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Review of Article 7 of the Law on Enhancing Administrative System Health and Combating Corruption Regarding Implementing the Approved Ethical and Administrative Charter and Professional Ethics of System Agents

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10.22034/report.mrc.2025.1404.33.8.21121
Abstract
This report attempts supervisory review of drafting and implementing Article 7 of the Law on Enhancing Administrative System Health and Combating Corruption, mandating drafting the ethical and administrative charter and professional ethics of system agents, critiquing and evaluating it. In fact, this legal article obligates public and private organizations and institutions to comply with professional ethics in all activities. Analysis shows that the ethical and administrative charter and professional ethics of system agents was approved by the Cabinet in 2021. However, per this law, ethical charter approval should have occurred within 6 months after law approval (2008). On the other hand, analysis indicates that nearly two years after ethical charter approval, content and supervisory process issues exist in implementation method. Accordingly, based on existing implementation objections, the mentioned ethical charter was repealed, and on January 28, 2024, a new regulation titled “Regulation on Enhancing Professional Ethics in Administrative System” was approved by the Cabinet. Therefore, it appears that the Islamic Consultative Assembly, by designing appropriate tools, mechanisms, and procedures for overseeing executive agencies in law implementation, can take an important step in this path.

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Ethical charter, administrative health enhancement law, combating corruption
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