A quarterly newsletter from the office of the Commissioner containing relevant news, education resources and general interest articles.
Articles
| DATE | TITLE | DESCRIPTION | CATEGORY |
|---|---|---|---|
06 May 2019 |
Life cannot be calculated. That's the big mistake our civilization made. We never accepted that randomness is not a mistake in the equation -- it is part of the equation.Jeanette... | NEWSLETTER | |
06 May 2019 |
Published on 6 May 2019Late last year the South Australian Parliament passed the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2018 (PID Act). The PID Act has not yet commenced operation but when... | NEWSLETTER | |
06 May 2019 |
From the Deputy CommissionerA primary object of the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption Act 2012 is to prevent or minimise corruption, misconduct and maladministration in South Australian public administration. An evaluation... | NEWSLETTER | |
15 February 2019 |
Integrity in public administration - What did the ICAC survey reveal? |
In April 2018 the Commissioner commenced a survey which sought to better understand the attitudes and experiences of public officers in relation to integrity in South Australian public administration.The results... | NEWSLETTER |
15 February 2019 |
On 10 May 2018 the Commissioner announced he would conduct an evaluation of the practices, policies and procedures of the regulatory arm of SafeWork SA. The evaluation concluded with the... | NEWSLETTER | |
01 January 2018 |
The offices of the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (ICAC) and the Office for Public Integrity (OPI) were designed to safeguard and enhance confidence in the integrity of public administration in... | NEWSLETTER | |
01 January 2018 |
Corruption is one of those terms that people frequently use and generally think they understand. But the everyday social use of the term can be somewhat hard to define precisely,... | NEWSLETTER | |
01 January 2017 |
The moral code and dishonestyDan Ariely is a Professor of Psychology and Behavioural Economics at Duke University in North Carolina. His recent research focuses on what drives people to cheat... | NEWSLETTER | |
01 September 2016 |
Research tells us that the vast majority of people are disinclined to steal money from their social club chocolate box. However, they might occasionally help themselves to a chocolate. Are... | NEWSLETTER | |
01 April 2016 |
The South Australian public sector and local government employs over 100,000 people, making them the State’s largest employment sector. Given that people are the most valuable asset of every agency... | NEWSLETTER | |
01 April 2016 |
If you are a public officer you should report corruption because you have a mandatory obligation to do so. However, even if you did not have an obligation by law,... | NEWSLETTER | |
01 April 2016 |
Why it can hurt more than corruptionAs the name suggests, the South Australian Independent Commissioner Against Corruption is charged with stamping out corruption in South Australian public administration. But that... | NEWSLETTER | |
01 November 2015 |
The introduction of Cab Charge in the seventies was somewhat of a mini revolution of convenience in local business travel. You could attend meetings and functions by hailing a cab,... | NEWSLETTER | |
01 November 2015 |
People generally like to think of themselves as inherently good and honest and for the most part this is probably true. However, the majority of people have at some stage... | NEWSLETTER |
