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Code of Ethics
Definition of Terms
● Code - set of written rules or unwritten principles
and fundamentals that govern the way of life of an
individual, group or organization.
● Ethics - rules of conduct that differentiate what is
right from wrong.
● Code of Ethics - systematic and collection/digest of
all the moral, ethical and legal principles that govern
the conduct of professionals
● AFP Code of Ethics - bible of Soldiery
● Preamble
- Identity - we, the members of the Armed
Forces of the Philippines, imploring
enlightenment from Almighty God.
- Aspiration - in order to achieve and maintain
a professional organization.
- Vision - worthy of public trust and respect
- Mission - faithful to its constitutional
mandate as the protector of the people, the
sovereignty of the State, the democratic
institutions and the integrity of the national
territory
- Commitment - freely and collectively
commit ourselves as our way of life, to
abide by and adhere to the provisions of this
CODE OF ETHICS which we hereby do
ordain and promulgate.
Article 1 - Identity
● Section 1 - Constitutional Mandate
- The Philippine Constitution as the legitimate
expression of the people’s will.
● Section 2 - Organization and Chain of Command
- An integral part of the Executive Branch of
the Government. (president commander in
chief)
- 3 branches of Govt.
- Legislative - make laws
- Judiciary - interpret the laws
- Executive - execute the laws
● Section 3 - Commitment, Measure and Standards
- The AFP shall
- Maintain a high level of credibility (worthy
of public trust)
- Manifest a high level of competence and
standard of performance (trainings to be fit
and respond to our mission)
Article 2 - History
● Section 1 - Historical Perspective
- The AFP identifies itself with the Filipino
people’s historical struggle for freedom and
justice. (marami ng nalampasan)
● Section 2 - Lessons Learned from the Dark pages of
AFP History
- Graft and Corruption
- Martial Law
- Unsuccessful Coup attempts
Article 3 - AFP Creed and Stand of Basic Issues
● Section 1 - AFP Core Values (will not make
malicious behavior)
- SOLIDARITY (center)
● 1. Esprit-de-Corps - working with
others willingly and wholeheartedly
to accomplish the mission.
(cooperation0
● 2. Teamwork - team spirit in action.
- Honor (Upper) - our crowning value as it is
more precious than life itself
● Dignity - consciousness of personal
worth.
● Integrity - do not lie, steal, or cheat
● Reputation - whole mark of military
- Valor (Lower) - power and strength, courage
and ability to overcome fear to carry out our
mission, to accomplish what is seemingly
impossible.
● Moral Courage - stand for what is
right.
● Serenity - composure, calmness,
presence of mind in the midst of
battle.
● Benevolence - deposition to be
good.
● Courtesy - politeness at all times.
- Loyalty (Right) - our oath of office requires
us to be loyal to our nation and our mandate.
God, people, unit, country. (Pres. Manuel L.
Quezon “My loyalty to my party ends where
my loyalty to my country begins…”
- Duty (Left) - the value of obedience and
disciplined performance despite difficulty
and danger. Accomplishing all assigned
tasks to the fullest of one’s capabilities.
● Sense of Responsibility - acceptance
of responsibility for our actions
and/or under us.
● Selfless Service - welfare and
accomplishment of the mention
come ahead of our personal desire.
● Competence - taking opportunities
to improve ourselves.
● Supreme Sacrifice - giving up our
life for our country.
● Section 2 - AFP Stand on Basic Issues
- AFP Organization - it shall allow
development and equipage of both active
and reserve forces.
- Supremacy of Civilian Authority - the
president as the commander-in-chief shall
exercise command over the AFP
- Chain of Command - every officer and
soldier shall obey lawful orders of his
immediate officer.
- Military Leadership - ability to influence
members of the organization in the
fulfillment of its roles, obligations and
function. But state of high morale to the
subordinates must be given emphasis in
order to accomplish assigned missions.
- People’s Support - respecting the living
conditions, beliefs, way of life and the
totality of the environment of all sectors of
the society
- National Development - AFP is the people’s
partner in promoting peace, national
development and progress.
- Partisan Politics - neutral during political
exercise/election.
- Mass media - respect freedom of speech.
- Spiritual Life - non-sectarian organization
and respect any form of religion.
- Family Life - the AFP shall recognize that
all its members are human beings and have
families of their own. They shall support
programs that will strengthen family ties and
community relationships.
- Democracy - the Republic of the
Philippines is a government of the people,
