CODE OF CONDUCT and ETHICAL STANDARDS FOR

PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES

Republic Act No. 6713

 INTRODUCTION
THE STORY ABOUT A POLITICIAN
• There was a rich man who was critically ill.
• To save his life, the doctor advised a brain transplant and gave him
three (3) options:
• First – Brain from a lawyer which costs 1M dollars. The rich
man was not satisfied. ‘
• Second, Brain from a professor that costs 2 million dollars. The
rich man rejected and demanded better.
• The third is the brain of a politician or government official
which costs 30M dollars.

The rich man was in disbelief. The doctor explained the reason.

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 DECLARATION OF POLICY
Public officials and employees shall at all times be accountable to
the people and shall discharge their duties with utmost
• responsibility • act with patriotism and justice
• integrity
• lead modest lives, and
• competence
• loyalty • Uphold public interest over personal
interest
 Public Office
• The term “public office” is frequently used to refer to the right,
authority, and duty, created and conferred by law, by which, for a
given period either fixed by statute or enduring at the pleasure of
the creating power.
• An individual is invested in some portion of the sovereign functions
of government, to be exercised by that individual for the benefit of
the public. (Fernandez v. Sto. Tomas, 1995)

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 FRANKLIN KNIGHT LANE

A public office is not a job, it is an

opportunity to do something for the
public.

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 PUBLIC OFFICIALS
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Public officials includes
• Elective and appointive officials and employees
• Permanent or temporary
• Whether in the career of non-career service
• Including military and police personnel, whether or not they receive
compensation, regardless of amount (Sec. 3(b), RA 6713)

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 PUBLIC OFFICE

•A public office is neither property nor a

public contract.
•Yet the incumbent has, in a sense, a
right to his office.
•If that right is to be taken away by the
statute, the terms should be clear.
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 PUBLIC OFFICE is PERSONAL
•Public office being personal, the death of a
public office terminates his right to occupy
the contested office and extinguishes his
counterclaim for damages.
•His widow and/or heirs cannot be
substituted in the counterclaim suit.
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 NORMS OF CONDUCT OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND
EMPLOYEES

•Commitment to the public interest

• Public officials and employees shall always uphold the public interest over and
above personal interest
• All government resources and powers of their respective offices must be
employed and used efficiently, effectively, honestly, and economically,
particularly to avoid wastage in public funds and revenues.

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 JAMES JARREL PICKLE
(ENGLISH LAWYER AND JUDGE)

If you were a public official, you had to

be accountable, and you had to be
reachable.

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 NORMS OF CONDUCT OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND
EMPLOYEES

Professionalism
• Public officials and employees shall perform and discharge duties with the
highest degree of excellence, professionalism, intelligence, and skill.
• They shall enter public service with utmost devotion and dedication to duty.
• They shall endeavor to discourage wrong perceptions of their roles as
dispensers or peddlers of undue patronage.

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 HUWAG BALAT SIBUYAS

• A public official, more especially an elected one, should not be onion

skinned.
• Strict personal discipline is expected of an occupant of a public office
because a public official is the property of the public
• He is looked upon to set the example of how public officials should
correctly conduct themselves even in the face of extreme provocation
• Always is expected to act and serve with the highest degree of
responsibility, integrity, loyalty, and efficiency and shall remain
accountable for his conduct to the people.

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 JUSTNESS AND SINCERITY

• Public officials and employees shall remain true to the people at all
times.
• They must act with justness and sincerity and shall not discriminate
against anyone, especially the poor and the underprivileged.

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 THOMAS JEFFERSON
(3RD PRESIDENT OF THE USA, 1801-1809)

The whole art of government consists in

the art of being honest.

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 POLITICAL NEUTRALITY

• Public officials and employees shall provide service to everyone

without unfair discrimination and regardless of party affiliation or
preference.

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 MANUEL L. QUEZON
SECOND PRESIDENT OF THE PHILS.

