BY DANIAL FAUZI
As the Malaysia MADANI concept is steadily gaining traction, many organisations are also progressing in adapting their policies to fit their needs.
However, corruption remains one of the most widespread issues plaguing the country, destroying public trust and tarnishing the nation’s image.
Therefore, the Islamic Tourism Centre (ITC) recently unveiled its latest plans, dubbed Organisational Anti-Corruption Plan (OACP) 2023-2027, to uproot corruption at its grassroots levels before it sprouts towards other divisions within ITC.
The OACP originated through a meeting of the Anti-Corruption Committee at the Ministry level, whereby the government requested all agencies under the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC) to develop their respective anti-corruption plans respectively.
Once a solid framework was developed, a consultant from the Malaysian Institute of Integrity (IIM) was appointed. A physical workshop was then implemented to develop further the framework to prevent corruption.
“During the workshop, we mapped out a clear picture of the potential types of corruption,” said Mohd Ikhram Abdul Rani, Executive, Corporate Development and Finance Division of ITC.
“With many divisions and units, there are many potential corruption risks. We need to identify the potential risks of corruption and the preventive measures to counter them.”
Ikhram noted that the key objectives of the OACP were as follows:
• To empower the public service delivery system and its effectiveness.
• To assist organisations and stakeholders in developing OACP to identify integrity, governance and anti-corruption issues.
• To provide a systematic platform for addressing corruption issues with the existence of the reporting mechanism to the organisation’s top management regularly.
• Corruption prevention from the grassroots level in line with the policies through the National Anti-Corruption Plan (NACP)
The ITC’s OACP focuses on three priority areas which are,
• Governance
• Islamic Tourism Development, and
• Administration and Corporate”
Ikhram added: “Additionally, ITC’s OACP introduced 44 initiatives that have been identified based on corruption’s causes, probabilities and potentials.
These initiatives are then implemented based on analysing the level of impact and the degree of complexity of the corruption.”
Implementing ITC’s OACP improves an organisation’s shortcomings, especially in developing programmes that benefit the public and industry stakeholders.
“For a company to attract consumers, they must gain their trust. That is the aim of our OACP. By getting consumers’ trust, they will believe in our products and programmes,” Ikhram explained.
Ikhram concluded integrity within an organisation acts as a bridge to gain the trust of the public and industry players. British author C.S. Lewis once said, “Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.”
