Probity Plan Essay

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In late-2016, I started my career in Arcadis as a Senior Traction Power Engineer. My first involvement in my new role was to design the tender proposal of Melbourne Metro Private Public Partnership (PPP) project, the biggest rail project in Victoria. As an electrical engineer, I was assigned to deliver the tender designs for primary and secondary systems of station substations, traction substations, and intake substations.
As per Victorian government and joint venture regulations, we needed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the project, called the “Probity Plan”. This plan provided a framework with a robust set of procedures for delivery of services on the aforementioned projects with the aim to manage confidentiality and probity …show more content…

According to the confidentiality requirements, in section 2, the followings shall be considered during the tender design:
a) Hold the Confidential Information in strict confidence and not disclose, or cause or permit, or take any action which would require the disclosure of the Confidential Information, except as permitted under this deed poll or with the prior written consent of the Beneficiaries;
b) Not disclose, or cause or permit, or take any action which would require the disclosure to any person of, any opinion in respect of the Confidential Information or a Document created in accordance with clause 3(c), except as permitted under this deed poll;
My employment to a competitor company could potentially cause an unintentional breach of information. This could happen by involving in the tender design of the same project.
To further my investigations, I approached a partnership agreement lawyer, as was suggested in the training. I explained the situation in detail and described the expected performance in the potential employment. According to the compliance officer of the Joint Venture, my involvement in the same project with another competitor corporation would cause disclosure of design information (which is confidential information) to third parties. As such, he suggested me not to progress any further with this specific employment opportunity. Subsequently, I contacted the recruiter and advised him

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