ethical standards

The article examines the legal status of civil servants in Ukraine and identifies the prospects for its modernization taking into account modern European standards of public administration. The essence of civil service is analyzed as a professional activity of persons who implement the tasks and functions of state bodies and local self-government bodies, ensuring the satisfaction of public needs within the legally defined legal field.

The article is devoted to the study of values and ethical standards of activity of civil servants of the Western countries and to clarifying the mechanisms that ensure their compliance.

The special features of the integrative aspect of ethical standards and human freedom in law are revealed due to the fact that harmony in law is manifested through the principle of coordination of actions between different elements and structural subdivisions forming the social system, which enables to acquire ethical knowledge of ethical principles and standards from ethical codes that are sources of information about public values. Freedom is emphasized as an intrinsic emotional quality of a person.