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6713

RepublicActNo.6713:CodeofConductandEthicalStandardsforPublicOfficialsandEmployees
PolicyoftheStatepromoteahighstandardethicsinpublicservice.
Terms:
1.GovernmentreferstotheNationalandlocalgovernments.BranchesoftheRepublicofthePhilippinesincludingcompaniesandsubsidiariescontrolledbythe
government.
2.PublicOfficialsincludesappointed,elective,permanentortemporaryofficialsoremployeewhoreceivemonthlycompensationregardlessofamount.
3.ReceivingGiftacceptinggiftinanticipationofafavorinexchange
4.Divestmenttransferoftitleordisposalofinterestinpropertybyvoluntarily
5.PublicOfficialsandEmployeeshallbeaccountabletothepeopleatallthetime.Mustdotheirdutieswithutmostresponsibility,integrity,competence,and
loyalty.Shouldactwithpatriotismandjustice,leadmodestlivesandupholdpublicinterestoverpersonalinterest.

NormsofConductofPublicOfficialsandEmployee
1.Commitmenttopublicinterestpublicinterestfirst
2.Professionalismdoingworkwithhighestdegreeofexcellence
3.Justnessandsinceritybeingtruetothepeopleatallthetime.
4.Politicalneutralitydoingjobwithfairnesstoeveryone
5.Responsivenesstothepublicbeingopentothepublicbyprovidingtheminformationthattheywhatandenablingthepublictoparticipateindecisionmakingby
publichearingsandconsultation
6.NationalismandpatriotismbeingloyaltotheRepublicofthePhilippines.PromotingPhilippinesinallaspect.
7.Commitmenttodemocracy
8.Simplelivingmodeoflivingmostbeproportionaltotheincomeandpositionofapublicofficialandemployees.

DutiesofPublicOfficialsandemployee
1.Actpromptlyonlettersandrequestwithin15workingdaysfromreceivingaresponsetoalettermustbedone
2.Submitannualperformancereports45workingdaysafternewyear,everygovernmentoffice/companiesmustsubmittheirperformancereport
3.Processdocumentsandpapersexpeditiously
4.Actimmediatelyonthepublicspersonaltransactionspublicofficialandemployeesmustattendtoanyonewhowantstoavailhisservices
5.Makedocumentsaccessibletothepublicallpublicdocumentsmustbemadeaccessibletopublic.

CommitteeonAwardstoOutstandingPublicOfficialsandEmployees
1.ComposesbyOmbudsmanandChairmanoftheCivilServiceCommissionasCoChairmanandthechairmanofCommissiononauditandtwogovernment
employeetobeappointedbythePresident.
2.Itistheirtasktoidentifythosepublicofficialsandemployeewhohavedonegoodinservicewiththefollowingcriteria:yearsofserviceandthequality,
consistencyofperformance,obscurityofposition,levelofsalary,uniqueandexemplaryofacertainachievement,andtheriskandtemptationinheritinthework.

ConsequencewhenchosenasOutstandingPublicOfficialsandEmployees
1.Promotiontothenexthighrank
2.Increaseofsalarygrade

Prohibitedactionsandtransactions
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1.Financialandmaterialinterest
2.Outsideemploymentandotheractivitiesrelatedthereto
3.Misuseofconfidentialinformation
4.Solicitationoracceptanceofgift

StatementofAssetsandLiabilitiesandFinancialDisclosureaformtobesubmittedbypublicofficialoremployeestatingtheirproperties,assets,income,business
oftheirwife/husbandandtheirchildrenunder18yearsold.Tobesubmittedwithin20daysafterassumptionorofficeoronorbeforeapril30annually.

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