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Manual On Good Administration Principles

“Administration means honesty.
If you set an example by being correct, who would
dare remain incorrect”

Confucius
(B.C 551-479, Chinese Philosopher,
Instructor and Writer

onesty is a principle providing that all public servants should be correct and
Hreliable in all their acts and actions and avoid behaviours that will mislead
or do harm to those benefitting from public services.
The requirements of this principle are as follows:

Public servants should tell their interlocutors the truth and guide them
correctly;
Public officials should avoid behaviours that may obscure the trust of
the individuals in the state;

The administration should not act in a manner that may harm the
notion that it is honest with the public.

Legal Basis

The principle of honesty, which draws a frame for the behaviours and
attitudes that the administrations should assume and serves as the
minimum behavioural threshold for the administrations, is subject to
various legal texts

Article 135 of the Constitution, with the title of “Professional Organisations
Having the Characteristics of Public Institutions”, lays down the following
provision: “Professional organisations having the characteristics of public
institutions and their higher bodies are public corporate bodies established
by law, with the objectives of meeting the common needs of the members
of a given profession, to facilitate their professional activities, to ensure
the development of the profession in keeping with common interests, to
safeguard professional discipline and ethics in order to ensure integrity
and trust in relations among its members and with the public; their
organs shall be elected by secret ballot by their members in accordance

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