Personnel Risk:

Moderate

Score:

60/100

Leadership Behaviour

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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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Chiefs/Ministers: Internal communications Score: 25 / 100
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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Chiefs/Ministers: Public commitment Score: 25 / 100
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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Unit commanders and leaders Score: 0 / 100
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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Sanctions Score: 100 / 100
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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Enforcement Score: 75 / 100
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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Legal provisions Score: 0 / 100
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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Prioritisation Score: 0 / 100
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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Effectiveness Score: 0 / 100
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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Coverage of sensitive (higher-risk) positions Score: 50 / 100
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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Selection process Score: 50 / 100
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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Oversight Score: 0 / 100
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

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Q38 58/100

Is the number of civilian and military personnel accurately known and publicly available?

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Accuracy Score: 25 / 100
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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Transparency Score: 50 / 100
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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Ghost soldiers Score: 100 / 100
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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Pay rates Score: 100 / 100
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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Allowances Score: 100 / 100
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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Timeliness Score: 100 / 100
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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Accuracy Score: 100 / 100
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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Transparency Score: 100 / 100
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 process Score: 25 / 100
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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Scrutiny Score: 0 / 100
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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Transparency Score: 50 / 100
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 process Score: 50 / 100
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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Exceptions Score: 50 / 100
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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Comprehensiveness Score: 0 / 100
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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Frequency Score: 25 / 100
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

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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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Policy Score: NA / 100
Compulsory conscription was suspended in 2009 [1, 2], as such this indicator is Not Applicable.
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Sanctions Score: NA / 100
Compulsory conscription was suspended in 2009 [1, 2], as such this indicator is Not Applicable.
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Enforcement Score: NA / 100
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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Policy Score: 100 / 100
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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Sanctions Score: 100 / 100
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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Enforcement Score: 50 / 100
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

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Q45 100/100

Are chains of command separate from chains of payment?

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Score: 100 / 100
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

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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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Code of conduct Score: 25 / 100
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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Transparency Score: 100 / 100
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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Enforcement Score: NA / 100
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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Training Score: 75 / 100
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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Code of conduct Score: 50 / 100
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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Transparency Score: 100 / 100
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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Enforcement Score: 50 / 100
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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Training Score: 50 / 100
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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Comprehensiveness Score: 75 / 100
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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Regularity Score: 75 / 100
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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Coverage of personnel Score: 50 / 100
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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Policy Score: 0 / 100
There is no evidence that there is a policy to make outcomes of prosecution publicly available in this context.
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Transparency Score: 50 / 100
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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Effectiveness Score: 75 / 100
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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Legal framework Score: 100 / 100
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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Enforcement Score: 50 / 100
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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Prevalence Score: 100 / 100
No studies, nor media reports indicate cases of facilitation payments in the Polish defence sector.
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