Integrity and safeguarding

Integrity, Ethics and Safeguarding

MYCDIC combines clear standards, protected reporting routes, confidentiality controls and public aggregate information to support accountable participation without exposing private case data.

Integrity framework

Standards before cases

Integrity is treated as an operating standard across offices, programmes and public representation, not only as a response after a concern is reported.

Respect

Participation should protect dignity, non-discrimination and professional conduct.

Confidentiality

Case details are restricted to authorized handling roles and are not used as public content.

Due process

Reports are assessed according to the applicable mandate, evidence and response procedure.

Accountability

Aggregate public information can be published without exposing personal case data.

Dashboard-controlled

Public integrity statistics

These values are entered deliberately by authorized staff. They are not automatically calculated from the protected case database, which prevents confidential case information from leaking into the public website.

Public annual case countNot published

Published only when confidentiality permits.

Individual case detailsConfidential

Never disclosed through aggregate statistics.

Protected reporting channelActive

Secure submissions and limited public tracking are available.

Transparency reviewAnnual

Aggregate reporting may be updated after institutional review.

Case handling

A protected institutional process

Different concerns may require different routes, but the public process follows a common accountability logic.

01 Submit

Concern or complaint is received

The system records the request and applicable verification information through a protected form.

02 Triage

Scope and urgency are assessed

The responsible team identifies whether the matter concerns integrity, safeguarding, administration or another institutional route.

03 Review

Authorized handling

Relevant records are examined under confidentiality and role-based access controls.

04 Outcome

Decision, response or referral

The case is closed, escalated or referred according to the applicable framework and available evidence.

Public routes

Choose the correct channel

General complaints, assistance requests and information requests use different workflows so the Council can route each matter to the responsible team.

Complaint

Submit a formal concern through the public complaint route.

Submit complaint

Assistance

Request institutional assistance through the dedicated assistance workflow.

Assistance request

Information

Use the information request route for public institutional information.

Information request
Institutional PDF

Integrity, ethics and safeguarding documents

Controlled publications are issued through the dashboard, assigned a public metadata record and connected to the MYCDIC Verification Center when a secured PDF is available.