PROFESSIONAL ETHICS OF CIVIL SERVANTS: CONCEPTS, PECULIARITY

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of concepts, features of professional ethics of civil servants. Civil service as a specific type of public service has peculiarities of ethical norms that civil servants must adhere to in the performance of their professional duties. The lack of a unified approach to the doctrinal definition of the term “professional ethics of a civil servant” also determines the relevance of the study. Different definitions of the concept of professional ethics of civil servants are analyzed. Professional morality of civil servants is the features of moral consciousness, behavior of civil servants, relationships with other persons, which are due to civil service activities. Emphasis is placed on the fact that the definition of moral and ethical principles of behavior of civil servants is impossible without taking into account the peculiarities of the civil service and the place of the civil servant in public activities. Civil servants have a special social purpose, goals, objectives, which are due to the peculiarities of their professional activities. It was found that there are features of the activities of civil servants depends on their types. According to species and genus classifications, ethical standards of conduct are distinguished depends on the field of civil service. It is concluded that civil servants in their professions have the potential conflicts, difficult situations, corruption risks, which requires not only professional (business), psychological qualities, educational level, but also moral qualities. In the performance of their duties civil servants must be aware that they are obliged to serve the people of Ukraine faithfully and to carry the title of civil servant with dignity. It is proposed to understand the professional ethics of civil servants as a system of moral and legal requirements, principles that must be followed by civil servants in performing the tasks and functions of the state on a professional basis. Professional ethics of certain groups of civil servants reflects the specific and generic peculiarity of the civil service, which should be taken into account in the relevant regulations of ethical conduct of civil servants and in developing theoretical provisions of ethics of professional groups of civil servants.