CPD understands that there is a continuing need to raise staff awareness of their responsibility to safeguard public resources against the risk of fraud.
CPD has detailed Fraud Reporting Procedures to ensure that staff know who to contact should they have any suspicions of attemtped fraud or any other illegal act. These procedures complement the Department of Finance and Personnel's Fraud Prevention Policy (pdf, 58kb) 
and Fraud Response Plan (pdf 1.16mb) . The Department will not tolerate any level of fraud or corruption and its policy is to thoroughly investigate all suspected frauds and allegations and where appropriate, to refer to the police at the earliest juncture.
and Fraud Response Plan (pdf 1.16mb) . The Department will not tolerate any level of fraud or corruption and its policy is to thoroughly investigate all suspected frauds and allegations and where appropriate, to refer to the police at the earliest juncture.Anti-Fraud Procedures
Introduction
Central Procurement Directorate requires all staff at all times to act honestly and with integrity and to safeguard the public resources for which they are responsible. Fraud is an ever-present threat to these resources and hence must be a concern to all members of staff. The purpose of this statement is to set out your responsibilities with regard to the prevention of fraud.
What is Fraud?
No precise legal definition of fraud exists. The term is used to describe such acts as deception, bribery, forgery, extortion, corruption, theft, conspiracy, embezzlement, misappropriation, false representation, concealment of material facts and collusion. For practical purposes fraud may be defined as the use of deception with the intention of obtaining an advantage, avoiding an obligation or causing loss to another party.
Responsibilities
Central Procurement Directorate is responsible for:-
- developing and maintaining effective controls to prevent fraud;
- carrying out vigorous and prompt investigations if fraud occurs (see Accountability and Accountancy Services Division for further details);
- taking appropriate legal and/or disciplinary action against perpetrators of fraud; and
- taking disciplinary action against supervisors where supervisory failures have contributed to the commission of the fraud.
Managers are responsible for:-
- identifying the risks to which systems and procedures are exposed;
- developing and maintaining effective controls to prevent and detect fraud; and
- ensuring that controls are being complied with.
Individual members of staff are responsible for:-
- acting with propriety in the use of official resources and in the handling and use of public funds whether they are involved with cash or payments systems, receipts or dealing with contractors or suppliers; and
- reporting details immediately (to their line manager or next most senior manager) if they suspect that a fraud has been committed or see any suspicious acts or events.
Ethics And Conduct of Staff
Civil Servants are servants of the Crown and owe a duty of loyal service to the Crown as their employer. As stewards of public funds civil servants must have, and been seen to have, high standards of honesty, propriety and integrity in the exercise of their duties. Staff should not receive gifts, hospitality or benefits of any kind from a third party which might be seen to compromise their personal judgement or integrity.