A.1 The public interest

Members must at all times safeguard the interests of their organisation, provided that these interests do not conflict with the duties and loyalties they owe to the community, its laws, and social and political institutions.

A.2 Honesty, propriety and integrity

Members must act with honesty, propriety and integrity in the pursuit of their professional duties. Honesty includes acting with sincerity and not lying, cheating or stealing. propreity is to behave correctly as befits the duties of a members professional responsibilities and role. Integrity refers not only to knowing what is teh right thing to do but having the moral strangth and courage to act on one's convictions and on principle rather than expediency.

A.3 Competence and duty of care

Members must strive continually to maintain and improve their professional knowledge and skills. They must not undertake work which they are not competent to handle. This work should be allocated to others who are better qualified to underratke the tasks compentently. Members must discharge their duties with due care and diligence.

A.4 Confidentiality and respect for privacy

Members must respect the rights of individuals concerning confidentiality and privacy. Members must not disclose confidential and private information gained in teh course of their professional work unless consent to do so is obtained from the person or persons concerned or when it is in the public interest to do so or is required to do so by any Statute.

A.5 Conflict of interest

Members must avoid conflicts of interest in fact and conflicts of interest in appearance. This principle is closely related to that of objectivity and independence. Rules on conflict of interest are given in Part B.

A.6 Objectivity and independence

members must be objective in undertaking their professional duties. Objectivity is a state of mind which imposes on an individual the obligation to be impartial, intellectually honest, and free of conflicts on interest. There are two aspects of objectivity and independence, these are the judgment which comes from being mentally independent and the freedom from personal relationships which avoid impairing or appearing to impair the ability of the member to exercise objectivity and independence. safeguarding professional objectivity and independence is a matter of integrity.

A.7 Duties of non maleficence (non injury)

Members must not cause harm and must prevent harm from being done to their employer, clients, profession, community, and Local Government Managers Australia. Engagement in incompatible business activities or activities, even if it is not a conflict of interest, may bring the status and recognition of the profession into disrepute. This does not preclude serving on Boards or Committees which contribute to the wider good of the community.

A.8 Justice, access and equity

Members must act justly and ensure representative accessis provided to all sections of teh community on local government matters. Members must be equitable in dealing with all local government issues.