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Make it a legal requirement for all public officers to undertake ethics testing

Submitted on Saturday 25th February 2017

Published on Tuesday 21st March 2017

Current status: Closed

Closed: Tuesday 2nd May 2017

Signatures: 9

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Cabinet ~ Economy ~ Nolan

Petition Action

Make it a legal requirement for all public officers to undertake ethics testing

Petition Details

A recent Freedom of Information request revealed that despite the publication by Central Government in 1995 of the Nolan Principles binding the conduct of all public office holders, no records currently exist in the Cabinet Office of routine ethics testing carried out across our public services

Additional Information

Sound ethical judgement is critical in attaining and maintaining public and business trust in our public services.

Whilst this argument was underpinned by the Nolan Principles in 1995, the Cabinet Office can't actually evidence today any records of routine ethics testing by staff across the population to which such principles are supposed to apply.

In today's digitally connected economy where e-tools exist to audit ethics awareness, this finding is unacceptable and can easily be addressed.


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