Edited by the Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology

Managing Risks to Integrity in the Public Sector

19 January 2010

Course leader

Professor Malcolm Sparrow, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University The program

This executive workshop is designed for senior executives whose responsibilities require them to be able to recognise and manage threats to the values and integrity of public services. It aims to equip managers with a clear, executive-level view of the threats to public sector integrity, and the variety of approaches and systems available to manage such risks and understand the relationship between personal values, professional values, and the production of public value.

The course consciously takes a risk management approach, and focuses on the dual tasks of promoting integrity and managing risks. Through a mixture of case discussions, interactive sessions with leading practitioners, and some small group exercises, the course will provide participants with an opportunity to explore together their common challenges and respective experiences.

Participant benefits

At the end of the program participants will be better equipped to:

  • apply a risk management approach to corruption control and the preservation of integrity

  • understand the relationship between promoting integrity and controlling corruption
  • effectively choose from among the many risk management tools available, and among potential partners (internal and external), in reducing or dealing with threats to integrity
  • identify and manage conflict-of-interest situations, both actual and perceived
  • recognise the ‘invisible’ nature of corruption, and the consequences for measurement, monitoring, and methods; and the special operational challenges in dealing with invisible problems and adaptive opponents
  • overcome challenges in handling damaging allegations whilst holding the multiple dimensions of public value in mind; and better employ effective decision-making frameworks in the presence of uncertainty
  • manage the relative responsibilities of, and interactions between, the various actors engaged in corruption control
  • neutralise the threats of corruption, fraud and embezzlement in public programs, and meet the challenge of delivering vital public services in corrupt environments.

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    The Australia and New Zealand School of Government
    Commencing09 May 2010
    CitySydney
    CostNon-residential - $4,400 Residential - $5.400
    Enrollments Close01 January 1970
    CoverageNew South Wales
    Course TypeShort course
    Contact Emaill.donato@anzsog.edu.au
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