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This Code outlines the values and expected behaviours that guide public servants in all activities related to their professional duties.
While ethics and law are distinct concepts, they are not mutually exclusive. In fact, they often interact and influence each other in complex ways. Ethics can shape the development of laws by influencing public opinion and driving legal reforms.
Laws apply to everyone equally. If you break a law, you may have to pay a fine, pay for the damage you have done, or go to jail. Our laws also recognize and protect basic individual rights and freedoms, such as liberty and equality.
- Fundamental freedoms. Everyone in Canada is free to practise any religion or no religion at all. We are free to think our own thoughts, speak our minds, to gather peacefully into groups and to associate with whomever we wish, as long as we do not infringe valid laws which protect the rights and interests of others.
- Democratic rights. Every Canadian citizen has the right to vote in elections for Members of Parliament and representatives in provincial and territorial legislatures, and to seek election themselves, subject to certain limited exceptions (for example, minimum voting age), which have been found to be reasonable and justifiable.
- Mobility rights. Canadian citizens have the right to enter, remain in, or leave the country. Canadian citizens and permanent residents have the right to live or seek work anywhere in Canada.
- Legal rights. Everyone, regardless of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age, or mental or physical disability, is equal before the law.
In accordance with section 6 of the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (PSDPA), the Values and Ethics Code of the Department of Justice (the Code) sets out the values and ethics that guide public servants at the Department in all their professional activities.
Jun 29, 2019 · Government ethics applies to the processes, behavior, and policy of governments and the public officials who serve in elected or appointed positions. The role of government and its officials is to serve the public interest with ethical awareness and ethical actions.
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What is the relationship between ethics and the law? Are they complementary or do they conflict with one another? Fundamentally, the law and ethics serve a similar purpose and share many important characteristics in establishing boundaries and in guiding human behavior.
