A ROLE-LEVEL ANALYSIS
THE ACTION PLAN
To make employees more resilient to integrity risks, it is important to make them aware of the possible integrity risks associated with the work they perform.
Widespread organisational and individual awareness of role-specific integrity risks helps both management and employees to anticipate more easily and take measures to avoid or reduce risks. In the rest of this publication, we use an example – see the blue box on the next page – to go through various steps that help to identify integrity risks at role level. We do this in a number of steps:
- Identifying the different role types within an organisation;
- Mapping, for each role type, which tasks and powers are susceptible to misuse by the employees, or by one or more third parties;
- Identifying the vulnerabilities that may increase this risk;
- Identifying existing measures that reduce this risk;
- Determining which measures still need to be taken to reduce the risk.
TIP!
You should preferably critically review roles and actions on a periodic basis. Some risks are situation-specific and context-dependent. Changes in an employee’s personal life may also make them more vulnerable in the performance of their role compared to the moment they were appointed. In addition, a change in role, internal processes or certain developments in society, for example, may prompt a reassessment of risks. An effective approach is to speak with employees at least once a year about whether anything has changed in their personal circumstances or work-related activities. Discuss with employees how this change affects their work.