1. An employee must behave honestly and with integrity in the course of employment
in the public service.
2. An employee must act with care and diligence in the course of employment
in the public service.
3.An employee, when acting in the course of employment in the public service,
must treat everyone with respect and courtesy, and without coercion or harassment
of any kind.
4.An employee, when acting in the course of employment in the public service,
must comply with all applicable Acts and subordinate legislation.
5.An employee must comply with all lawful and reasonable directions given
by persons in authority in the employee's Ministry, department or parliamentary
body.
6.An employee must maintain appropriate confidentiality about dealings that
the employee has with any Minister or any member of the staff of a Minister.
7. An employee must disclose, and take reasonable steps to avoid, any conflict
of interest (real or apparent) in connection with employment in the public
service.
8. An employee must use Government resources and assets in a proper way.
9. A person must not, in the course of or in connection with employment in
the public service, provide false or misleading information in response to
a request for information that is made for official purposes.
10. An employee must not make improper use of official information or of
the employee's duties, status, power or authority in order to gain, a benefit
or advantage for the employee or for any one else.
11.An employee must not, except in the course of his or her duties as an
employee, or with the express authority of the chief executive of his or her
Ministry, department or parliamentary body, give or disclose, directly or
indirectly, any information about public business or anything of which the
employee has official knowledge.
12.An employee must at all times behave in a way that upholds the Public
Service Values and the integrity and good reputation of the public service.
13. An employee on duty overseas must at all times behave in a way that upholds
the good reputation of the State.
14. An employee must comply with any other conduct requirement prescribed
by regulations, specified in directions or required of the employee by his
or her chief executive.
15.In this section employee includes a wage earner.