non-discrimination in recruitment process of acc

August 23, 2004: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in a press release issued last Thursday stated that in a bid to attract competent and qualified staff, they operate a transparent recruitment policy, which even forbids discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

The release says the main consideration of this policy is to ensure that the process is free and fair and appointment decisions are based solely on merit and in accordance with the standard recruitment policy.

"There should be no unfair discrimination on the basis of age, disability, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, community background, political opinion or religious beliefs," the statement stated.

Rickdales Consultancy, the release noted, recruited sixteen 16 ACC staff members in May 2004 and the process actually started with advertisements for the positions in October 2003.

The sixteen staff members were however only given letters of appointment in May and June 2004 after going through an interview, a probity check and declaration of assets for the positions.