APS Code of Conduct

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The APS Code of Conduct is the set of ethical and professional standards that govern the behavior and integrity of employees in the Australian Public Service.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf code of conduct ⓘ
ethical standard ⓘ
professional standard ⓘ
administeredBy Australian Public Service Commission ⓘ
appliesTo APS employees’ conduct in connection with their employment ⓘ
APS employees’ use of Commonwealth resources ⓘ
APS employees’ use of official information ⓘ
Australian Public Service employees ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
enforcedBy APS agency heads ⓘ
Australian Public Service Commissioner ⓘ
governs behavior of Australian Public Service employees ⓘ
integrity of Australian Public Service employees ⓘ
jurisdiction Australian Public Service ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasis Public Service Act 1999 (Cth) ⓘ
linkedTo APS Values ⓘ
objective to ensure accountable and transparent public administration ⓘ
to promote public trust in the Australian Public Service ⓘ
purpose to set ethical standards for Australian Public Service employees ⓘ
to set professional standards for Australian Public Service employees ⓘ
region Commonwealth of Australia public administration ⓘ
relatedTo APS Employment Principles ⓘ
APS Values and Code of Conduct in Practice guidance ⓘ
linked to: APS Code of Conduct
requires APS employees to act with care and diligence ⓘ
APS employees to behave honestly and with integrity ⓘ
APS employees to behave in a way that upholds the APS Values ⓘ
APS employees to behave in a way that upholds the integrity and good reputation of the APS ⓘ
APS employees to comply with all applicable Australian laws ⓘ
APS employees to comply with any lawful and reasonable direction given by someone in the APS who has authority to give the direction ⓘ
APS employees to comply with any other conduct requirement prescribed by the regulations ⓘ
APS employees to disclose and avoid conflicts of interest ⓘ
APS employees to maintain appropriate confidentiality of official information ⓘ
APS employees to treat everyone with respect and courtesy ⓘ
APS employees to use Commonwealth resources in a proper manner ⓘ
sanctionsMayInclude deduction from salary by way of fine ⓘ
re-assignment of duties ⓘ
reduction in classification ⓘ
reduction in salary ⓘ
reprimand ⓘ
termination of employment ⓘ
scope applies to certain statutory office holders in the APS ⓘ
applies to non-ongoing APS employees ⓘ
applies to ongoing APS employees ⓘ
sector public sector ⓘ
violationConsequences may result in misconduct findings ⓘ
may result in sanctions under the Public Service Act 1999 ⓘ

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Australian Public Service → hasCode → APS Code of Conduct ⓘ
Public Service Act 1999 → defines → APS Code of Conduct ⓘ
APS officers → mustComplyWith → APS Code of Conduct ⓘ
APS Code of Conduct → relatedTo → APS Values and Code of Conduct in Practice guidance ⓘ
linked to: APS Code of Conduct
APS Values → relatedTo → APS Code of Conduct ⓘ