BANGKOK, THAILAND – Media OutReach Newswire – March 18, 2024 – The Office of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) of Thailand has reflected on the concerns of all relevant agencies to prevent corruption risks regarding bribery of civil servants and to reward civil servants in order to ensure the transparency of the work of its officials and the confidence of local and international investors.
With the aim of enforcing ethical conduct among public officials directly involved in the fight against corruption, the NCC recently organized a meeting to brainstorm ideas on the “Guidelines to Prevent Corruption Risks Regarding the Payment of Bribery.” “wine and rewards linked to the performance of civil servants”. This involves expressing opinions on the revision of the guidelines aimed at rewarding agents in an appropriate, fair and consistent manner with the exercise of their functions, as well as remuneration based on the performance of civil servants who work in the fight against corruption in the country.
According to the NACC, which made recommendations for the review of the payment of awards for the Customs Department, the Ministry of Finance is concerned that the awards could lead to “moral hazard” among civil servants involved in the anti-corruption process . Following the award, he encouraged civil servants to focus only on high-paying or rewarded tasks, while neglecting to perform low-paying or no-paying tasks, which can lead to corruption inequalities and injustices among civil servants . The reward could also be considered a risk of conflict of interest of the authority in determining eligibility for the reward and in determining the proportion of the reward. Officials could risk rewarding themselves, which is not inconsistent with the directive’s objective of promoting effective law enforcement, or could lead to the creation of false evidence when paying bribes. wine.
The meeting was attended by representatives of relevant agencies, including the Ministry of Finance, Customs Department, Excise Department of the Comptroller General’s Department, Office of the Narcotics Control Commission, Anti-Money Laundering Bureau money, the Royal Thai Police, the Auditor General’s Office. , experts, executives and managers.
The meeting covered various issues relating to: who has the right to receive the reward, the proportion and rate of payment of the reward, the appropriateness and fairness of the reward, prevention of risks of discretion and conflict of interest interests, and the changing trend in the corruption and reward process, explained Ms. Suwana Suwanjuta, Commissioner of NACC, who chaired the meeting.
However, with the modernization and connectivity of information technology today, which allows for agility and efficient linking of various data, as well as the credibility of the NACC in the international arena, the award of officers could be revised to ensure the opportunity to provide rewards to authorities and to encourage government officials to apply the law more effectively and fairly within the bureaucracy.
In this regard, the CNLA hopes that the meeting will express the concerns of all those involved so that the revision of the guidelines aimed at granting rewards to civil servants is more effective and guarantees transparency for all those involved, thus contributing to improving the anti-corruption standards with further progress and modernization. measures, concluded the CNLA.
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Reference: https://www.nacc.go.th/categorydetail/20180831184638361/20240312183512?
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