by the people, and for the people.
- National Interest - we bear in mind that
national interest serves as the common good
of the people.
- Peace - a priceless gift to mankind
- War - it is the use of organized military force
by a stated to achieve its ends against the
 physical opposition of a hostile state or state
or group.
- Use of Armed Forces - sanction by
competent authority and limited only to the
enemy.
- Human Rights - AFP shall respect the
inherent dignity of human being and his
inalienable rights.
- Principle critiques/cause oriented groups -
AFP will not label them as enemy of the
state or as threat to national security.
Article 4 - AFP Membership
● Section 1 - General Statement
- The AFP members make the most important
asset of all the organization’s resources.
Article 5 - Military Professionalism
● Section 1 - General Statement
- AFP are public servants.
● Section 2 - Professionalism
- Profession - an occupation and personal
commitment to serve the public the common
good. They are paid by the public hence,
they maintain high standards of conduct and
achievement.
- Professional - one who earns a noble living
and abides by the Code of Ethics of his
occupation.
● Section 3 - Military Standard of Professionalism
- Standard of Loyalty - all military personnel
shall be loyal and true to the Constitution,
the AFP and to the people at all times.
- Standard of Competence - must possess the
Knowledge, Skills, Physical Attributes and
Character Traits.
- Standard of Ethics - Every soldier must
observe and conform to the accepted
principles of right conduct.
- Standard of Morale - respect must be
faithful to his pledge as a soldier to serve his
country above self.
● Section 4 - Unprofessional Acts
- Acts of Disloyalty - betrayal to the duty
constituted authority.
- Act of Incompetence - lack of physical
required knowledge and skills.
- Unethical Acts - all acts of omissions which
deviate from established and accepted
ethical and moral standards as set forth in
this code.
- Corrupt Acts - crimes against public interest,
morals, property, etc.
● Section 5 - Penalties & Admin Sanctions
- The penalties of the above-mentioned acts
shall be those which are provided in the
revised penal code, AW, special laws and
pertinent AFP rules and regulations.
Article 7 - General Provisions
● Section 1 - Legal Force
- Guided by the provision of Philippine
Constitution, Articles of War, Revised Penal
Code, RA 6713 (Ethical Standards of Public
Officials and Employees), RA 3019
(Anti-graft practices act), RA 6869
(Anti-Coup D” Etat Act) and other special
laws.
● Section 2 - Moral Force
- AFP shall morally bound by the divine laws,
oath and customs and tradition.
● Section 3 - Compliance
- OESPA created headed by the Vice
Commander of Major Services to spearhead
the effective promotion of the program.
● Section 4 - Dissemination
- Be taken up during TI&E
- Every member of the AFP shall sign a
certification that he/she has read and
understood the provision of this code every
11th day of October, which is the AFP Code
day. The certification will form part of
his/her MPF.
MILITARY PROFESSIONALISM
By: Gen. Charles de Gaulle
Men who adapt the profession of arms submit their own
freewill to a law of perpetual constraint. On their accord they
reject their right to live where they choose, to say what they
think, and to dress as they like. From the moment they
become soldiers, it needs but an order to settle them from
this place to move them to that to separate them from their
families and to dislocate from their normal lives. In the word
of command they must rise, march, run, endure the bad
weather, go without sleep or food, be isolated in some distant
post and work until they drop. They have ceased to be the
masters of their own fate. If they drop on their tracks, if their
ashes are scattered to the four winds that is all part and
parcel of their job.
CODE OF CONDUCT OF THE FILIPINO SOLDIER
By: B(brigador) gen. Benjamin Vallejo AFP
I. I AM A FILIPINO SOLDIER. I will support and
defend the constitution of the Republic of the
Philippines.
II. I AM A FILIPINO SOLDIER. I will fights all forces
that would destroy the freedom and independence of
the Filipino people.
III. I AM A FILIPINO SOLDIER. I will obey laws,
legal orders of my lawful superiors at all times.
IV. I AM A FILIPINO SOLDIER. I will uphold the
supremacy of civilian authority over the military in
war or in peace.
V. I AM A FILIPINO SOLDIER. I will live and die in
true Filipino tradition of valor and honor duty and
loyalty.
TO ALL THESE; I PLEDGE MY LIFE, MY TREASURE,
AND MY PRICELESS HONOR.
Military Ranks and Insignia
Philippine Army/Airforce Officer (Service Dress Shoulder
Insignia)
General Lieutenant General Major General
Brigadier General Colonel Lieutenant Colonel
Major Captain First Lieutenant Second Technical Sergeant Staff Sergeant Sergeant
Lieutenant

