1. My organisation has a Fraud Policy.

Public Sector Fraud Awareness Survey - Findings: Fraud prevention.

Observation:

Pie chart of the responses to the question: My organisation has a Fraud Policy.

79% of participants said their organisation had a fraud policy.

Senior staff were more aware of their organisation having a fraud policy. 84% of Chief Executives, 79% of senior managers and 73% of line managers said they had a fraud policy.

82% of administration and support staff and 68% of operational staff said their organisation had a fraud policy.

What some respondents have said:

“Although we do not have a "fraud policy" we cover fraud off in other policies.”

PwC comment:
A lack of clarity in policies and in management’s communication of those policies may not set the appropriate “tone at the top.” It may cause employees (especially those at lower levels) to believe that the organisation does not take such risks seriously and so may not report their concerns to management.

“We have relatively good processes but no specific “Fraud Policy”. To date things seems to work well and an eye is kept on things to avoid risks in this area.”

“We are very aware of the possibility and I have used outsiders to carry out audits in addition to the normal audits. A formal policy seems over the top for an organisation of just 11 people.”

“Fraud is not an issue for our organisation and as such does not require any formal prevention measures other than being part of policy document and induction pack for new staff.”

  Yes No Don’t know Total Count
Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director/Principal 323 84% 51 12% 11 3% 385
Member of the senior executive/leadership team or equivalent 395 79% 44 9% 58 11% 497
Line manager (if not one of the above) 162 73% 20 9% 39 18% 221
Administration/Support Services 169 82% 10 5% 26 13% 205
Operational staff (e.g. Teacher, Analyst, Advisor, Technician, Officer, Engineer, Accountant) 94 68% 10 7% 35 25% 139
Total 1,143 79% 135 9% 169 12% 1,447
  Yes No Don’t know Total
Central Government              
Autonomous Crown Entities 51 94% 1 2% 2 4% 54
Central Government - Other 37 79% 7 15% 3 6% 47
Crown Agents or Companies 78 90% 3 3% 6 7% 87
Crown Research Institutes 32 84% 3 8% 3 8% 38
District Health Boards 57 79% 2 3% 13 18% 72
Government Departments 118 79% 9 6% 22 15% 149
Independent Crown Entities 32 86% 1 3% 4 11% 37
Māori Trust Boards 6 55% 4 36% 1 9% 11
Rural Education Activities Programmes 8 73% 2 18% 1 9% 11
State-Owned Enterprises 40 82% 5 10% 4 8% 49
Tertiary Education Institutions 80 88% 1 1% 10 11% 91
Sub-Total 539 83% 38 6% 69 11% 646
  Yes No Don’t know Total
Local Government              
Airports 14 70% 0 0% 6 30% 20
Council Controlled Organisations or Council Controlled Trading Organisations 63 83% 9 12% 4 5% 76
Energy Companies 19 68% 7 25% 2 7% 28
Fish and Game Councils 7 88% 1 13% 0 0% 8
Licensing and Community Trusts 5 56% 4 44% 0 0% 9
Local Authorities 133 79% 19 11% 17 10% 169
Local Government - Other 4 36% 7 64% 0 0% 11
Port Companies 0 0% 2 67% 1 33% 3
Sub-Total  245 76% 49 15% 30 9% 324
               
Schools 359 75% 48 10% 70 15% 477
Total  1,143 79% 135 9% 169 12% 1,447
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