“The Importance of Republic Act 6713"
In order to uphold the time-honored notion that holding public office is a public trust, Republic Act 6714 establishes a code of conduct and ethical standards for public officials and employees. It also provides incentives and rewards for exceptional service, lists prohibited acts and transactions, and imposes penalties for violations. To encourage a high level of ethics in public service, this policy was created. It is encouraging to know that there is a statute in place to protect the government entities' reputations as public trusts. Because there are standards of conduct that must be strictly adhered to by them in order to perform and discharge their official functions and obligations, this has helped to improve the behavior of our public officials and employees. As a result of the public's faith in public servants and employees, who are accountable for the public's business, the law requires that there always be justice and fairness in the provision of services to th...