Committee on Standards in Public Life: Getting the balance right: Implementing standards of conduc…
R10-38
Published January 2005
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
Leaders of public bodies should reiterate their commitment to the effective implementation of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 and ensure its principles and provisions are widely known and applicable in their own organisation. They should commit their organisations to following the four key elements of good practice i.e. (i) Ensuring that staff are aware of and trust the whistleblowing avenues; (ii) Provision of realistic advice about what the whistleblowing process means for openness, confidentiality and anonymity;
(iii) Continual review of how the procedures work in practice; and
(iv) Regular communication to staff about the avenues open to them.
(iii) Continual review of how the procedures work in practice; and
(iv) Regular communication to staff about the avenues open to them.
From: Committee on Standards in Public Life, Getting the balance right: Implementing standards of conduct in public life, January 2005
Government response
Government response (the government's words)
The Government agrees on the importance of ensuring that staff are aware of and trust the whistleblowing process, and of the need for the boards of public bodies to demonstrate leadership on this issue. It also agrees on the need for regular communication to staff about the avenues open to them to raise issues of concern. There is some guidance on raising issues of concern for staff of public bodies but the Government accepts that it would benefit from some updating. It will therefore revise and reissue the Cabinet Office guidance for NDPB staff and board members making clear the requirement for effective and clear procedures for raising issues of concern, as well as the requirements of the Public Interest Disclosure Act.
From: HM Government. Source document ↗