SPECIAL ORDER
NO. 180
Series of 2011
Subject: NCDA RECONSTITUTED INTEGRITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE [...]
Countering corruption through integrity development as key to economic competitiveness
SPECIAL ORDER
NO. 180
Series of 2011
Subject: NCDA RECONSTITUTED INTEGRITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE [...]
DECLARATION OF POLICY:
Section 1 of Article XI of the 1987 Philippine Constitution provides that public service is a public trust and that public officers and employees, must, at all times, be accountable to the people, serve them with utmost responsibility, integrity, loyalty and efficiency; act with patriotism and justice and lead modest lives. [...]
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 12 of Republic Act No. 6713, otherwise known as the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees, approved on February 20, 1989, and which took effect on March 25, 1989, conformably to Section 17 thereof, the following Rules are hereby adopted in order to carry out the provisions of the said Code: [...]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1. Statement of policy. It is the policy of the Philippine Government, in line with the principle that a public office is a public trust, to repress certain acts of public officers and private persons alike which constitute graft or corrupt practices or which may lead thereto. [...]
WHEREAS, under existing laws and the civil service rules, it is prohibited to receive, directly or indirectly, any gift, present or any other form of benefit in the course of official duties; [...]
THE 1987 CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
ARTICLE XI
ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS
Section 1. Public office is a public trust. Public officers and employees must, at all times, be accountable to the people, serve them with utmost responsibility, integrity, loyalty, and efficiency; act with patriotism and justice, and lead modest lives. [...]
Background:
The Integrity Development Action Plan (IDAP) is the main output of the 3-day first-ever Presidential Anti-Corruption Workshop (PAW) held from 15 to 17 December 2004 with the theme: Countering Corruption through Integrity Development: A Key to Economic Competitiveness. It has been adopted as the national anti-corruption framework of the executive branch and the cabinet members, through Sec. Alberto Romulo, committed before Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, representatives of international donor groups and other stakeholders, to adopt and fully support the IDAP, which in effect is PGMA’s program of countering corruption through integrity development and good governance. [...]