Public transparency
Publish information on your organisation’s decision-making processes, decisions made, successful tenderers or grantees, incidents and breaches.
This control targets both internal and external fraud risks.
Examples
Examples of this control include publishing information on:
- your organisation’s decision-making processes
- organisations or individuals receiving government funding
- which decisions have been made
- approved providers or licence holders
- conflicts of interest from external influences
- fraud incidents.
Risks from control gap
Opaque decision-making processes, tenders and incidents can lead to:
- fraudsters concealing their corrupt or fraudulent activities
- inconsistencies in tender, grant or licensing processes
- repeat offending by fraudsters across organisations
- employees manipulating bidding criteria to favour a particular supplier.
Assessing effectiveness
Methods to evaluate the effectiveness of this control include:
- reviewing decision-making procedures
- reviewing information published on decisions
- interviewing employees and stakeholders to identify their awareness of decisions made
- confirming the existence of reference and guidance material to help in decision making
- reviewing conflict of interest registers
- reviewing how fraud incidents are reported and communicated.
Complementary controls
Other capability, prevention, detection and response controls that can enhance this control’s effectiveness:
Related fraudster personas
Types of behaviour this control is designed to mitigate:
The corrupt
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The deceiver
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The exploiter
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The organised
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