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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Contribute to an ethical workplace
   • Access, interpret and apply information on ethical values.
   • Discuss and confirm application of ethical values and principle with senior management and colleagues to ensure common understanding and application.
   • Assist others to access and use public sector ethics legislation and guidelines to ensure compliance with requirements.
   • Explain the differences between ethics and personal beliefs to others to encourage understanding and compliance with the principles of procedural fairness.
   • Identify and discuss with work colleagues hypothetical work practices that would constitute unethical conduct including strategies to avoid or deal with them.
2. Participate in ethical decision-making
   • Identify real and potential ethical problems, and the decision-making processes used to resolve or refer them.
   • Monitor and access information to ensure currency in ethical knowledge.
   • Develop judgment through involvement in workplace discussions or ongoing professional development related to ethical standards and practices.
   • Support staff to contribute to ethical discussions and problem-solving.
   • Use processes for preventing and reporting unethical conduct and assist others in their application.
3. Contribute to an ethical workplace
   • Access, interpret and apply information on ethical values.
   • Discuss and confirm application of ethical values and principle with senior management and colleagues to ensure common understanding and application.
   • Assist others to access and use public sector ethics legislation and guidelines to ensure compliance with requirements.
   • Explain the differences between ethics and personal beliefs to others to encourage understanding and compliance with the principles of procedural fairness.
   • Identify and discuss with work colleagues hypothetical work practices that would constitute unethical conduct including strategies to avoid or deal with them.
4. Participate in ethical decision-making
   • Identify real and potential ethical problems, and the decision-making processes used to resolve or refer them.
   • Monitor and access information to ensure currency in ethical knowledge.
   • Develop judgment through involvement in workplace discussions or ongoing professional development related to ethical standards and practices.
   • Support staff to contribute to ethical discussions and problem-solving.
   • Use processes for preventing and reporting unethical conduct and assist others in their application.

Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence must satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria. The candidate must demonstrate evidence of performance of the following on at least one occasion:

accessing legislation and codes of ethics electronically or in hard copy

applying objective and impartial evaluation of ethical problems

preparing written reports that contain information that is impartial, substantiated, accurate and complete

adjusting communication methods to suit different audiences

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence must satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria. If not otherwise specified the depth of knowledge demonstrated must be appropriate to the job context of the candidate.

the nature of public sector ethics and ethical values as opposed to personal beliefs/value systems

fundamental ethical principles including at least one of:

natural justice

procedural fairness

respect for persons

responsible care

equal employment opportunity, equity and diversity principles

procedures and protocols for reporting unethical conduct

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