Conference wrap: perspectives and highlights

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Be a force for good (Gabrielle Reilly) (971.89KB)
The experiences of whistleblowers after misconduct is reported (Russell Smith) (661.54KB)
Investigating corruption and misconduct – tips from the experts (Erin Barlow) (463.75KB)
The successful marriage of organised crime and corruption (Anna Sergi) (11.25MB)
Insights and learnings on integrity (Andrew Greaves) (711.88KB)
The role of audit (Andrew Greaves) (853.08KB)
The role of audit in integrity and corruption prevention (Jenny Atta) (1.34MB)
Risk Management Fraud and Ethical Behaviour (Matthew Hildebrand) (462.43KB)
Risk vulnerabilities and the use of technology in corruption prevention (Susan Fraser) (617.10KB)
Corruption in the digital world (Russell Smith) (665.92KB)
Improving managerial responses to whistleblowing in public and private sector organisations (AJ Brown) (869.82KB)
Perceptions of corruption in Victoria (Evylyn Brophy and Caroline Tomiczek) (532.28KB)
Complaints handling - good practice advice and tips from the experts (Christina DiPierdomenico) (2.07MB)
Recordkeeping in the Victorian Government How Standards Fail (Justine Heazlewood) (774.22KB)
Perfect Storm – when prevention fails and risks are realised (David Wolf) (1.04MB)
Police Corruption What Police Corruption What can we learn from other jurisdictions (Leslie Holmes) (513.55KB)

Among the many highlights of the Victorian Corruption Prevention and Integrity Conference were:

Insights from keynote speaker Dr Anna Sergi into the world of organised crime and infiltration into the public sector, including a case study on Rome. She introduced the audience to the term ‘leadership disease’, describing how public leaders can become corrupted
Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass OBE and Chief Municipal Inspector David Wolf outlined real-life examples of governance failures
The Hon. Kim Wells and the Hon. Stephen Charles spoke about the importance of integrity oversight mechanisms
Special Minister of State, the Hon. Gavin Jennings, told of the need to strengthen protected disclosure legislation and improve the capability to address wrongdoing
Auditor-General Andrew Greaves broadened the concept of integrity to include efficiency (‘you can be honest and ethical but totally ineffective’)
Victoria Police presenters described their preferred leadership style (‘tone at the top’) as ‘confident humility’, and spoke about moving towards a discloser-centric rather than investigative approach to reporting of possible corrupt conduct
And those at the conference dinner were entertained by the anecdotes of Walkey Award-winning journalist and ‘Underbelly’ author John Silvester.

Workshops reminded people of:

listening to people who call out wrongdoing to ensure they have effective support
the importance of developing the right culture for people to speak up and report wrongdoing
what can occur when position and resources are used for personal gain
the need to build strong reporting systems and mechanisms
treating complaints as opportunities to improve services
the need for ethical culture and leadership to support the effectiveness of codes of conduct and integrity frameworks
the importance of conducting integrity health checks within organisations
accepting that conflicts of interest will occur; what’s important is how they’re managed
how scope creep can be a problem in investigations
how good data cannot be mined from bad data.