32. How many incidents of fraud or corruption are you aware of at your organisation in the last two years?

Public Sector Fraud Awareness Survey - Findings: Incidents of fraud.

Observation:

PwC comment:
While any level of fraud or corruption in the public sector is a matter of concern, the 22.5% response to this question is lower than we expected.

22.5% of respondents indicated that they were aware of at least one fraud having occurred in their organisation. The tables on following pages show that in general management appeared more aware of fraud incidents in their organisation than staff. Local Government entities reported slightly higher rates (33%) than Central Government organisations (28%) and Schools (8%).

Graph of Question 32:How many incidents of fraud or corruption are you aware of at your organisation in the last two years?
  No instances 1 or more Total Count
Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director/Principal 301 79% 79 21% 380
Member of the senior executive/leadership team or equivalent 350 72% 138 28% 488
Line manager (if not one of the above) 156 71% 63 29% 219
Administration/Support Services 184 92% 15 8% 199
Operational staff (e.g. Teacher, Analyst, Advisor, Technician, Officer, Engineer, Accountant) 111 82% 25 18% 136
Total 1,102 77% 320 23% 1,422
  No instances 1 or more Total
Central Government          
Autonomous Crown Entities 44 81% 10 19% 54
Central Government - Other 35 78% 10 22% 45
Crown Agents or Companies  64 74% 23 26% 87
Crown Research Institutes 35 95% 2 5% 37
District Health Boards 47 67% 23 33% 70
Government Departments 90 62% 55 38% 145
Independent Crown Entities 37 100% 0 0% 37
Māori Trust Boards 8 73% 3 27% 11
Rural Education Activities Programmes 9 82% 2 18% 11
State-Owned Enterprises 28 60% 19 40% 47
Tertiary Education Institutions 57 63% 33 37% 90
Sub-Total 454 72% 180 28% 634
  No instances 1 or more Total
Local Government          
Airports 13 68% 6 32% 19
Council Controlled Organisations or Council Controlled Trading Organisations 61 81% 14 19% 75
Energy Companies 14 50% 14 50% 28
Fish and Game Councils 7 88% 1 13% 8
Licensing and Community Trusts 3 33% 6 67% 9
Local Authorities 105 63% 63 38% 168
Local Government - Other  11 100% 0 0% 11
Port Companies 2 100% 0 0% 2
Sub-Total 216 68% 104 33% 320
           
Schools 432 92% 36 8% 468
Total 1,102 77% 320 23% 1,422

Observation:

Half of the organisations with more than 500 employees reported incidences of fraud. 9% of the organisations with fewer than 25 employees reported incidences of fraud.

Percentage of respondents in that organisation size indicating at least one incident of fraud.

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