13. I have had fraud awareness training at my current organisation.

Public Sector Fraud Awareness Survey - Findings: Fraud prevention.

Observation:

Pie chart of Question 13: I have had fraud awareness training at my current organisation.

73.9% of respondents said that they had not received fraud awareness training at their current organisation.

This lack of training was reflected across all roles and levels of organisations.

Of those who had received training, 16.5% had received training in the previous six months and 33.2% in the previous 12 months. A quarter of respondents indicated that they last received training over two years ago.

What some respondents have said:

“We have a very small and senior staff with an extremely low turnover record - hence the limited training needed. Although we do not have a formal Staff Code of Conduct we do have a disciplinary policy and there is reference in our fraud policy which has relevance.”

“We are a bit "hit and miss" - sometimes we provide fraud awareness training, but it isn't consistent.”

PwC comment:
Employees are an organisation’s greatest weapon in the prevention of fraud and corruption. A significant amount of fraud is not detected in the early stages because of the inability of the organisation’s staff to recognise early warning signs or because they were unsure how to report their suspicions.

“It would appear from these questions that communication of fraud policy is lacking and training is required in respect of what it covers and how to apply and overcome fraud.”

“Where does a Principal get training to identify fraud?”

“I don't think fraud is a significant issue, but more focused training on probity and conflict-of-interest management is required to avoid probity issues caused by naivety.”

Would benefit from stronger leadership expectation setting that it is unacceptable and regular communication about that.”

  Yes No Don’t know Total Count
Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director/Principal 87 23% 291 76% 5 1% 383
Member of the senior executive/leadership team or equivalent 132 27% 350 71% 9 2% 491
Line manager (if not one of the above) 53 24% 164 75% 3 1% 220
Administration/Support Services 48 24% 141 71% 11 6% 200
Operational staff (e.g. Teacher, Analyst, Advisor, Technician, Officer, Engineer, Accountant) 18 13% 111 81% 8 6% 137
Total 338 24% 1,057 74% 36 3% 1,431
  Yes No Don’t know Total
Central Government              
Autonomous Crown Entities 16 30% 38 70% 0 0% 54
Central Government - Other 10 22% 33 73% 2 4% 45
Crown Agents or Companies  26 30% 55 63% 6 7% 87
Crown Research Institutes 7 18% 30 79% 1 3% 38
District Health Boards 20 29% 50 71% 0 0% 70
Government Departments 34 23% 108 73% 5 3% 147
Independent Crown Entities 4 11% 31 84% 2 5% 37
Māori Trust Boards 2 18% 9 82% 0 0% 11
Rural Education Activities Programmes 1 9% 10 91% 0 0% 11
State-Owned Enterprises 14 30% 33 70% 0 0% 47
Tertiary Education Institutions 35 38% 55 60% 1 1% 91
Sub-Total 169 26% 452 71% 17 3% 638
  Yes No Don’t know Total
Local Government              
Airports 7 37% 11 58% 1 5% 19
Council Controlled Organisations or Council Controlled Trading Organisations 17 23% 56 75% 2 3% 75
Energy Companies 12 43% 15 54% 1 4% 28
Fish and Game Councils 3 38% 5 63% 0 0% 8
Licensing and Community Trusts 1 11% 8 89% 0 0% 9
Local Authorities 38 22% 129 76% 2 1% 169
Local Government - Other  1 9% 10 91% 0 0% 11
Port Companies 1 33% 2 67% 0 0% 3
Sub-Total 80 25% 236 73% 6 2% 322
               
Schools 89 19% 369 78% 13 3% 471
Total 338 24% 1,057 74% 36 3% 1,431
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