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Standards Committee

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority believes in a strong ethical organisational culture. It aims to promote the highest levels of conduct by its members and officers, to increase public trust in the delivery of its vision and objectives, by:

·               maintaining openness and transparency in conducting its business;

·               being accountable for all it says and does;

·               ensuring everyone knows what is expected of them;

·               offering appropriate training and development programmes; and

·               promoting the work of its Standards Committee.

 

These principles are supported throughout the Authority:

Standards of behaviour within the Authority are regulated by national Codes of Conduct and the ethical framework introduced in 2002.  The Authority is proactive in promoting and maintaining high standards of conduct through its Standards Committee, which has a wide remit and full work programme.

Whilst standards of behaviour within the Authority are generally excellent, there is no room for complacency. We fully subscribe to the principles underpinning the ethical framework and expect all members and officers to do the same. We are both committed to working together to lead by example and to upholding the ethical wellbeing and effective governance of the Authority.

- Chief Fire Officer/Chief Executive and Leading Member

There are statutory General Principles of conduct which govern the conduct of Members and certain co-opted Members on Authority committees in discharging their duties.

Such Members must also adhere to a Code of Conduct for Members, which places general conduct obligations upon them, for example treating others with respect, and which also requires them to:

·         disclose the existence and nature of certain personal interests to meetings of the Authority and its committees;

·         disclose the existence and nature of prejudicial interests to meetings of the Authority and its committees and then, after speaking if allowed under the Code, to withdraw from the meeting (unless s/he has a dispensation from the Standards Committee). A prejudicial interest is a particular type of personal interest which might reasonably be regarded as so significant as to affect the Member’s judgment of the public interest;

·         register certain financial and other interests in the Register of Members’ Interests which is open to public inspection during office hours (and an electronic version is also available on the Authority’s website - currently being updated).

 

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