When no one is watching
Bribery Act, fraud and duty of candour.
- Level
- Bitesize
- Learning time
- 1 hour 15 minutes
- Where
- Ethics, Integrity and Standards
- Price
- £39
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Certificate of Completion
Overview and Outcomes.
Overview
Every pound lost to fraud is a pound lost to a service. This module sets out the Fraud Act 2006, the Bribery Act 2010, the new failure to prevent fraud offence and public sector recovery powers, then CIPFA's five principles for managing fraud risk. Drawing on the Covid-19 PPE high priority lane, it covers urgency and controls, procurement red flags and what to do if you suspect wrongdoing. Honesty means not deceiving people; candour means volunteering what others need to know. This module examines the Public Office (Accountability) Bill, known as the Hillsborough Law, with its proposed duty of candour and codes of ethical conduct, impartial advice as a service, and the statutory duties of monitoring and section 151 officers. The Liverpool City Council case, read through Janis, Bion and Menzies Lyth, informs accountability without scapegoating.
What you'll develop
In this Bitesize, you will develop the ability to:
- Describe the main fraud and bribery offences, including failure to prevent fraud, and the defence each corporate offence allows.
- Identify red flags in procurement and payments and explain why controls and equal treatment matter most under urgency.
- Apply the five steps of pausing, preserving, reporting, protecting and following up when you suspect wrongdoing.
- Distinguish honesty, candour and accountability, and describe the current status and main provisions of the Public Office (Accountability) Bill.
- Explain how impartial, recorded advice and the statutory duties of monitoring and section 151 officers support speaking truth to power.
The Modules.
1 hour 15 minutes of learning.
- 06Fraud, Bribery and Procurement IntegrityEvery pound lost to fraud is a pound lost to a service. This module sets out the Fraud Act 2006, the Bribery Act 2010, the new failure to prevent fraud offence and public sector recovery powers, then CIPFA's five principles for managing fraud risk. Drawing on the Covid-19 PPE high priority lane, it covers urgency and controls, procurement red flags and what to do if you suspect wrongdoing.36 min
- 07Candour, Honesty and AccountabilityHonesty means not deceiving people; candour means volunteering what others need to know. This module examines the Public Office (Accountability) Bill, known as the Hillsborough Law, with its proposed duty of candour and codes of ethical conduct, impartial advice as a service, and the statutory duties of monitoring and section 151 officers. The Liverpool City Council case, read through Janis, Bion and Menzies Lyth, informs accountability without scapegoating.37 min
Keep going.
Part of the Ethics, Integrity and Standards topic, also sold whole as Integrity first.
Go deeper, and pay only the difference
- You are hereBitesize, 1 hour 15 minutes, £39
- Next stepFocus, Integrity that holds, 2 hours 30 minutes, £69. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £30.
- The whole topicExplore, Integrity first, 5 hours 30 minutes, £129. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £90.
When you step up to a higher level, what you paid in the last 12 months for lower-level courses inside the bigger course comes off its price, in proportion to how much of each is inside it, whichever topic it's from. Courses at the same or a lower level don't give credit against each other. A Focus course or above always costs at least £15. Prices per person. Read the full terms
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