Judgment No. 1764
Decision
The complaint is dismissed.
Consideration 7
Extract:
The complainant is accused of having cheated the Organisation by falsifying airline tickets intended for official travel. "[A]lthough in all fairness an organisation must tell the staff member of the charges against him, it need not go into the detail of the penalties he may be incurring. Besides, the complainant must be deemed to have been familiar with the [staff] rules, and they do set out all the penalties, including dismissal. The staff member's right to know and to answer the charges against him does not require that he be told just what the punishment may be if he is found guilty."
Keywords
duty to substantiate decision; organisation's duties; duty to inform; staff regulations and rules; disciplinary measure; disciplinary procedure; limits; purport; honesty; duty of loyalty
Consideration 12
Extract:
The complainant is accused of having cheated the Organisation by falsifying airline tickets intended for official travel. "[The complainant's] behaviour cannot be seen as anything but fraud to his employer's cost and warranting severe punishment. And his shifty attempts to cover up his misconduct and mislead the Agency in the enquiry made his offence a great deal worse."
Keywords
inquiry; misconduct; serious misconduct; staff member's duties; conduct; disciplinary measure; disciplinary procedure; investigation; honesty; duty of loyalty
Consideration 14
Extract:
The complainant is accused of having cheated the Organisation by falsifying airline tickets intended for official travel. "He makes out that [...] there was no express ban on what he did. Even if that were so, employees of the [Organisation] have a duty [...] 'to regulate their conduct with the interests of the [Organisation] only in view', and may not so behave as to harm its good name. There is no need for any express rule against cheating. Common decency, good faith and honest dealing lie at the root of relations between employer and employee. Whoever ventures to ignore that does so at his own peril."
Keywords
international civil service principles; staff regulations and rules; misconduct; staff member's duties; conduct; fitness for international civil service; organisation's reputation; disciplinary measure; disciplinary procedure; organisation's interest; honesty; duty of loyalty
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