Issue - meetings

To present the update of the Officer Code of Conduct (report of the Executive Manager People and Public Protection enclosed).

The Council considered the Executive Manager People and Public Protection’s report seeking to update the Officer Code of Conduct.

The Code of Conduct was a common reference document for all employees that defined the standards of conduct that employees were expected to observe when carrying out their duties.

DECISION:

That the Code of Conduct be approved and implemented in line with changes highlighted within Section 2 of the report.

To present an update of the Officer Code of Conduct (report of the Executive Manager People and Public Protection enclosed)

Consideration was given to the report of the Executive Manager People and Public Protection which presented an update on the Officer Code of Conduct.

The Code of Conduct was a common reference document for all employees that defined the minimum standards of conduct that employees were expected to observe when carrying out their duties.  It was produced in the light of challenges employees faced in the current, and more commercially orientated, environment.

The changes made to the Code of Conduct, which had last been refreshed in 2012, had been shared with the Staff Forum and Unison representatives, with both agreeing to provide support in communicating these updates.

The key changes made to each section were highlighted within the covering report, with the full revised document attached at Appendix A.

AGREED:

That the updated Code of Conduct, including changes highlighted in Section 2.0 of the report, be recommended to Council for adoption.