Anticorruption Officer
Duties
The Anti-Corruption Officer is a person of trust appointed by the University Executive Board who acts as an independent point of contact for employees and students of the university as well as other external persons. Within the scope of his appointment, he performs both preventive and repressive tasks, receives and investigates reports of suspected corruption. In the event of a well-founded suspicion of corruption, he informs the University Executive Board and submits proposals for conducting internal investigations and initiating further measures. In addition, it advises the University Executive Board, the organizational units and the University's employees on issues relating to preventing and combating corruption. Finally, it reports regularly to the Senate and the University Council of TU Dresden on its activities in this area.
Contact
The Anti-Corruption Officer can be reached using the following contact details. Confidential or anonymous information is possible for all contact channels.
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The term corruption
Corruption is defined as the abuse of an official function for the benefit of another person in order to gain an advantage for oneself or a third party. Advantages in this sense include, above all, monetary payments and non-cash assets as well as non-cash benefits to which no entitlement arises from the official function. However, a legal definition of the term corruption is not possible, as there is no statutory definition in legislation. Nevertheless, the criminal offenses of bribery and corruptibility as well as granting and accepting benefits are the main corruption offenses in German criminal law. In addition, corruption is often accompanied by accompanying offenses such as embezzlement, fraud, breach of trust or false certification in office, breach of a duty of confidentiality or inducing a subordinate to commit a crime.
Vulnerable areas
Corruption is facilitated above all by an insufficiently clear separation of official and private interests. Areas at risk of corruption are in particular those in which decisions are made with particular material or immaterial consequences for others, such as in the context of awarding contracts, in the area of auditing or in connection with appointments. In addition, abusive behavior can occur during business trips, secondary employment and the use of third-party funds.
Consequences of corruption
In public administration, corruption causes considerable economic damage as well as a significant loss of reputation and integrity for the institution concerned. In addition to criminal sanctions, corrupt behavior can also result in labor or disciplinary measures and claims for damages.
Prevention of corruption
As one of the largest universities of technology and one of the eleven universities of excellence in Germany, effective corruption prevention is a key obligation of TU Dresden 's compliance management system. For this reason, there is a particular focus on measures to prevent corruption. These include, in particular, regular awareness-raising and training for members and affiliates. In addition, the Anti-Corruption Code of Conduct provides helpful guidance in the area of corruption prevention.
Fighting corruption
The success of the fight against corruption as our common goal will be effective if all TU Dresden employees fulfill their obligation to immediately report any reasonable suspicion of corruption to their supervisor or the Anti-Corruption Officer. Whistleblowing helps to uncover irregularities and recognize grievances. This ultimately promotes the reputation of TU Dresden.
Indications of misconduct
You can report irregularities, violations or misconduct in connection with official business to the Anti-Corruption Officer in person, by telephone, in writing or via TU Dresden's digital BKMS® whistleblowing system . It is expressly not necessary to follow official channels. Confidentiality is a matter of course in all communication. All reports will be treated confidentially and, if desired, anonymously. Proven violations will be consistently punished.
Even more information
Further information, notes and legal bases can be found on the internal website of the Anti-Corruption Officer.