We are currently consulting on our draft long-term insights briefing 'The Future of Public Service Integrity'.
Long-term insights briefings are designed to be ‘think pieces’ on the future, providing information about medium and long-term trends, risks and opportunities that may affect Aotearoa New Zealand. They give effect to the Public Service’s stewardship responsibilities and are not government policy.
Following a consultation on the focus of our second long-term insights briefing last year, the Public Service Commissioner selected the topic ‘The Future of Public Service Integrity’.
Integrity is at the heart of what the Public Service does and what it means to be a public servant. It’s central to building and maintaining trust in government, and supports the legitimacy and functioning of our democracy. New Zealanders expect it of us, and it also delivers huge economic benefits by protecting against corruption. Integrity ensures that when the power of the state and public resources are used, the public interest is protected.
Public Service integrity in this context means individual public servants or Public Service agencies are acting in line with professional standards that uphold the public interest over individual or private interests.
Our draft briefing ‘The Future of Public Service Integrity’ covers:
- New Zealand’s current integrity approach and performance – this chapter includes an outline of two different approaches to Public Service integrity that have had different emphasis in New Zealand at different times. It also looks at external assessments of New Zealand’s current performance, including its rankings on international integrity and anti-corruption indices.
- Trends and drivers that may impact Public Service integrity – this chapter includes groups of signals, trends, and drivers that might impact Public Service integrity in 2040. It also looks at how the trends might interact over the next 15 years to 2040, and explore what this would mean for Public Service integrity in three different ‘outlooks’ or stories.
- Desired future state of Public Service integrity and options to get there – this looks at how we can strengthen our current approach to achieve the long-term vision set out in the Public Service Act, taking likely trends into account.
If you would like to share your thoughts on our draft briefing, you can fill out the survey to answer some specific questions or to make more general comments.
We are interested to hear if you think there are any materials or information we have missed, options you think we should consider, and any other feedback you have. Our consultation closes on Sunday 24 August.
You can read the briefing and submit your feedback here:
