9The State Service Code of Conduct

9 The State Service Code of Conduct

(1)  An employee must behave honestly and with integrity in the course of State Service employment.

(2)  An employee must act with care and diligence in the course of State Service employment.

(3)  An employee, when acting in the course of State Service employment, must treat everyone with respect and without harassment, victimisation or discrimination.

(4)  An employee, when acting in the course of State Service employment, must comply with all applicable Australian law.

(5)  For the purpose of subsection (4) ,

Australian law means –

(a) any Act (including this Act) or any instrument made under an Act; or

(b) any law of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory, including any instrument made under such a law.

(6)  An employee must comply with any standing orders made under section 34(2) and with any lawful and reasonable direction given by a person having authority to give the direction.

(7)  An employee must maintain appropriate confidentiality about dealings of, and information acquired by, the employee in the course of that employee's State Service employment.

(8)  An employee must disclose, and take reasonable steps to avoid, any conflict of interest in connection with the employee's State Service employment.

(9)  An employee must use Tasmanian Government resources in a proper manner.

(10)  An employee must not knowingly provide false or misleading information in connection with the employee's State Service employment.

(11)  An employee must not make improper use of –

(a) information gained in the course of his or her employment; or

(b) the employee's duties, status, power or authority –

in order to gain, or seek to gain, a gift, benefit or advantage for the employee or for any other person.