What rules and guidelines govern the conduct of senior managers in local government, particularly in respect of their obligations to local …

Local authorities are independentcorporate bodies and are responsible for their own staffing matters. The LocalGovernment Code for Employees in Scotland, produced by COSLA assists local authoritiesin setting out minimum standards of conduct expected of its employees. It providesguidelines on relationships with the public and political neutrality. Local authoritiesmay also have their own codes which have the same affect as the National Code.In the event that any local government employee breaches the code of conduct thatis in place, a report can be submitted to the council’s monitoring officer, whois then required to submit a full report for consideration to the full council ifthe monitoring officer considers that the council, or any of its committees or officers,has contravened any enactment or code of practice which is in place.