Ethical framework for legislators

Committee on Ethics in LS and RS

Disclosure of interest
Register of interests
Filing assets and liabilities statement
Enforcement of ethical norms
Ethical framework for civil servants
Draft Public Service Bill
Public Service Code
Judicial Values
1997: SC adopted the Restatement of Values of Judicial Life
Judicial independence and accountability should go together
Judiciary appointing itself?
Method of removal of judges?
Judges Accountability Bill
Legal framework for fighting corruption
Indian Penal Code, section 161 to 165
Prevention of Corruption Act 1947
Amendments made to several acts in 1964
Prevention of Corruption Act 1988
Need for whistleblowers act
o Watergate
o Sarbanes Oxley Act passed after the Enron scandal provides sweeping protection to
whistleblowers
Benami Transactions Act
Need for a law on Serious Economic Offences
Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946
o Single point directive should be amended to provide a time limit of 30 days for
processing this permission

Risk Management in Government for ethical purposes
The positions in the government could be classified as
High risk
Low risk
Medium risk
This ranking is based on the risk of the position to be susceptible to corruption.
Similarly government personnel could be classified as
High risk personnel
Medium risk personnel
Low risk personnel