Main Features of an Ethics Framework for the Public Sector

A Common Understanding about Integrity in the Public sector

with Guiding Principles for Ethics and Integrity A Code of Conduct with Guiding Principles for Ethics and Integrity provides an important Tool in fostering an appropriate Culture within Public Administrations

The Problem with Intuition

Codes of Conduct focus on Prevention as distinct from Regulations, Procedural laws, which focus mainly on Repression

have already committed themselves Most Member States have already committed themselves as Member of the UN, OECD an Council of Europe to take action against Corruption and Unethical Behaviour of Civil Servants

The EUPAN Framework Document on Ethics and Integrity Identifies common Values and Standards which EU-Member States consider important for the proper functioning of European Public Services

Impartiality, Reliability, Transparency, Duty of Care, etc.; Conflicts of interest, Handling information, Contracting, Use of public resources, Freedom of speech, etc.; Implementing, Promoting and Integrating integrity in: Recruitment, Training, Mobility, Communication, Leadership

The EUPAN Framework Document on Ethics and Integrity is NOT A Code of Conduct binding or obligatory in any sense

The EUPAN Framework Document on Ethics and Integrity may Help Serve Facilitate

The EUPAN Framework Document on Ethics and Integrity may Help to create Awareness Serve Facilitate

The EUPAN Framework Document on Ethics and Integrity may Help to create Awareness Serve as Guideline Facilitate

The EUPAN Framework Document on Ethics and Integrity may Help to create Awareness Serve as Guideline Facilitate Further Discussions on Ethics

Further Discussions on Ethics and Integrity in the Public Service Underline the value that Governments assign to this subject They must recur time and again Also on the EU level

Main Features of an Ethics Framework for the Public Sector

Statement Integrity is an important issue in the public sector. Although lower tiers of government have their own responsibilities, also on the issue of ethics and integrity, it is the task of a central government to promote that decentral / lower tiers of government develop a policy on integrity.

Statement 2 Civil servants who are confronted with a serious breach of integrity in their organisation are under obligation to bring this to the attention of the management or to a Confidential Integrity Counsellor. Managers within the organisations of public administration are to protect the identity of staff members who report breaches of integrity ( whistleblowers) within the organisation and are to ensure that this reporting is not detrimental to their positions or careers.