Gross mismanagement – examples
Gross mismanagement
Gross mismanagement in the federal public sector is considered wrongdoing under the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act.
Among the numerous factors considered to make a finding of this kind of wrongdoing, our Office will take into account the following interpretation:
- matters of significant importance;
- serious errors that are not debatable among reasonable people;
- more than minor wrongdoing or negligence;
- management action or inaction that creates a substantial risk of significant adverse impact upon the ability of an organization, office or unit to carry out its mandate;
- management action or inaction that poses a serious threat to public confidence in the integrity of the public service, and that does not primarily concern a personal matter, such as individual harassment complaints or individual workplace grievances;
- the deliberate nature of the wrongdoing; and
- the systemic nature of the wrongdoing.
Find below examples of concluded investigations that led to founded cases of this kind of wrongdoing.