Article 17. Rules of Ethical Conduct of Public Civil Servants

The Rules of Ethical Conduct of Public Civil Servants shall define:

moral relationships between heads, subordinates and other public civil servants;

actions (inaction) that may discredit the business reputation of a public civil servant and reputation of the public civil service;

basic rules of conduct for a public civil servant in the performance of official and out-of-service activities.

Violation of the Rules of Ethical Conduct of Public Civil Servants shall be the basis for bringing them to disciplinary and other liability in accordance with the law.

Control over compliance with the Rules of Ethical Conduct of Public Civil Servants shall be carried out by personnel departments or commissions on ethics of state bodies, as well as by a specially authorized state body.

The rules of ethical conduct of public civil servants shall be established by legislation. On the basis of the Rules of Ethical Conduct of Public Civil Servants, each state body shall approve its internal rules of ethical conduct, with account taken of the specifics of its activities.