How robust are your recruitment and selection processes? Does your organisation take all reasonable steps to mitigate selection-based risks? Have you kept pace with good practice? In light of recent media coverage at the City of Parramatta Council, recruitment and selection processes in Local Government have become a hot topic. Reputational risks aside, appointments in […]
We’re honoured to have been appointed as an Approved Contractor to LG Procurement’s (LGP’s) Internal Audit and Management Consulting services panel. This means, you can directly engage us for any of our services through LGP’s VendorPanel e-quote system; even for projects greater than $150,000! Using LGP’s VendorPanel allows you to demonstrate value for money, probity […]
Workplace conduct issues can result in litigation, productivity loss, morale and reputational impact. Given the recent sexual harassment allegations capturing the headlines, such as in Hollywood, it’s a good time to review and assure your workplace conduct policies, training and practices. When an employee complains that he or she is experiencing sexual harassment of any […]
Centium is pleased to advise its appointment to NSW Health’s Panel of Investigators and Mediators HAC 16/33. This panel arrangement operates in a similar manner to a "pre-qualification" scheme. Centium’s inclusion on the panel is confirmation that the services we offer meet a level of quality sufficient to give confidence to NSW public health organisations […]
Cyber security, data protection, data privacy and availability. These are all highly topical matters across all industry sectors and Not For Profits (NFPs) are certainly no exception. NFPs hold as much, and sometimes more, identifiable personal information than other sectors. Take for example donor information, grant funding data, research information and additional sensitivities for health […]
Not so long ago, fraud investigators just had to count the cash, check a few documents, sort out who was responsible and then deal with the individuals. That is no longer the case, because we now have to do consider a wider range of possible eventualities and have available to us a range of tools […]
Members of Centium's team attended this year's Australian Human Resource Institute (AHRI) conference at the new, impressive International Convention Centre in Sydney. Penny Corkill, Atousa Khadem, Roger North and Phil O'Toole were some of Centium's team members who attended. There was a lot of interest in Centium's advisory, assurance and investigations services and, in particular, […]
This blog offers ideas gleaned from start-ups that any organisation can apply internally and externally. Irrespective of whether you are a government agency, private sector firm, not for profit, large or small, you can apply these tips both to your internal and external customers. Who would have thought that some of the answers to how […]
The law provides for sanctions for false and misleading conduct, and the public are pretty savvy in working out corporate falsities, but there is an enormous area of grey that comes within the mysterious and ever-growing world of what is called "spin". Should an organisation’s propensity to spin be considered as part of the governance […]
