets to ensure they are accurate and complete.
