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Improving Organizational Culture: How Public Institutions Can Promote Integrity And Prevent Corruption, Center For The Advancement Of Public Integrity

Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity (Inactive)

Organizational culture is difficult to define and to measure. Broadly speaking, it refers to a system of values and beliefs shared by members of a particular group.

Where organizational culture is found wanting organizations perform at less than optimum levels. Worse, it can herald a fertile breeding ground for unethical behavior and corruption. If this occurs, the quality of public services is diminished, and managerial skills and careful policy making is undermined.

An organization’s culture underlies behavior and can dictate how its members, both at the employee and supervisor levels, approach decision making and respond to the daily challenges of …

Profile In Public Integrity: Jacques Duchesneau, Center For The Advancement Of Public Integrity

Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity (Inactive)

Jacques Duchesneau was appointed Inspector General of Saint-Jérôme, Quebec in March 2017. In this position, he leads the newly created Bureau d'intégrité professionnelle et administrative (BIPA), an agency tasked with identifying and combating cases of public corruption, collusion, and fraud. Before becoming Saint-Jérome’s Inspector General, Duchesneau served as the head of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA), and as Chief of the Montréal Police Service.