Chapter 6: Personal behaviour
The Code sets out the high standards of behaviour required of APS employees— it establishes behaviours to be achieved rather than proscribing specific offences. An employee whose conduct does not meet the standard of one or more elements of the Code can be found to have breached the Code. Agency heads are required to establish procedures for determining whether an APS employee in their agency has breached the Code.
Taking action in cases of suspected breaches of the Code is primarily aimed at protecting the integrity of the APS and thereby maintaining public confidence in public administration.
This chapter details the extent to which APS employees understand the levels of behaviour expected of them, what agencies are doing to promote this, and how agencies manage, where necessary, instances where employees do not meet the standards expected of them. The statistical information in this chapter, unless otherwise stated, has been drawn from the 2005 agency survey or the corresponding survey of APS employees.
