Integrity Unit, the Department of Standard Malaysia (JSM) was established in year 2020 in accordance with Pekeliling Perkhidmatan Bilangan 6 Tahun 2013 (PP6/2013) ‘Penubuhan Unit Integriti di Semua Agensi Awam’ effective on August 1, 2013. JSM was rated as a less risky government agency on 9 February 2021 by Malaysian Anti – Corruption Commission (MACC).
The unit function as a focal point in managing issues related to integrity in the department. It is also responsible in implementing six (6) core functions as follows:
- Good Governance
- To ensure the implementation of good governance in MITI.
- Integrity Enrichment
- To inculcate, institutionalise and implement the concept of integrity in MITI.
- Identification and Verification
- To identify and verify complaints related to criminal misconduct, violations of code of conduct and ethics in MITI, and ensure appropriate actions are taken.
- To report criminal misconduct to the relevant enforcement agencies.
- Complaints Management
- To receive and provide response to all complaints and information concerning criminal misconduct and violation of ethics in MITI.
- Compliance
- To ensure laws and regulations are enforced and complied with.
- Discipline
- To function as the secretariat of the Disciplinary Board.