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Accountability

Our Values and Standards of Professional Behaviour

  • Ensure you use public money and other resources properly and efficiently and challenge others to do the same.
  • Take full responsibility for, and be prepared to explain and justify, your actions and decisions, being open about mistakes and learning from them use all information, training, equipment and management support you are provided with to keep yourself up to date on your role and your responsibilities with regards to data handling.
  • Consider how your behaviour and that of colleagues meets the standards expected and challenge colleagues where you consider it falls short, being open to such challenge from others about your own actions.
  • Meet applicable legal requirements, including the European Convention on Human Rights and the provisions of the Northern Ireland Troubles Act.
  • Undertake any conduct which would cause the Commission to breach its statutory duties, including to put life or national security at risk.
  • Avoid scrutiny or legitimate requests to give account of actions or conceal such matters from colleagues and senior leaders.
  • Circumvent policies and procedures to allow for concerns to be raised in a formal manner. The Commission’s Raising a concern policy sets out routes for raising concerns in a formal manner.
  • Act beyond the remit of your official role.