03.06.T03-AP — Action Planning Worksheet: Addressing the Organisational Consequences of Corruption 

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Moving from Awareness to Action

This section highlights the serious consequences that corruption can have on organisations. These consequences rarely appear overnight. They often develop gradually and become embedded in organisational systems, relationships and culture.

Use this worksheet to identify the consequences that pose the greatest risk to your organisation and begin planning how they can be addressed.

Part A: Identifying the Greatest Organisational Risk

1. Which organisational consequence concerns you most?

☐ Overthrowing justice

☐ Communication distortions

☐ Institutional blindness

☐ Organisational destruction

☐ Depletion of organisational resources

☐ Loss of institutional memory

☐ Deteriorating organisational performance

☐ Promotion of inequality

☐ Damage to organisational reputation

☐ Other:

2. Why did you select this consequence?

3. What evidence suggests that this consequence may already be affecting your organisation?

Part B: Understanding the Cost

4. If this consequence is not addressed, who will be most affected?

☐ Customers

☐ Citizens

☐ Employees

☐ Suppliers

☐ Stakeholders

☐ Management

☐ Entire organisation

☐ Other:

5. What impact could this consequence have over the next three years?

6. What impact could it have over the next ten years?

Part C: Learning from the Examples

This section presents several examples of how corruption damages organisations.

7. Which example did you find most relevant to your organisation?

☐ Ntariza's procurement decision

☐ Delph Contractors and poor service delivery

☐ Musa's departure from FUNDIMara

☐ Loss of institutional memory

☐ Organisational reputation damage

☐ Other:

8. What lesson should your organisation learn from this example?

9. What warning signs from that example can already be seen in your environment?

Part D: Examining Organisational Vulnerabilities

10. Which area appears most vulnerable?

☐ Fairness and justice

☐ Communication

☐ Decision-making

☐ Procurement

☐ Knowledge management

☐ Employee retention

☐ Leadership credibility

☐ Service delivery

☐ Organisational culture

☐ Reputation management

11. Why do you believe this area is vulnerable?

12. What factors are contributing to the problem?

☐ Weak systems

☐ Poor leadership

☐ Inadequate accountability

☐ Fear of speaking up

☐ Lack of transparency

☐ Poor oversight

☐ Tolerance of unethical behaviour

☐ Other:

Part E: Prioritising Improvement Areas

13. Which organisational issue should be addressed first?

14. Why is this issue the highest priority?

15. What positive change would you like to see within the next twelve months?

Part F: My Sphere of Influence

Not every reader has authority to change an entire organisation. However, every reader has some sphere of influence.

16. What role do you currently play within your organisation?

☐ Employee

☐ Supervisor

☐ Manager

☐ Director

☐ Board Member

☐ Consultant

☐ Other:

17. What influence do you have over decisions, systems or people?

18. Which organisational consequence can you realistically help address?

Part G: Preparing for Action

The next section focuses on organisational approaches for curbing corruption.

19. Which organisational approach are you most interested in learning about?

☐ Improving customer access

☐ Building institutional memory

☐ Improving decision-making

☐ Workflow management

☐ Reducing bureaucracy

☐ Strengthening procurement controls

☐ Reducing cash transactions

☐ Improving customer information

☐ Strengthening whistle-blowing systems

☐ Leadership example

☐ Selecting leaders carefully

20. Why are you interested in this approach?

21. How do you think it could help address the organisational consequence you identified earlier?

Part H: My Organisational Improvement Plan

Priority Area 1

Organisational consequence to address:

What I would like to see improved:

My contribution towards improvement:

Priority Area 2

Organisational consequence to address:

What I would like to see improved:

My contribution towards improvement:

Priority Area 3

Organisational consequence to address:

What I would like to see improved:

My contribution towards improvement:

My Commitment

22. What is the most important organisational lesson you learned from this section?

23. What organisational consequence would you most like to prevent in your workplace?

24. What is one action you can take immediately to contribute to a healthier and more ethical organisation?

Before I Move On

25. As you proceed to the section on Organisational Approaches for Curbing Corruption, what organisational challenge do you most hope to find solutions for?