Conflict of interest - where the personal interests of a public officer come into conflict with, or could be perceived as coming into conflict with, their professional duties and responsibilities. For example in recruitment processes, conflicts must be declared to address actual or perceived nepotism.
Corruption - includes conduct that constitutes one of a number of offences, including bribery or corruption of public officers, threats or reprisals against public officers and abuse of public office. It includes any other offences committed by a current or former public officer while acting in his or her capacity (or former capacity) as a public officer. If it is not a crime, it is not corruption.
Misconduct - occurs when a public officer contravenes a code of conduct or is involved in any other misconduct while acting in his or her capacity as a public officer.
Maladministration - includes irregular and unauthorised use of public money or substantial mismanagement of public resources. It also includes substantial mismanagement in or in relation to the performance of official functions and conduct resulting from impropriety, incompetence or negligence.
ICAC – Independent Commissioner Against Corruption. The role of the Commissioner is to identify and investigate corruption in public administration, and prevent or minimise corruption, misconduct and maladministration in public administration.
Integrity – Under the public sector Code of Ethics, integrity refers to acting truthfully, consistently and fairly. It means being honest, treating others with respect and adhering to ethical principles.
Ombudsman – Independent and impartial body which deals with complaints about South Australian state and local government.
OPI - Office for Public Integrity. OPI is responsible to the Commissioner and is the central point of contact to receive and assess complaints and reports about corruption, misconduct and maladministration in public administration.
Public administration information - information that raises a potential issue of corruption, misconduct or maladministration in public administration.
Public Interest Disclosure – the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2018(SA) encourages and facilitates the disclosure of public interest information to certain persons or authorities. Protections are provided for those who make appropriate disclosures. The two types of public interest information are public administration information and environmental and health information.
