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Audit and Risk Committees

A well-functioning Audit and Risk Committee can significantly help in better understanding and managing risks in your organisation, ultimately improving public accountability and trust.

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Conflicts of interest

If you work in the public sector, there is a good chance that you will have a conflict of interest at some point in your working life – regardless of what your role is or how senior you are...

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Discouraging fraud

Minimising the opportunity and removing the temptation to commit fraud are the best ways that public organisations can protect the public's resources... 

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Good governance

There are eight elements that we consider are essential for governance to be effective...

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Integrity

Integrity is about aligning both your commitment and your behaviour with strong ethical values or principles in a consistent and uncompromising way...

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Performance reporting

Performance reporting is the main way that public organisations explain to Parliament and the public how well they have used public money to deliver services and achieve outcomes...

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Procurement

Procurement means the process used to acquire and manage goods and services. Getting procurement right means that New Zealanders get the best possible outcomes from public spending...

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Sensitive expenditure

We recommend a principles-based approach to sensitive expenditure decisions. Although it requires careful judgement, it's also flexible and more practical than lots of rules...

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