About the Ethics Advisory Service
The Ethics Advisory Service is available to all Australian Public Service (APS) employees, including agency heads and SES staff, who wish to discuss and seek advice on ethical issues that occur in the workplace and make sound decisions around these issues.
We provide advice on:
- the application and interpretation of the APS Values and Code of Conduct; sections 10 and 13 of the Public Service Act 1999 (the Act)
- strategies and techniques for ethical decision making in the APS
- interpretation of the misconduct and whistleblowing provisions of the Act; as well as advice on related policy and good practice.
We do not provide advice on:
- technical and operational aspects of APS employment policy—for advice on such matter please refer to the Commission’s Employment Policy Adviceline 02 6202 3859
- other aspects of public sector legislation, policy or management
- internal agency policies and processes unless the request comes from an agency head, an SES employee or an agency corporate management area
- the merits or outcome of any misconduct or whistleblowing disclosure cases.
We do not:
- provide counselling or act as a replacement for an agency’s Employee Assistance Programme
- undertake case management or provide advocacy service
- provide an avenue for complaint resolution
- accept whistleblower reports.
More information about the Ethics Advisory Service
Introducing the Ethics Advisory Service
The Ethics Advisory Service assists all APS employees by providing advice on public sector ethical issues.
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Client service charter
The client service charter sets out the services the Ethics Advisory Service will provide, the standard of those services and what clients can expect from the Service.
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