Public Interest Disclosures and Ethical Conduct
The Institute requires all workers at all times to act honestly and with integrity and to safeguard the public resources for which they are responsible. Our workers are anyone who carries out work for the Institute, including employees, volunteers, contractors (including agency staff and Visiting Practitioners), subcontractors, the employees of contractors and subcontractors, students, trainees and apprentices. All workers are responsible for reporting wrongdoing, including fraud and corrupt conduct. Under the NSW Health Code of Conduct, workers must:
- act in a way which protects and promotes the interests of NSW Health and the particular NSW Health agency where they work;
- ensure that their actions and decisions are not influenced by self-interest or considerations of personal gain or other improper motives; and
- not accept bribes or inducements that are intended to influence their decisions or actions; and not accept gifts where they are, or could be reasonably interpreted as being, designed to secure influence or preferential treatment in favour of the giver.
NSW Health is committed to protecting any person who raises concerns about a breach of the Code from retaliation or reprisals when making a Public Interest Disclosure (PID). Any attempt to take detrimental action against a person who raises a legitimate breach of the Code will be treated seriously and may lead to disciplinary action. Further, it is a criminal offence to take detrimental action against a whistle-blower under Section 33 of the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2022 (the PID Act). The management team at the Institute will take all reasonable steps to implement systems and procedures that prevent fraud and corruption within the organisation.
The Institute’s Fraud and Corruption Control Framework , including the companion PID Procedure, and Statement of Business Ethics assist the maintenance of an ethical culture at the Institute and are required reading for all Institute workers.
Public Interest Disclosures
- NSW Health Policy (PDF)
- NSW Health Disclosure Officers
- Cancer Institute NSW Public Interest Disclosures Procedure (PDF)