My loyalty to my party ends where my

loyalty to my country begins.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
32ND PRESIDENT OF THE USA
Let us never forget that government is ourselves
and not an alien power over us. The ultimate
rulers of our democracy are not President and
Senator, Congressmen, and Government
officials but the voters of the country

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 RESPONSIVENESS TO THE PUBLIC

• Public officials and employees shall extend prompt, courteous, and

adequate service to the public.
• Public officials and employees shall provide information on their
policies and procedures in a clear and understandable language.

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 ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER

Help others and give something back, I

guarantee you will discover that while public
service improves the lives and the world around
you, its greatest reward is the enrichment and
new meaning will bring your own life.

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 RESPONSIVENESS TO THE PUBLIC

• Ensure openness of information, public consultations, and hearings

whenever appropriate,
• Encourage suggestions, and simplify and systematize policy, rules,
and procedures
• Avoid red tape, and develop an understanding and appreciation of the
socio-economic conditions prevailing in the country, especially in the
depressed rural and urban areas.

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 Republic Act No. 9485

• The Anti-red tape act of 2007 was enacted into law to improve
efficiency in the delivery of government services to the public by
reducing bureaucratic red tape, preventing graft and corruption.

• Red Tape- an idiom that refers to excessive regulation or rigid conformity to

formal rules that is considered redundant or bureaucratic and hinders or
prevents action or decision-making.
• It is usually applied to governments, corporations, and other large
organizations.

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 Republic Act No. 11032

• The Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service

Delivery Act of 2018
• Aims to streamline the current systems and procedures of
government services.
• Pertains to improving the competitiveness of and ease of doing
business in the Philippines.

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 NATIONALISM AND PATRIOTISM

• Public officials and employees shall at all times be loyal to the

Republic and to the Filipino people,
• Promote the use of locally produced goods, resources, and
technology, and
• Encourage appreciation and pride in the country and people.
• Shall endeavor to maintain and defend Philippine sovereignty against
foreign intrusion.

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 ANDRES BONIFACIO

Aling Pag-ibig pa kaya ang hihigit kaya

sa pagkadalisay at pagkadakila gaya ng
pag-ibig sa tinubuang lupa? Aling pag-
ibig pa? Wala na nga, Wala.

NATHAN HALE

I only regret that I have but one life to

lose for my country

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 COMMITMENT TO DEMOCRACY

• Public officials and employees shall commit themselves to the

democratic way of life and values.
• Maintain the principles of public accountability and manifest by deeds the
supremacy of civilian authority over the military
• They shall at all times uphold the Constitution and put loyalty to country above
loyalty to persons in any form

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 WOODROW WILSON

Democracy is not so much a form of

government as a set of principles.

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 Men in Public life may suffer under a hostile
and an unjust accusation
The wound can be assured with the balm of
a clear conscience
A public officer must not be too thin-skinned
with reference to comment upon his official
acts.
Only thus can the intelligence and the
dignity of the individual be exalted

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 SIMPLE LIVING

• Public officials and employees and their families shall lead modest
lives appropriate to their positions and income
• They shall not indulge in an extravagant or ostentatious displays of
wealth in any form

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 SOCRATES
The secret of happiness, you see, is not
found in seeking more, but in developing
the capacity to enjoy less”.

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 DUTIES OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES
• Act promptly on letters and requests
• All public officials and employees shall within 15 days from receipt thereof,
respond to letters, telegrams, or other means of communication sent by the
public
• The reply must contain the action taken on the request.
• Submit annual performance reports
• Within 45 working days from the end of the year, render a performance report
of the agency or office, or corporation concerned.
• Process documents and papers expeditiously
• Not more than 3 signatories
• Designate signatories

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 DUTIES OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES
• Act immediately on the public’s personal transactions
• All public officials and employees must attend to anyone who wants to avail
himself of the services of the offices and must, at all times, act promptly and
expeditiously.

• Make documents accessible to the public

• At reasonable working hours.

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 PROHIBITED ACTS AND TRANSACTIONS
• Financial and material interest
• Prohibited outside employment and other activities
• Recommend any person to any position in a private enterprise that
has a regular or pending official transaction with their office.
• Disclosure and/or misuse of confidential information
• Solicitation or acceptance of gifts
• Statements and Disclosure
• Divestment- avoid conflicts of interest at all times

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PUBLIC OFFICE IS A
PUBLIC TRUST