The duties of the Ethics Committee of the Department of Water Resources.
According to the requirements of the ethical conduct process: mechanisms and enforcement of the civil servant code of ethics.
(Royal Gazette, Volume 138, Special Issue 208 G, dated September 6, 2021)
Article 7. The Ethics Committee is responsible for implementing the following ethics maintenance processes:
(1) Provide advice and recommendations on policies, strategies, plans, and projects to promote ethics in government agencies.
(2) Provide advice and recommendations on ethics promotion policies, including ethics development and the application of ethical behavior in the personnel management processes of government agencies.
(3) Promote and provide advice on the enforcement of the Civil Servant Code of Ethics and ethical requirements.
(4) Monitor and ensure compliance with the Civil Servant Code of Ethics; consider and give opinions when there are complaints, allegations, or suspicions that civil servants in the government agency have inappropriate behavior or violate ethics.
(5) Propose measures to promote or incentivize the development of civil servants in government agencies to have exemplary behavior, and measures to take action against civil servants in government agencies who have behavior that violates ethics.
(6) Strengthen collaboration between civil servants in government agencies, ethics committees and coordinate cooperation with other committees, organizations or agencies involved.
(7) Campaign to promote public understanding of the Civil Servant Code of Ethics and the ethical requirements of government agencies, as well as encourage public participation in monitoring the ethical behavior of civil servants in government agencies.
(8) Investigate the facts and provide opinions to the head of the government agency when there are complaints, allegations, or suspicions that a government official in the agency has behaved inappropriately or violated ethics. In the case of a head of the government agency having behaved inappropriately or violated ethics, submit it to the superior officer for consideration.
(9) Monitor and evaluate compliance with the Civil Servant Code of Ethics and the ethical requirements of government agencies.
(10) Protect and ensure the independence and fairness of the ethics working group of the government agency.
(11) Protect civil servants who have acted in accordance with the Civil Servant Code of Ethics in a straightforward manner, so that their superiors do not use their power unfairly towards them.
(12) Submit the matter to the Civil Service Commission for consideration and decision in cases where it is deemed that the matter is important or has a wide-ranging impact on many government agencies.
(13) Perform other duties as assigned by the Civil Service Commission or the Civil Service Commission.
Laws and regulations related to ethics committees.
