Code of Business Conduct for Employees
All employees of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) are required, as a condition of employment, to ensure that they have read and comply with the Code of Business Conduct for Employees. This Code of Business Conduct does not affect obligations under the legislation underpinning the employment or other relevant legislation e.g. Equality Act, Ethics in Public Office acts, Data Protection Acts etc. It is essential that we continue the ethical business practices our customers and business stakeholders have learned to expect.
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Purpose of the Code
Inland Fisheries Ireland is widely regarded throughout the communities in which it operates for its honesty, fairness and business integrity, all of which are vital to the overall success of the organisation. To maintain this high reputation it is incumbent on all employees to conduct themselves in a manner that does not adversely reflect on IFI.
It is now common practice for larger organisations to introduce a formal Code of Business Conduct that provides guidance to employees in recognising and resolving the ethical and legal issues they encounter in conducting the organisation’s business. It is also a legal requirement for all State Bodies, such as IFI to have such a Code.
IFI aspire to be honest and ethical in all of their operations and dealings and to adhere to the highest accepted standards of corporate governance in all their financial and management practices and to behave responsibly towards the health, safety and welfare of their employees, customers, stakeholders and the environment.
Every employee is responsible for their own personal conduct and while this Code provides guidance and standards on the type of business conduct required by IFI, common sense and good judgment should be applied to all situations.
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Directors Code Of Conduct
Inland Fisheries Ireland will operate to the highest standards of honesty, integrity, independence and fairness, as enshrined in the Code of Business Conduct for Directors.
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Code of Business Conduct for Directors
1. Introduction
Inland Fisheries Ireland is responsible for promoting, supporting, facilitating and advising the Minister on theconservation, protection, management, development and
improvement of inland fisheries, including sea angling. In carrying out this vital role the Board must build and maintain the trust and confidence of those with whom it deals and sustain a reputation for honesty, integrity, independence and fair dealing. The Board wishes to have a lasting rewarding relationship with its stakeholders, the public, the Department of Communications Energy and Natural Resources and the various fisheries interests both commercial and recreational, its employees, its suppliers, its customers, which includes the communities in which it operates.
The Board has a high profile and its operations are subject to public scrutiny. It is essential that the Board and, in particular, those filling positions on the Board discharge their functions in an independent manner and act, and are seen to act, beyond reproach and take care to avoid any act or inactivity which may in any way undermine the integrity of the Boards activities.
While the highest ethical standards are required of all Board personnel, it is considered appropriate to provide specific guidance to the members of the Board in view of their special position.
Reference is made in the code to relevant Statutory Instruments and other relevant documents. In addition Directors are subject to the provisions of the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 and the Standards in Public Office Act 2001, as well a general obligation to observe all applicable rules, regulations, legislation and laws including but not limited to the Department of Finance Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies which have relevance for them in the exercise of their positions as Directors.
Reference to any rules, regulations, legislation law and/or Code of Practice shall be construed as a reference to the same as it may have been or may from time to time be amended, modified or reenacted.
"confidential commercial information" means all and any information including technical information (whether or not recorded in documentary form or on computer disk or tape) relating to the affairs, organisational and business methods, corporate plans, management systems, finances, new business opportunities or research and development projects of the Board:
- (a) which you shall acquire at any time during your directorship of the Board ; and
- (b) which is not in the public domain
"technical information" means all and any trade secrets, secret formulae, process, inventions, designs, know-how, discoveries, technical specifications and other technical information (whether or not recorded in documentary form or on computer disk or tape) relating to the creation, production or supply of any past, present or future product or service of the Board.
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National Inland Fisheries Forum
The purpose of the Forum, whose establishment was provided for in the Inland Fisheries Act 2010, is to provide a mechanism to recognise the important contribution of a wide range of stakeholders to the policies of IFI, and their inputs into the sector generally. During its first term, a specific objective of the Forum was also to ensure that this contribution was not lost when the Regional Fisheries Boards were abolished as part of the process of establishing IFI.
The initial cycle of the Forum was launched in October 2011 and concluded its three-year term in 2014. Following a comprehensive review of the NIFF’s first cycle, its structure and function has been modified to enable more effective operations. In accordance with the provision in the 2010 Act, the Minister has had an input into this review process and has signed off on the revised structure.
To recognise the special role of angling stakeholders, each of the main angling organisations has been requested to nominate two of their members to represent their interests for the duration of the second cycle of the NIFF. It is anticipated that these nominees will then be appointed to the Forum by the Minister. The process of selecting the remaining members of the new Forum will be managed by the Public Appointment Service (PAS) with the support of IFI. The forum shall consist of not more than 60 members.
The PAS has compiled an information booklet providing additional information on the recruitment process and the next cycle of the Forum. The booklet can be accessed online at:http://publicjobs.ie/publicjobs/campaignAdvert/29300.htm.
IFI wins National Irish Safety Organisation award
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The Central Fisheries Board, now IFI Swords, received a highly commended award at the 2010 NISO Awards. Organisations achieving Highly Commended status must have demonstrated the existence of a health and safety management system that has been tailored to the needs of the organisation and have provided substantial documentary evidence of a proactive system for continuous review and improvement.
