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Ethical framework

• Ethics guidance

• Ethics management

• Ethics control

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Ethics guidanceDocuments where values and principles applicable in

an SAI are stated:• General legal rules (applicable to all civil servants);• Special legal rules applicable to the SAI;• General code of ethics (applicable to all civil

servants)• SAI’s code of ethics• SAI’s strategic documents• Audit manuals• Code or guidelines for conduct• Other•

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Ethics managementInitiatives to deal with different ethical situations,

either to prevent them or to solve them

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Ethics controlEthics’ control relates to practices that establish accountability mechanisms and monitoring procedures of adherence to stated values and principles and to expected behaviour.

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Session 7: Advocating Ethics and Closure

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Session Overview

• Review of Workshop Framework

• Advocating Ethics

Role of Ethics Advocates

Stakeholders for advocacy

Advocacy initiatives

Create an advocacy campaign

• Closure

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Learning Objective

The participants will create an advocacy campaign that promotes Ethics to relevant stakeholders.

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Framework of Ethics Module

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Why ethics?

What is Ethics?

What is the value and benefits framework

of an SAI?

Code of Ethics in IAAD-New initiatives

Code OF ethics in IAAD- ethical

dilemmasAdvocating

Ethics

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HOW can I advocate ethics ?

Activity 7.ABrainstorm on the following

What is the role of an Ethics Advocate?

What are some of the competencies expected of an Ethics Advocate?

Who are the key stakeholders?

List some advocacy initiatives

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Role of an Ethics Advocate

Promote implementation of Code of Ethics

Build stakeholder Relations

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Underlying principles

Lead by example

Facilitate

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Competencies (KSAs)

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Knowledge

• Code of ethics

• Organisational culture

• Work practices

• Weak links

• Institutional, Organisational and SAI level issues

• Conditions in developing countries

Skills

• Facilitation Skills

• Ability to champion Ethics and values

• Ability to convince

• Leadership Skills

• Communication skills

• Project management skills

• Analytical Skills

• Audit Skills

• Relationship building

• Language skills

Attitudes

• Professional

• Innovative

• Integrity

• Inspiring

• Proactive

• Responsible

• Helpful

• Enthusiastic

• Openness

• Team spirit

• Optimistic

• Determined

• Perseverence

Key stakeholders

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Internal

• Top and Senior Managers

• Peers

• Subordinates

External

• Audited Entities

• Parliament

• Public Accounts Committee (PAC)

• INTOSAI Community

• Professional Organizations

• Civil Society Organizations (CSO)

Advocacy Initiatives on Ethics

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Advocacy Initiatives on Ethics

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Letter heads with messages on EthicsDiscussions in regular meetingPresentationsIntranetUse Ethics branding on cap, t-shirt, mug, pen etc.

Advocacy Initiatives on Ethics

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Create Champions within the organization/wings/ departments/Divisions

Formal Communication Ethics movies Leadership Message Create posters

Websites/web-links

Ethics related Performance Audit

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Activity 7.BCreate an Advocacy campaign

1.Create a poster (containing a slogan) advocating ANY ethical issue.

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Thank you

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Session 7: Advocating Ethics and Closure Session at a Glance 7

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Session Objective Materials Required Session Structure Teaching Methods Used

Time Required

Given discussions and exercises the participants will create an advocacy campaign that promotes Ethics to relevant stakeholders to the extent that it is effective and innovative as evaluated by the community.

Projector, slides, flipcharts, markers of different colours, chart papers , scissors etc.

Session Overview Basic Concept Framework of Ethics Module

Slide/lecturette Slide/lecturette

2 Mins 3 Mins

Key Teaching Points (KTPs)

Identify the role of ethics advocates and the key stakeholders for advocacy Identify advocacy initiatives

List as many stakeholders as possible and discuss on one challenging stakeholder, flipchart.

Activity 11. A: Brainstorming to list as many initiatives as possible and choose one creative and innovative initiative

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Evaluation

Activity 11. B Create an Advocacy Campaign (30 mins)

35 mins

Summary and Closure

5 mins

Total time: 75 Mins

Notes:....

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Facilitator’s Guide Reference 1 Welcome participants to the last session of the workshop.

