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Addressing Misconduct: Building Professional Responsibility Functions in Government

Addressing Misconduct: Building Professional Responsibility Functions in Government

Agencies are staying at the forefront of supporting their workforces by enhancing their focus on professional responsibility – the discipline of proactively reducing misconduct and harassment throughout the workforce. Focusing on addressing and even preventing misconduct and harassment – as a standalone office reporting to an agency head or as a critical function within an existing independent office – is important to the workforce and helps agencies carry out their mission more effectively. It helps agencies earn and maintain a reputation of integrity and trust from the public.

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A Conversation with Women on Leadership and Integrity

A Conversation with Women on Leadership and Integrity

Professional responsibility, and a growing emphasis to address and prevent misconduct and harassment, is an issue that Government leaders are prioritizing more and more in recent years. In September 2020, facilitators from Arc Aspicio’s Strategy Innovation Lab (SILab) partnered with Women in Federal Law Enforcement (WIFLE) to lead a powerful, virtual conversation among four female leaders, three of whom are senior executives within professional responsibility functions in their law enforcement agency.

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Building a Better Workplace: Recent Trends in Professional Responsibility

Building a Better Workplace: Recent Trends in Professional Responsibility

While misconduct, harassment, and other types of behavior detrimental in the workplace are not new, the public and private sectors are developing innovative and creative ways to tackle them. Recent trends in professional responsibility highlight how behavioral science, data-driven decision-making, risk management, and technology assist Government agencies and their professional responsibility functions address adverse workplace behavior.

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