Vigilance refers to keeping careful watch to avoid potential dangers or issues, such as parents watching their young children. In an organizational context, vigilance involves monitoring employee activities and taking prompt action to ensure integrity, honesty, and fair practices in all official transactions and behaviors. The goals of vigilance include disciplining wrongdoers, protecting honest employees, increasing transparency and accountability, reducing waste and leakage, promoting a culture of honesty, and reforming systems to prevent corruption for more effective service delivery. Vigilance is especially important in units where officials have high discretion, there is opportunity for unfair advantages, rules are complex, accountability is low, and corruption risks are known to exist.
Vigilance ?
‘Vigilance’ askeeping careful watch to avoid possible danger
or difficulties.
For example, parents keep a watch over their young
children to avoid any untoward incident or accident.
In the context of an organization, Vigilance means
keeping a watchful eye on the activities of the personnel
and taking prompt action to promote fair practices and
ensure integrity and honesty in the official transactions &
behaviours.
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Vigilance ?
"wakefulness andwatchfulness make a good hunter";
"vigilance is especially subject to fatigue"
we keep an eye open for all the fatigue
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Why Vigilance ?
1.Disciplining the wrong doers;
2. Protecting honest performers;
3. Increasing transparency and fairness;
4. Ascertaining accountability;
5. Reducing wastages/leakages;
6. Promoting culture of honesty and integrity; and
7. Reforming systems for corruption-free delivery.
8. Vigilance is a Management Tool
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In brief; it helps in striving for zero tolerance for corruption and
thereby enhancing the image of the organization.
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Where Vigilance ?
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Vigilanceis essential in every unit of the organization and that is
why it is stressed that every manager & staff becomes vigilant.
However, a focused attention is required in each unit where:
1. Officials have high discretionary powers;
2. There is scope for jumping the queue;
3. Rules and procedures are complex;
4. Accountability is low;
5. Delay in decision making as it is detrimental to the clients’ interest;
6. Opportunities to negotiate exist; and
7. Individuals are known to be corrupt.