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Anticorruption barometer


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Non-corrupt and professional public administration — #54 Enforceable ethical code of public officials and financial liability

A binding ethical codex for public officers is adopted and is effectively enforced. Officers are held liable for illegal decisions made and the damage arising.

Justification and sources

Selected update

Updated: 08/2015 Parameter update history

Effectiveness:
75%
Progression:
100%
The law is being applied

The existing Act on civil service foresees the existence of a committee supposed to prosecute the violations of civil service rules by civil servants in a special procedure. There is an ethical code for civil servants; in addition, some state departments have their own ethical codes.

Compared to current state

Updated: 12/2016 Parameter update history

Effectiveness:
50%
Progression:
90%
The law is in force

The existing Act on civil service foresees the existence of a committee supposed to prosecute the violations of civil service rules by civil servants in a special procedure. There is an ethical code for civil servants; in addition, some state departments have their own ethical codes. However, some of the cases which appeared in the media show that the effectiveness in enforcement of the ethical code is low.