Community attitudes to corruption and the ICAC 1994
- Report length
- 57 pages
Summary
The report's own summary: SUMMARY, pages 5 to 8
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ICAC surveyed 402 randomly selected NSW adults by telephone in November 1994 to inform its prevention and education work.
The survey examined perceptions of corruption, its effects, reporting attitudes, and public understanding and support of ICAC.
ICAC reported that 44% regarded public sector corruption as a major problem and 47% as a minor problem, while warning that respondents’ images did not establish corruption’s existence.
ICAC reported that 91% supported its existence, but respondents were more aware of its investigative work than its prevention and education functions.
In the body's own words
- Conclusion
It appears that people have more difficulty identifying how corruption actually impacts upon their own lives than in thinking about the effects of corruption in more global terms (Section 3, p. 9).
- Recommendation
It may be valuable to further explore community concern about the use and misuse of public funds and public trust.
Findings and recommendations
Allegations are not findings. A commission's finding or opinion of corrupt conduct or misconduct is not a finding that a person is guilty of a criminal offence, and the commissions say so in their reports.
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Notes on this record
- Corruption prevention and research reports make no findings about individuals; any recommendations are not extracted unless set out as numbered recommendations that could be read confidently.
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