Personnel Risk:
Moderate
Score:
60/100
Leadership Behaviour
Q34
17/100
Do the Defence Ministry, Defence Minister, Chiefs of Defence, and Single Service Chiefs publicly commit, through, for example, speeches, media interviews, or political mandates, to anti-corruption and integrity measures?
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For many years within the framework of the Ministry of National Defence, there was an Office for Anticorruption Procedures, an institution which developed anticorruption…
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The management of the Ministry of National Defence used to pay attention to the need to fight corruption in public statements. For example, in…
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It is difficult to find official statements on combating corruption made at the command level in the army. Nevertheless, awareness of the problem exists…
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Q35
88/100
Are there effective measures in place for personnel found to have taken part in forms of bribery and corruption, and is there evidence that these measures are being carried out?
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For personnel who are found to have taken part in corruption, there are administrative and criminal justice measures such as the immediate suspension from…
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According to the Ministry of National Defence data, the number of detainees and convicted soldiers for corruption in 2010-2015 was systematically decreasing (2010 –…
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Q36
0/100
Is whistleblowing encouraged by the government, and are whistle-blowers in military and defence ministries afforded adequate protection from reprisal for reporting evidence of corruption, in both law and practice?
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There is no applicable legislation on military and official personnel that exists to facilitate corruption reporting or protection of whistleblowing. The ombudsman asked the…
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Whistleblowing is not encouraged by the government. There are no general laws in Poland concerning the protection of whistleblowers (only sectoral ones – e.g.…
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There is little trust among officials and personnel that they would be provided adequate protection if they reported corrupt activity. Furthermore, in general, whistleblowing…
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Q37
33/100
Is special attention paid to the selection, time in post, and oversight of personnel in sensitive positions, including officials and personnel in defence procurement, contracting, financial management, and commercial management?
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Where there is a civil service post at risk of corruption, appropriate information is included in the vacancy announcement. However, standard military position descriptions,…
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Although some positions in civil service and military are directly or indirectly recognised as sensitive [1, 2, 3] no special selection process is in…
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Sensitive positions in the defence sector are the subject of periodic or ad-hoc scrutiny by the military counterintelligence agency. There is no additional internal…
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Payroll, Promotions, Appointments, Rewards
Q38
58/100
Is the number of civilian and military personnel accurately known and publicly available?
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Data on the actual number of soldiers are transferred quarterly to the central open data repository dane.gov.pl. They include number of proffesional soldiers, soldiers…
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Information on the size of the army is available both on the website of the Ministry of National Defence and in the media [1,…
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The military has not a problem with ghost soldiers in the last five years. Personnel salaries and allowances are established, published and managed by…
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Q39
100/100
Are pay rates and allowances for civilian and military personnel openly published?
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The Ministry of National Defence publishes detailed information about the pay rates for the military personnel, disaggregated by rank. It is publicly available on…
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Calculation methods and eligibility criteria for allowances for military personnel are regulated by public ordinance’s from the defence ministry [1]. Allowances for civil service…
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Q40
100/100
Do personnel receive the correct pay on time, and is the system of payment well-established, routine, and published?
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There are no cases published in the media about payment delays or other obstacles [1]. Generally, these problems do not exist within the public…
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There are no cases published in the media about payment delays or other obstacles [1]. Generally, these problems do not exist within the public…
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Payment system for military personnel has been based on several legal acts, which define pay brackets for all ranks, disaggregated by seniority, details on…
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Q41
25/100
Is there an established, independent, transparent, and objective appointment system for the selection of military personnel at middle and top management level?
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Formal rules of appointment and promotion are regulated by the Act of 2003 on the Military Service of Professional Soldiers [1] in Articles 40-43.…
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There is no evidence of external scrutiny for appointments made to high profile positions. Parliament does not scrutinise decisions for top-level appointments. The decisions…
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The appointment process is not transparent. Despite the lack of hard evidence, there is an impression that in addition to the substantive criteria, that…
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Q42
31/100
Are personnel promoted through an objective, meritocratic process? Such a process would include promotion boards outside of the command chain, strong formal appraisal processes, and independent oversight.
