South Australian public sector commissioner Erma Ranieri is asking other public service leaders to explain a high number of exemptions to merit-based recruitment processes, according…

Public servants must be “eternally vigilant in maintaining their tradition of frank and fearless advice based on evidence” in the post-truth era, according to former…

Ethics Centre chief Simon Longstaff challenges bureaucrats to consider what makes a just decision and when compliance action is right. Reflectiveness and good judgment are…

A surprising example of how government data can be put to "appalling" use came up at yesterday's Data+Privacy Conference, where ethical frameworks that go beyond…

The US government's top ethics official, who worked for three presidents, has taken a parting shot at Donald Trump's administration over his business profits.

Centrelink bosses think they stayed within the law but they "rode roughshod" over conventional attitudes to privacy, writes ethicist Matthew Beard. Governments should pick their…

The business community is reasserting its authority to contribute to the policy debate, says Business Council of Australia's Jennifer Westacott. We need a new, co-operative…

New figures reveal how Australians rate the ethics of local, state and Commonwealth public sector occupations, including politicians. Does closer to the people translate to…

Unthinking custom and practice is the enemy of innovation, and unless questioned, will maintain the status quo. Ethics Centre chief Simon Longstaff explains how constructive…

Some public servants need little encouragement to fight FOI tooth and nail — but should they? Two departments handled the release of their "blue books"…

Commonwealth public servants are trying to cut back internal red tape. But ministers and mandarins must get over their fear of failure to achieve agility.

Ethics, as it applies to any research involving humans, cannot be ignored by public servants running policy and program evaluations. But if the slow process…

A 12-month investigation by the Tasmanian Integrity Commission has found "a systemic failure" across State Service agencies to apply policies on receiving gifts. But DPC…