1. Defining the Anti-Corruption Scorecard:

            The ACS is a tool for assessing the impact/effectiveness of the various anti-corruption initiatives being carried out by the agencies in the Executive Branch with special focus on the four perspectives of the Integrity Development Action Plan (IDAP): Prevention, Education, Investigation/Enforcement and Strategic Partnership.

            It guides the agencies towards a results-oriented paradigm in addressing corruption. The indicators included in the Scorecard are not just measures of processes, but also measures of results from actions taken by the agency.

            It’s a holistic approach in assessing the effectiveness of the anti-corruption reform measures and impact they have made in the agency as it takes into consideration internal and external factors to provide a more accurate assessment. It includes ratings of managers (accountable persons), rank and file employees (general use), stakeholders, customers and even rating from local surveys. 

2. Development of the ACS:

            A Focus Group Discussion (FGD) was conducted last 18 May 2007 at the LandBank of the Philippines Head Office in order to gather inputs for the development of the scorecard.

            A Second FGD was conducted last 24 August 2007 at the Mabini Hall, Malacañang Complex to present the proposed Anti-Corruption Scorecard prepared by the Center for Human Resource Strategies Asia, Inc. (CHRes).

            From the series of interactive data gathering methods like FGDs, workshops and questionnaire administration, the Anti-Corruption Scorecard was developed.   

3. Respondents:

Ø      Accountable Persons

ü      those responsible for ensuring the implementation of the IDAP doables

ü      can be answered by a group

ü      at least 1 year of full service in the agency

ü      minimum of satisfactory rating in the performance evaluation

ü      no pending case or record of having committed acts related to graft and corruption 

Ø      General Use

ü      those whose ranks are from Clerk III (SG 4) to Division Chief Level (SG 24)

ü      10 respondents for this instrument (for every 2 steps of the rank, s representative must be identified)

ü      at least 1 year of full service in the agency

ü      minimum of satisfactory rating in the performance evaluation

ü      no pending case or record of having committed acts related to graft and corruption

 

Ø      Stakeholders

ü      another government agency and an NGO

ü      a rater for a particular agency cannot be rated by the same rate-agency

 

Ø      Customers

ü      randomly administered to the agency’s customers

ü      agency being rated should identify 5 areas of transaction to be assessed

ü      total of 10 (“first 2” per transaction area) customers

 

4. Administration:

            Administration of all ACS will be in a controlled environment. The ACS administering team is composed of one (1) member of PAGC coordinating team, one (1) internal scorecard administrator and one (1) external scorecard administrator.