Values and Ethics Internationally

Below is a list of web resources that will allow the user to explore values and ethics related initiatives outside the Government of Canada. (Note: many of these resources are not available in both official languages of Canada)

• Ethics Infrastructure in Public Administration - The experience of several countries
• Application of Legislative Measures on the Disclosure of Wrongdoing in Four Countries

Australia

• Managing Conflicts of Interest in the Public Sector - Guidelines (Australia) - pdf format
• Managing Conflicts of Interest in the Public Sector - Toolkit (Australia) - pdf format
• Australian Public Service Code of Conduct 
• Independent Commission Against Corruption
• Public Interest Disclosure (Protection of Whistleblowers) Bill 2002, pdf format
• Public Perceptions of the Queensland Public Service and Local Government: Findings from the 2002 Public Attitudes Survey, pdf format

Czech Republic

• The Report on Corruption in the Czech Republic and Meeting the Schedule of Measures Adopted under the National Programme of Combating Corruption
• Czech Republic Anti-Corruption Measures

European Union

• Civil Service Ethics in EU Countries
• For a European Political and Administrative Culture: Three Codes of Conduct
• Parliamentary Assembly - Civil Service Reform in Europe
• Main Features of an Ethics Framework for the Public Sector, pdf format
• Ethics in the Public Service of European Union Member States,
  • [.pdf format] [.html format]

France

• Séminaire « Gestion des ressources humaines, condition de l'efficacité des administrations publiques »
• La police nationale : Code de déontologie
• Direction générale de l'administration et de la fonction publique - La commission de déontologie
• Direction générale des collectivités locales - La commission de déontologie
  • Missions
  • Rapport 2003 de la commission de déontologie
  • Démarches

Greece

• Code of Civil Servants, pdf format

Ireland

• Standards in Public Office Commission - Ethics

Japan

• National Public Service Ethics Board, Outline of the National Public Service Ethics Law, Outline of the National Public Service Officials Ethics Code

Netherlands

• Minister De Vries - Introductory remarks at the Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity
• Conference Ethical Standards in the Public Sector

Network of Government Institutions of Public Ethics in the Americas

New Zealand

• New Zealand Public Service Code of Conduct
  • html format
  • pdf format

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

• Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development - Ethics and Corruption
• Corruption
• Principles for Managing Ethics in the Public Service, pdf format
• Case Studies on the Management of Ethics and Conduct in the Public Sector

Organization of American States

• Office of Inter-American Law and Programs - Anti-Corruption

United Kingdom

• The Civil Service Code
• Standards in Public Life
• Propriety and Ethics

United Nations

• International Code of Conduct for Public Officials

United States of America

• Office of Government Ethics
• OGE Forms, Publications & Other Ethics Documents

Other Documents

• A Comparative Perspective - Codes of Conduct for PS in Central and Eastern European Countries, pdf format
• Civil Services and State Administrations Country Report: Czech Republic, pdf format
• European Group of Public Administration: Contribution of the Czech Republic to the "Ethics and Integrity" Study Group, pdf format
• Guidelines for Integrity Projects, pdf format
• National Integrity Systems Country Study Report: Netherlands, pdf format
• Open Society Institute - Corruption and Anti-Corruption Policy in the Czech Republic, pdf format
• SIGMA Assessment 2002: Czech Republic Public Service and the Administrative Framework, pdf format
• Transparency International Italia Newsletter, pdf format