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Formal rules of appointment and promotion are regulated by the Act of 2003 on the Military Service of Professional Soldiers [1], in Articles 40-43.…
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Some exceptions allow soldiers to be promoted outside the regular process of promotion. Article 42c of the Act on Professional Military Service allows promotions…
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The promotion process is not transparent. Because of the Act on Professional Military Service general annual limits of promotions are published [1]; however, there…
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The promotion process is not transparent. Because of the Act on Professional Military Service general annual limits of promotions are published [1]; however, there…
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Conscription and Recruitment
Q43
NA/100
Where compulsory conscription occurs, is there a policy of not accepting bribes for avoiding conscription? Are there appropriate procedures in place to deal with such bribery, and are they applied?
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Compulsory conscription was suspended in 2009 [1, 2], as such this indicator is Not Applicable.
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Compulsory conscription was suspended in 2009 [1, 2], as such this indicator is Not Applicable.
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Compulsory conscription was suspended in 2009 [1, 2], as such this indicator is Not Applicable.
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Q44
83/100
is there a policy of refusing bribes to gain preferred postings? Are there appropriate procedures in place to deal with such bribery, and are they applied?
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The Polish Criminal Code (Articles 228-230a related to corruption) establishes sanctions, comprising of fines and imprisonment of up to ten years. The definition of…
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In case of bribes to gain preferred postings, there are administrative and criminal justice measures such as immediate suspension from the post, criminal prosecution…
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According to data from the Ministry of National Defence, the number of detainees and convicted soldiers for corruption between 2010-2015 was systematically decreasing (2010…
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Salary Chain
The chain of payments in MoD – the Administrative Department – is under control of the MoD director-general, it is independent and separated from…
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Values and Standards
Q46
67/100
Is there a Code of Conduct for all military personnel that includes, but is not limited to, guidance with respect to bribery, gifts and hospitality, conflicts of interest, and post-separation activities? Is there evidence that breaches of the Code of Conduct are effectively addressed?
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There is a code of conduct was issued through Decision No. 145/MON of the Minister of National Defence of July 13, 2017, on the…
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Decision No. 145/MON is publicly available in the Official Journal of the Minister of National Defence, as well as in the employee’s internal IT…
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Breaches of the code of conduct are investigated; however, there is no information on the results and sanctions [1]. Given that it is impossible…
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Since June 2019 the code of conduct has been implemented to the induction materials. Every new employee is given some materials on corruption, including…
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Q47
63/100
Is there a Code of Conduct for all civilian personnel that includes, but is not limited to, guidance with respect to bribery, gifts and hospitality, conflicts of interest, and post-separation activities? Is there evidence that breaches of the Code of Conduct are effectively addressed?
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There are two relevant codes: 1. Decision No. 145 / MON of the Minister of National Defence of July 13, 2017, on the rules…
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Both codes are available to the personnel and the public through websites. The personnel of units dealing with procurements and contractors are aware of…
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Breaches of the MoD code of conduct are investigated; however, there is no information on the results or sanctions [1]. Due to its low-level…
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Personnel from units dealing with procurements and contractors are aware of the MoD code. Civil service personnel have to formally sign that they read…
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Q48
67/100
Does regular anti-corruption training take place for military and civilian personnel?
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Anti-corruption training is designed to raise awareness of corruption risks. They mainly address issues like what is corruption, the negative impact of corruption on…
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From January 2017 to April 2019 16,000 soldiers and 5,000 civilian personnel have been trained. Most of them by military police through the framework…
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Training has been provided for unit commanders, directors of MoD departments (military and civilian) and their military and civilain personnel. There is no evidence…
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Q49
42/100
Is there a policy to make public outcomes of the prosecution of defence services personnel for corrupt activities, and is there evidence of effective prosecutions in recent years?
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There is no evidence that there is a policy to make outcomes of prosecution publicly available in this context.
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Information about investigations, detention of suspects and indictments filed with the court, related to the defence sector, are published by the news services of…
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In 2015 / 2016 / 2017 The Military Police started 27 / 32 / 49 new and continued 19 / 29 / 27 criminal…
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Q50
83/100
Are there effective measures in place to discourage facilitation payments (which are illegal in almost all countries)?
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Facilitation payments are strictly and clearly illegal. The Polish Criminal Code art. 228, para. 1, penalises the acceptance, demand, or offering of any material…
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In 2015/2016/2017 The Military Police started 27/32/49 new and continued 19/29/27 criminal investigations in corruption cases against military and civilian personnel. 5/5/14 indictments were…
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No studies, nor media reports indicate cases of facilitation payments in the Polish defence sector.
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