Tell: With this is the final session of the workshop and during this session we shall be recapturing what we have tried to cover during the course of the last five days of this workshop and place the sub modules in perspective of what we sought to cover and achieve during the workshop. Tell: For this purpose we will look at the framework of the module and address the core of the framework which is the role that each of you will be playing as advocates of ethics in your own capacity. Thereafter we will formally bring the workshop to a closure. Show slide 2 on Session Overview and tell that during the session the following will be covered:

Review of Workshop Framework

Advocating Ethics Role of Ethics Advocates Stakeholders for advocacy Advocacy initiatives Create an advocacy campaign

Closure

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2 Learning Objective Show slide 2 and Tell that the learning that is expected from is session is that The participants will create an advocacy campaign that promotes Ethics to relevant stakeholders

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3 Basic Concept Framework of ethics module Ask if anyone can recall the framework of ethics stm as covered in the sessions during the workshop so far without looking at the workshop schedule. Collect responses and discuss. Show Slide 4 on the Framework of the ethics module and explain the process adopted for delivery of this module through the sub modules and sessions. Tell :In this workshop we started by setting the learning environment and then dealt with the following larger issues:

Why ethics-Need of ethics in Governance, expectations/pressure of external stakeholders- civil

society, media etc.

What is ethics- traditional understanding of ethics, ethics framework, contemporary approaches to

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ethics, framework for ethical decision making, problem of corruption linked to the ethical framework

and framework for ethical decision making)

Role of SAIs- Values and Benefits of SAI (ISSAI 12 and IAAD Performance Report- shorten available

session)What is the values and benefits framework of an SAI? – Role of SAIs, the Performance

Measurement framework in general.

IAAD Code of Ethics and promoting ethics through new initiatives (Code of ethics- INTOSAI, IAAD

Code of ethics; Good practices and initiatives in IAAD- experience sharing)

IAAD Code of ethics and ethical dilemma (What is ethical dilemma; What are the values and

principles in the IAAD Code of ethics- What are the challenges and risks confronting them; how are

the risks and challenges managed)

Ethics Advocacy (Who; to whom; how)

Experience sharingTell : Through the above gamut of sessions, we have all relooked at our understanding of ethics, tried to recap what we already know, tried to relearn and also tried to see other perspectives on how to deal with ethics under the prevailing situation. Tell : Now we have come to the most critical part of the module wherein we will address the most important issue of what role each of us will/can play in the implementation and promotion of ethics in our professional and personal lives. Tell: This is something that cannot be taught by instructors to participants. Hence we will address this through some activities which involves smaller group discussions, self reflection and group generalisations which will be shared in the plenary. Tell: The entire session is therefore based on participatory model with just the framework for discussions and leading questions being provided by the facilitators.

4 Key Teaching Points (KTPs) Show slide 4 and Tell: Let us start by asking ourselves a simple and straightforward question –

How can I advocate ethics? Ask any volunteer to respond to the question. Seek comments from others. Discuss and proceed. Tell: To be able to answer to this question in an even better manner, let us structure some more questions?

What is the role of an ethics advocate?

What kind of underlying principles should an ethics advocate function?

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What are the competencies (KSA) required in an ethics advocate?

Who are the key stakeholders that an ethics advocate would be dealing with? Divide participants into 5 groups and ask them to work on the above questions for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, ask one group to share their response on one question, and move to the next group with the next question and so on till all questions are covered. Allow other groups to comment on responses by respective group on the assigned question and generate discussions in the plenary. Jot down points on the flipchart. Show slides 6-9 on the illustrative role os ethics advocate, the underlying principles, KSAs of ethics advocates and the possible stakeholders. Discuss on the challenges that will be faced while advocating ethics to the stakeholders. Tell: Now that we have agreed on a fair understanding of what ethics advocates are expected to do, let us see how the ethics advocates can do their advocacy work. Tell: For this we have a small activity. Show slide 10 on Activity 11 A and brainstorm in the group on the kind of initiatives that can be taken up for advocating ethics. Give 5 minutes for this. After 5 minutes, Collect responses and jot down on the flipchart. Discuss as points are received and allow cross comments across participants. Show slides 12-20 on the various advocacy initiatives tried out in various SAIs n other organisations including EUROSAI, SAI Zimbabwe, and also PA on Gifts and benefits carried out by SAI New Zealand. Discuss in the plenary. Ask to what extent these initiatives are practicable in case of SAI India, the expected bottlenecks, challenges and how we can address them.

Slides 6,7,8,9 Slide 10 Slides 12-20

5 Evaluation Tell: Now that we have discussed on the kind of initiatives one can take up as ethics advocates, let us have an activity vide which we would be actually advocating for ethics. Show slide 21 with Activity 11B

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