VIDA Leadership Integrity Statement

The Victorian public expects the Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority to deliver services that are integrated within the broader transport and health portfolios and that contribute to an inclusive, prosperous and environmentally responsible state. Our people deliver our projects every day with integrity, safety and respect at the forefront of their minds.

Acting with integrity is the cornerstone of good governance, a pre-condition for legitimacy of government activities, and for public trust in government.

We are individually and collectively committed to championing a culture of integrity and ethical leadership at the Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority (VIDA).

To support VIDA people to understand their obligations, VIDA has developed an integrity awareness and training approach:

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KNOW

Know your obligations

VIDA Leadership recognises and values our people who live and embody the Victorian Public Sector Values.

This requires all our people to take active steps to know and understand our obligations.

We are committed to supporting you and will foster a culture that promotes ethical and professional conduct in the workplace.

This starts with executives displaying and modelling ethical leadership.

At VIDA, acting with integrity is everyone’s responsibility and it is our collective privilege to sustain community and government trust.

To aid us in this effort, we have introduced the VIDA Ethical Behaviours Statement which has been designed to make it simpler for VIDA people to know and apply the VPS Code of Conduct requirements in our day-to-day work, regardless of our role or responsibility at VIDA.

AVOID

Avoid conflicts of interest

As part of our commitment to a robust integrity culture at VIDA, we have endorsed the VIDA Integrity Framework. The Framework supports the VIDA to maintain organisational integrity through:

clear policies and procedures to assist our people to manage integrity issues and avoid conflicts of interest by full and transparent disclosures
transparent and ongoing communication of our collective integrity intent and commitment to our people, our commercial partners and to the community
clear communication to our people of their responsibility to act with integrity at all times and live the VPS Values through the VIDA Ethical Behaviours Statement
equipping our teams with appropriate training on the VPS Values, key integrity policy requirements and on our anti -fraud and corruption measures
providing systems and tools that make integrity compliance easier
managing our integrity vulnerabilities across our project offices and across the broader VIDA program through a coordinated approach.

REPORT

Report integrity breaches

We want VIDA to be a place where our people feel safe to speak up.

Acting with integrity means not only doing the right thing yourself but calling out instances of improper behaviour.

At VIDA, any person who suspects they have or has witnessed wrongdoing and reports it, will be supported and protected.

We encourage anyone who has witnessed wrongdoing or suspects wrongdoing has occurred, to raise their concerns via these channels:

their manager or HR representative
the VIDA Integrity Team
the VIDA Public Interest Disclosure Coordinators
the VIDA Integrity Hotline
the Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission.

We reaffirm and reiterate our expectation that any behaviour in VIDA that is corrupt, or perceived to be corrupt, will not be tolerated and we commit that reported incidents will be investigated thoroughly.