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This report provides details of a recommendation from the Employment Matters Committee that the Seven Principles of Public Life be included in the current Employee Code of Conduct policy, following an Internal Audit report on ethics.

Discussion:

This report provided details of a recommendation from the Employment Matters Committee that the Seven Principles of Public Life be included in the current Employee Code of Conduct policy following an Internal Audit report on ethics. This would align the Employee Code of Conduct to the Member Code of Conduct. The report also provided details of some proposed minor changes to the Code.

The Employment Matters Committee considered this report on 4 December 2019, details of which were set out in section 4 of the report.

A Diversity Impact Assessment had been undertaken on the proposals, as set out in Appendix 2 to the report.

The Portfolio Holder for Resources, Councillor Gulvin, supported by Councillor Opara, proposed the recommendation set out in the report.

Decision:

The Council approved that the Employee Code of Conduct be amended as set out in appendix 1 to the report, including adding the Seven Principles of Public Life as detailed at paragraph 3.2 of the report.

This report deals with a proposal to include the Seven Principles of Public Life into the current Employee Code of Conduct policy.

Discussion:

Members considered a report which advised that, following an internal audit report on ethics it was proposed that the Seven Principles of Public Life be included into the current Employee Code of Conduct policy. This would align the Employee Code of Conduct to the Member Code of Conduct. The policy had also been brought up to date with some minor changes.

Members noted that, at the earlier meeting of the Joint Consultative Committee, the Assistant Director-Transformation had undertook to clarify whether the Seven Principles applied to local government employees at all levels of the organisation.

Decision:

The Committee agreed to recommend to Full Council that the Employee Code of Conduct is amended, as set out in appendix 1 of the report, including adding the Seven Principles of Public Life as detailed at Paragraph 3.2 of the report.