Scope
3.1 The Councils aim to foster honesty and integrity, and to uphold the Seven Principles of Public Life developed by the Nolan Committee on Standards in Public Life and set out at Appendix 1 below. High ethical standards are an integral part of good governance. In promoting good governance the Council aims to create a counter fraud culture to help deter people from committing fraud and to encourage those who suspect fraudulent activity to report it.
3.2 The Policy Statement / Strategy applies to all elected Members and all officers (full time, part time, temporary, casual and volunteers) who work for the Councils. The term "officer" includes all types of employees of the Councils.
3.3 The Councils also expect that individuals and organisations (e.g. partners, suppliers, contractors, service providers and voluntary organisations) that it deals with will act with integrity and without thought or actions involving fraud, bribery and corruption. Where relevant, the Councils will include appropriate clauses in its contracts about the consequences of fraud, bribery and corruption and evidence of such acts are most likely to lead to a termination of the particular contract and may lead to prosecution.
3.4 The Anti-Fraud, Bribery and Corruption Policy Statement and Strategy are commended to the Councils partner organisations with the expectation that they will be applied either wholly or as the basis for their own local version.