Committee on Standards in Public Life: Local Public Spending Bodies
R2-8
Published May 1996
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
Where it is absolutely necessary to include confidentiality clauses in service and severance contracts, they should expressly remind staff that legitimate concerns about malpractice may be raised with the appropriate authority (the funding council, National Audit Office, Visitor, or independent review body as applicable) if this is done in the public interest.
From: Committee on Standards in Public Life, Local Public Spending Bodies, May 1996