The Legal Aid Society is committed to the highest possible standards of openness, transparency and accountability in managing and executing all of it affairs. The LAS aspires to promote a culture of honesty and opposition to fraud in all of its forms and manifestations. LAS’s objective is that fraud is eliminated from its activities. Any indications of fraud will be rigorously investigated and dealt with in a firm and controlled way.
LAS has formed a Senior Management Committee (SMC) comprising of senior members, Executive Director, Associated Director and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Any suspicions of fraud will be taken seriously and suspected fraud must immediately be notified. The Senior Management Committee can investigate in such cases itself or they can form a joint investigation team. The responsibility of the SMC is to look into the matter very carefully. The committee shall assign the investigation team for the further procedures and to measure the sensitivity through the approved TORs. The safety of whistle blowers is a very important consideration for investigators and one that must not be taken lightly. The organization has an obligation to protect staff members who have come forward to report wrong doing.