Integrity and how to support it

Anyone managing public resources should do so with the utmost integrity. People demonstrate integrity when they consistently follow agreed moral and ethical principles.

We've published a resource - Putting integrity at the core of how public organisations operate: An integrity framework for the public sector - to help support leaders throughout the wider public sector take a whole-of-organisation approach to building a culture of integrity in their organisations.

To guide people through the integrity framework, there's a simple interactive tool that explains the integrity workplace.

And for ease of reference, there's an A3 version of the framework that you can download and print.

More integrity resources

All of the good practice material in this section is useful for acting with integrity.

We're also building up a set of resources based in Integrity Town - so far, we have an online quiz about managing different types of conflicts of interest and a set of short videos about managing sensitive expenditure.

Other agencies' resources

Agency	Resources	Brief description
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	Integrity and conduct throughout	Cabinet manual – provides the principles of public service and processes for upholding them. Also includes information on public servants making public comments about government policy and on contact between public servants and politicians.
Local Government New Zealand	Code of conduct template	Provides a template for local government Codes of Conduct.
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment	Procurement – managing conflicts of interest and confidentiality	Information to support the management of conflicts of interest and confidentiality throughout procurement processes. Includes a conflict of interest agreement template for a panel chairperson and for a panellist.
Ministry of Justice	Framework to create a fraud and corruption policy	Helps public and private organisations to prepare and improve policies and procedures.
New Zealand Government	Government procurement rules	Rules to help support good market engagement on procurement, which leads to better outcomes. Sets out the criteria for when the rules must be applied.
Ombudsman	Make a protected disclosure	Information on making a protected disclosure, including where to begin, the appropriate authorities, and confidentiality.
Serious Fraud Office	Counter Fraud Centre	The SFO’s Counter Fraud Centre (CFC) works with the public sector to help improve counter fraud capability. Through the CFC portal agencies can access resources, guides, and join a community of practice with other fraud practitioners.
Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission	Code of conduct for Crown entity board members	Sets out the minimum standards of integrity and conduct for Crown entity board members.
Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission	Conflicts of interest	Model standards outlining the Commissioner’s minimum expectations of staff and organisations for reporting and managing conflicts of interest.
Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission	Chief executive gifts, benefits, and expenses	Standards setting out the Commissioner’s expectations of chief executives when incurring expenses or accepting gifts or benefits. Includes guidance for staff when applying the standards.
Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission	Speaking up	Model standards outlining the Commissioner’s minimum expectations for organisations to support staff on speaking up about wrongdoing concerns that could damage the integrity of the State services.
Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission	Standards of integrity and conduct	Sets out how everyone is expected to act when working in the state services. Issued under the State Sector Act 1988, section 57.
Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission	Workforce assurance model standards	Provides standards for consideration of integrity and ethical behaviour when recruiting.

Page last updated: 22 May 2023