Legal basis for ethical behavior of civil servants in Ukraine: some problematic issues

Zvarych Roman  Vasylovych; Havretska Maryna  Yosypivna; Andrukhiv Oleh  Ihorovych; Kaleniuk Oksana  Mykolayivna; Boiko Ihor  Yosypovych

Zvarych Roman Vasylovych King Danylo University Private Higher Educational Institution
Havretska Maryna Yosypivna King Danylo University Private Higher Educational Institution.
Andrukhiv Oleh Ihorovych King Danylo University Private Higher Educational Institution.
Kaleniuk Oksana Mykolayivna King Danylo University Private Higher Educational Institution
Boiko Ihor Yosypovych National University of Lviv

Keywords: code of ethics, civil servant, misconduct, legal basis, international ethical experience

Abstract

The objective of the article is to consider the legal basis for regulating the rules of ethical conduct of civil servants in Ukraine and, at the same time, to compare them with the relevant legislative framework of other countries. The subject of the study is the analysis of the legal basis for regulating the rules of ethical conduct of public officials in Ukraine. The research methodology includes the following methods: normative and dogmatic method, hermeneutic method, method of analysis and synthesis, dialectical method, legal and comparative method, legal modeling method. It is concluded that there is only one special legal act to regulate the ethics of public officials in Ukraine, but it is not binding, as it does not have the appropriate legal means of influence. Practical involvement. Based on international experience, it was concluded that Ukraine should adopt its own Code of Ethics for public officials.

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Author Biographies

Zvarych Roman Vasylovych, King Danylo University Private Higher Educational Institution

Doctor of Law, Professor, Dean of the Social and Applied Sciences Department King Danylo University Private Higher Educational Institution.

Havretska Maryna Yosypivna, King Danylo University Private Higher Educational Institution.

Ph. D, Associate Professor of the Department of Law of King Danylo University Private Higher Educational Institution.

Andrukhiv Oleh Ihorovych, King Danylo University Private Higher Educational Institution.

Doctor of Law, Professor of the Department of Law of King Danylo University Private Higher Educational Institution.

Kaleniuk Oksana Mykolayivna, King Danylo University Private Higher Educational Institution

Ph.D in Law, Assistant Professor, Vice-chancellor for Scientific and Educational Work of King Danylo University Private Higher Educational Institution.

Boiko Ihor Yosypovych, National University of Lviv

Head of the Department of State History, Law and Political and Legal Studies of Faculty of Law of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Doctor of Law, Professor.

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