Integrity Spotlight Advisory: Government emails explains some of the key requirements government employees and their employers must be  aware of when approving, using and monitoring government email.

Factsheet: Volunteering with State and Local Government authorities outlines when volunteers might have obligations to report corruption in public administration.

Councils are responsible for ensuring that residents and businesses comply with various legislation. Given the wide-ranging nature of enforcement powers available to council officers, they are vulnerable to misuse for corrupt purposes.

The Royal Commission into the Robodebt scheme identified critical failures in the functioning of the public service agencies administering the scheme. Key among these was the failure of public servants to provide frank and fearless advice to Ministers.

The Commission regularly deals with allegations that public sector resources have been misused. Most people think of physical things that are needed to perform a role such as computers, mobile phones, stationery, vehicles, tools and equipment. However, it is important to consider how you are using both tangible and intangible public resources.

Boards are a useful way for governments to gain access to and leverage the expertise and knowledge of people in the community. Many board members are appointed because of their professional connections and business pursuits within a particular sector. Consequently, there is the risk that their private and public interests will come into conflict.

Integrity Spotlight: Red flags in recruitment outlines how public officers can guard against impropriety in recruitment processes.

If you are contracted to a public authority, or working for a company contracted to a public authority, then you are a public officer while you are performing that contract work.

Factsheet: Are you a government contractor? explores the reporting obligations of contractors engaged by a public authority.

The Integrity Spotlight: Confidentiality and misuse of information discusses the types of information that may be at risk of being misused, and how to ensure information is not used improperly.

State and local government agencies store large volumes of information about South Australians and government business. Integrity Spotlight: Audit logging explores how robust controls prevent information being improperly accessed, edited, disseminated or deleted.

Integrity Spotlight: Managing risk through the separation process guides agencies through the process of a staff member leaving an agency or organisation and how to safeguard against corruption risks.

Integrity Spotlight: Perverse incentives outlines how incentive schemes might be manipulated to provide opportunities for corruption to flourish and how best to avoid this.

Integrity Spotlight Alert: Recruitment in Local Government identifies risks and outlines what the Commission considers good practice in recruitment, particularly within Local Government.

This guide has been prepared to assist public authorities to plan and conduct internal investigations. It is not a comprehensive ‘how to’ manual. Rather, it contains practical tips and strategies to assist investigators to conduct thorough and fair investigations.

Public authorities should be equipped to receive and address complaints of alleged wrongdoing by their staff. Integrity Spotlight: Managing anonymous complaints explores why and how employees might report corruption anonymously.

Integrity Spotlight: Keeping time: The importance of accurate timesheets guides agencies in the risks of timesheet fraud and how employers can safeguard timesheet accuracy.

Integrity Spotlight: Conducting Internal Investigations guides agencies through the process of conducting an internal investigation to address allegations of impropriety.

The Integrity Spotlight Advisory: Gifts and benefits guide outlines the circumstances in which gifts can be reasonably accepted by an employee, agency or organisation, and how to ensure integrity is not compromised.

Integrity Spotlight: Flexible and remote work provides public officers with a guide to managing risks of corruption and inappropriate conduct during times of change and disruption.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 2012 significantly changed in October 2021. This factsheet outlines some of the key changes to the legislation and to the changes in operation at the Commission.

Most information related to or connected with matters involving the Commission is confidential. This factsheet summarises some of these limitations. For further information about confidentiality requirements refer to section 54 of the ICAC Act.

A policy framework provides an overarching structure that guides how policies and procedures will be developed, approved, communicated and reviewed. Integrity Spotlight: Policy framework provides advice on creating, maintaining and adhering to a policy framework.

Integrity Spotlight: Conflicts of interest provides public officers with a guide to identifying, disclosing and managing both real and perceived conflicts of interests.

An examination is an investigation tool available to the Independent Commission Against Corruption for investigations into alleged corruption in public administration. This factsheet explains the ICAC examination process.