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Ra 6713
Ra 6713
6713
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CODE OF CONDUCT
AND ETHICAL STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC
OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES, TO UPHOLD THE
TIME-HONORED PRINCIPLE OF PUBLIC OFFICE
BEING A PUBLIC TRUST, GRANTING
INCENTIVES AND REWARDS FOR EXEMPLARY
SERVICE, ENUMERATING PROHIBITED ACTS
AND TRANSACTIONS AND PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
SEC. 1 TITLE
This act shall be known as the “Code of
Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public
Officials and Employees”
REVIEW TOPICS
The concept of Ethics
- Ethics is the practical science of the morality of human
conduct. It is concerned with the rightness and wrong -
ness of certain actions and the goodness and badness
of the motives of such actions.
- Ethics is derived from the Greek word “ethos,”which
means “a characteristic way of acting. Hence,
Ethics is sometimes called Moral Philosophy.
- The primary concern and point of view of Ethics is the
right morality and rectitude of human acts.
MEANING OF “CHARACTERISTIC WAY OF ACTING”
Its Latin equivalent is mos, mores, meaning “Tradition
or Custom”. Ethos includes cultural mannerisms, religion,
politics, laws, and social aspirations of a group of people.
The ethos (characteristics) of man as man are:
1. He is able to distinguish between good and evil, right
and wrong, moral and immoral.
2. He feels within himself an obligation to do what is good
and to avoid what is evil.
3. He feels himself accountable for his actions, expecting
reward or punishment for them.
REVIEW TOPICS, CONT’D.
Ethics defined –