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GOVERNANCE
Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees Annual Report 2013–14 69
Public sector ethics
The Chair and members of the Board, the Director and all
staff are bound by the whole-of-government
Code of Conduct
for the Queensland Public Service
under the
Public Sector
Ethics Act 1994
. Since 2012, public sector ethics training has
been provided to all staff on an annual basis and Code of
Conduct training is an integral part of the induction procedure
for new staff.
In 2013–14, all staff were required to complete online or
face-to-face Code of Conduct training, delivered through
Learning Seat or by the Corporate Administration Agency.
In addition to targeted Code of Conduct training, ethical
behaviour was also addressed in human resources training
delivered throughout the year, including online training
available to all staff on equal opportunity in employment
and the use of electronic communications and social media.
The Gallery’s administrative procedures and management
practices are developed and conducted according to the ethics
and principles set out in the
Public Sector Ethics Act 1994
and the
Code of Conduct for the Queensland Public Service
.
Individual performance agreements require all employees
to uphold these ethics principles. Relevant policies reviewed
during 2013–14 included policies related to performance
planning, workplace rehabilitation, recruitment and selection,
working hours, leave management, workplace harassment,
performance improvement, management of employee
complaints and induction processes.
Since 2013, the Gallery has instigated a policy review
schedule which establishes a planned review of all human
resource policies on a rolling three-year basis. This ensures
all policies continue to refect contemporary practice and
current legislation, including the
Code of Conduct
. Where
there are legislative or other significant changes outside
the scheduled review period that effect a particular policy,
a timely review will occur to ensure compliance and good
governance are maintained