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Report on a Dialogue with APEX Members about
Systemic Issues that May Lead to Wrongdoing in the Federal Public Sector

Held at the Canada School of Public Service
October 27, 2009

Prepared for:
The Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada

Participants

• APEX Members: 19 participants from all EX levels

This graphic is a line graph that illustrates the spending trend for the Office. Financial figures are presented in thousands of dollars along the y axis, increasing in $1,000 thousand increments. These are graphed against fiscal years from 2009–10 to 2015–16 on the x axis.
The graph demonstrates the following:

The Office of the Auditor General (OAG) recently tabled a performance audit report on the Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner (PSIC). We would like to thank the Auditor General for her work and have noted her findings as we move forward.

There are many questions that a newly appointed deputy head should ask – probably hundreds over the course of the first few months. Consequently, the list of questions in this document is not intended to be definitive. But the questions touch four important elements of an organization's existence – structure, operations, reporting and audit and evaluation. Asking and answering these questions will lead to other lines of enquiry that are important and relevant to a set of circumstances that will differ for every organization. This will not prevent wrongdoing in an organization.