Statistical fraud issue Proposed measures to prevent recurrence August 20th, 11:48
In response to a series of statistical misconduct issues from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the Expert Meeting, which has been considering measures to prevent recurrence, spreads to the organization by strengthening external check functions and conducting training for all employees. Summarized the proposal that we should break down "Neko-Shima".
In the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, a survey of workers' wages and working hours revealed a number of frauds that violated the original rules, such as switching all surveys of large-scale offices in Tokyo to sampling surveys.
The expert meeting of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare summarized the recommendations on the 20th and pointed out that the series of frauds had many common problems such as low awareness of the importance of public statistics and indifference of executives.
In addition, as a measure to prevent recurrence, we strengthened the structure of the statistics department and requested that a consultation desk be established to promptly report any errors in the contents and methods of the survey.
He also pointed out that strengthening the check function is not possible with staff alone, and says that external personnel such as statistical and economic experts should be actively used.
Furthermore, for all employees of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, it is possible to improve the qualities of employees and reform their consciousness through training to learn basic knowledge of statistics, etc. It is requested.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will make final measures to prevent recurrence this month based on this recommendation.