Ethical Governance. Suggestions from 2015.
Nine years ago, I was asked by the then States CEO, Paul Whitfield, to make suggestions about transparency and ethical conduct in Guernsey’s public sector. My reply highlighted critical areas…
The Nolan Principles and Guernsey’s Code of Conduct.
Guiding our politicians’ integrity. The Nolan Principles1, established in 1995 by Lord Nolan in the UK, articulate a set of seven ethical guidelines for public service: Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability,…
Why We Need a Public Services Ombudsperson in Guernsey: A Simple Explanation
Imagine you have a serious complaint about a public service in Guernsey, but the system to resolve it is slow, complex, and doesn’t really listen to you. Right now, if…
LGH Planning appeals, 2012, Judicial Review
The following is relevant in the context of the discovery and production obligations that one would expect to be met by Guernsey’s Civil Service, but where the threat of judicial…
Public Services Ombudsperson, disclosure obligations & the role of a Review Board
Expanding on point (3), in my post about a Public Services Ombudsperson and about “Disclosure Obligations,” the consequences of the current lack of disclosure obligations from the Civil Service during…
Modernizing Governance
The reader might be interested in “Modernizing Governance: Leadership, Red Flags, Trust and Professional Power” by Andrew Massey and William Hutton, which focuses on the challenges of modernizing government, particularly…
Blocked
I am a resident of Guernsey. I need access to the Government website because it provides services that I am obliged to use. Unfortunately, it looks like they are running…
Land in centre of St. Peter Port.
From a 20-year-old website. The conduct is as yet unexplained, unrectified and unremedied. https://stateofguernsey.com/historic/index.html
Detoured Purpose: Planning Services and the Deliberate CLU Labyrinth
(This story is illustrative of the Planning services’ conduct when issuing a Certificate of Lawful Use) Landed at Guernsey airport at noon, I caught a cab to town: four miles…