Airman First Class Airman Second Class Airman

Philippine Navy (Navy White Dress Shoulder Insignia)

Admiral Vice Admiral Rear Admiral Commodore Philippine Navy Philippine Coast Guard

Master Chief Petty Officer Senior Chief Petty Officer

Captain Commander Lieutenant Commander

Chief Petty Officer Petty Officer, First Class

Lieutenant Senior Grade Lieutenant Junior Grade Petty Officer, Second Class Petty Officer, Third Class

Ensign

Seaman First Class Seaman Second Class

Enlisted Personnel Rank (Philippine Army Philippine Apprentice Seaman

Marines

Chief Master Sergeant Senior Master Sergeant Master

Sergeant

Military Courtesy and Discipline

Technical Sergeant Staff Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Military Discipline

- The willingness to accept with conviction and
without reservation the necessity for a common law
that rules and coordinates the effort of a group. It is
necessary to ensure orderly and effective group
Private First Class Private action, commonly known as teamwork.
- The quality of being able to behave and work in a
controlled way which involves obeying particular
rules of standards.
Teamwork
Philippine Airforce - It is particularly important in military operations
where its presence or lack of it may very well spell
Chief Master Sergeant Senior Master Sergeant Master the difference between victory or defeat.
Sergeant Objectives of Military Discipline:
1. Unit efficiency in battle
2. Perform its roles correctly
3. Reaches its objectives
4. Accomplishes its assigned mission
5. Help other unit to accomplish their mission
Creating a Climate of Discipline
1. Training
2. Judicious Use of Punishment and Reward
 3. Instilling a Sense of Confidence and Responsibility 4. Unrated/Non-rated/Unclassified - a term used to
identify an individual who has not yet been
Military Courtesy classified for a particular rating. His rank would
- It is the written, officially prescribed code of carry an initial (UN). Ex: ASN(UN)
deportment for members of the military 5. Striker - a term that applies to an individual in the
establishment. paygrade E1 to E3.
Salute 6. Petty Officer - a term that applies to an individual in
- It is the most important and most common form of the paygrade E4 to E7.
all military courtesies.
How to Salute? Morale
1. The forearm should be inclined 45 degrees. - This term maybe defined as the mental state and
2. The tip of the fore finger should be slightly touching spirit of an individual or unit.
above the eyebrow of the right eye, the thumb and
fingers must be extended and joined.
3. The upper arm is parallel to the deck with elbow
forward.
4. Hand and wrist in the straight line. Customs and Courtesies
5. The palm is slightly inward.
IF NAAY MO DUOL COMMISION OFFICER OF ANY
Who are entitled to salute? MILITARY BRANCH / HIGHER RANK TAS IKAW KAY
1. The national flag and national anthem. WHETHER NAKA CIVILIAN OR UNIFORM DAPAT
2. Commissioned officers of the armed forces of the MAG TINDOG AND SHAKE HANDS.
Philippines.
3. Civilian high officials or foreign dignitaries during
military honors rendered for them.
4. Officers of the coast guard and geodetic survey and Military Courtesy and Discipline (vid nga naa si maam
the public service when they are serving with the sundalo nga naka eyeglass xD swAg)
AFP.
When to Salute? Courtesy
1. Greetings - Display of good manners and politeness.
2. Reporting - Conveys respect to both subordinates and seniors.
3. Aboard/Ashore Military Courtesy
4. Overtaking a Senior - Acts of politeness, civility, and respect that
5. Seniority Unknown personnel in the military organization.
When NOT to Salute? Military Discipline
1. When troops are at work. - State of order and obedience among personnel in a
2. Outdoors military organization
3. Indoors, except when reporting - State of order and obedience among personnel in a
4. When carrying articles with both hands, or being so military organization.
occupied as to make saluting impracticable. - (Teamwork)
● Fire Discipline - save ug ammo
RANKS ● Water Discipline - kanya kanya water, and save
water
PhArmy/PAirForce/PMarineCourt ● Supply Discipline -
- General
- Lt General Customs of the Service
- Major General - It is the body of unwritten or common law of the
- Brigadier General armies, navies, and air forces.
- Commander ● Responding to senior officer
- Lt Commander ● Saluting appropriately
- Major ● Honoring the nation
- Captain Morale
- 1st lieutenant - Term may be defined as the mental state and spirit of
- 2nd lieutenant an individual or unit.
Efficiency
Philippine Navy - Ability to accomplish successfully an assigned task
- Admiral in the shortest possible time with the least confusion.
- Vice Admiral
- Rear Admiral The Salute
- Commander - Most important and the most common form of all
- Captain the military courtesies
- Commander - A time honoured tradition of the profession of arms
- Lt Commander - Practiced in all military organizations in the world
- Lt Senior Grade - An indication of his attitude towards his duties
- Lt Junior Grade
- Ensign Procedure in reporting to an officer
Indoor - soldier removes his headgear, knocks and enters
Terminologies when told to do so. He appropriates two (2) steps of the
1. Rating - a term used in the Navy to identify an officer’s desk, halts, salutes and reports “Sir/Ma’am, Pvt dela
occupational specialty that is based on aptitude, Cruz reports…”
training, experience, knowledge and skills of an Outdoor - Soldier moves towards the officer, halts three (3)
individual. steps from the officer, salutes and reports “Sir/Ma’am, Pvt
2. Rate - term used to identify the level of achievement dela Cruz reports…”
and expertise within the individual’s rating Passing an uncased National colors - salute at six (6)
3. Rank - combined rate and rating of an individual distance and hold the salute until they have passed six steps
beyond it.
General Rules in Saluting