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==Codes==

===Civil Service Code===
{{Main|Civil Service Code}}
A version of the civil service code was introduced in 2006 to outline the core values and standards expected of civil servants. The core values are defined as ''integrity'', ''honesty'', ''objectivity'', and ''impartiality''. A key change from previous values is the removal of ''anonymity'' within the core values.<ref name=CS_Code_01>{{cite web|url=http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/iam/codes/cscode/index.asp |title=The Civil Service Code |publisher=UK Government Civil Service|date=6 June 2006|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080923142002/http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/iam/codes/cscode/index.asp |archive-date=23 September 2008 }}</ref> The Code includes an independent line of appeal to the Civil Service Commissioners on alleged breaches of the Code.

{{As of|2020|9}} a version updated in March 2015, with the same core values, was current.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-code/the-civil-service-code |title=The Civil Service code|website=UK Government|date=16 March 2015  |access-date= 8 September 2020}}</ref> In addition to civil servants, [[Special adviser (UK)|special advisers]] are also covered by the code, except, due to the nature of the role, for the requirements for objectivity and impartiality.

===Civil Service Management Code===
The Civil Service Management Code (CSMC) sets out the regulations and instructions to departments and agencies regarding the terms and conditions of service of civil servants. It is the guiding document which gives delegation to civil service organisations, from the Minister for the Civil Service, in order for them to make internal personnel policies.<ref name=CSMC_Code_01>{{cite web|url=http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/about/resources/civil-service-management-code |title=The Introduction to the Civil Service Management Code |date=9 November 2016 | publisher=UK Government}}</ref>

===Civil Service Commissioners' Recruitment Code===
The Civil Service Commissioners' Recruitment Code is maintained by the Civil Service Commissioners and is based on the ''principle of selection on merit on the basis of fair and open competition.''<ref name=CSRC_01>{{cite web|url=http://www.civilservicecommissioners.org/Reference_Documents/Recruitment_Code_reference/ |title=The Civil Service Commissioners' Recruitment Code |publisher=Civil Service Commissioners |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919123725/http://www.civilservicecommissioners.org/Reference_Documents/Recruitment_Code_reference/ |archive-date=19 September 2008 }}</ref>

===Osmotherly Rules===
The [[Osmotherly Rules]] set out guidance on how civil servants should respond to [[Select committee (United Kingdom)|Parliamentary select committees]].<ref name="parlo">{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-02671.pdf |title=The Osmotherly Rules (Standard Note: SN/PC/2671) |last=Gay |first=Oonagh |date=4 August 2005 |publisher=[[British House of Commons|Parliament and Constitution Centre, House of Commons Library]] |access-date=22 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530063927/http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-02671.pdf |archive-date=30 May 2009 }}</ref>

===Directory of Civil Service Guidance===
A two-volume 125-page ''Directory of Civil Service Guidance'' was published in 2000 to replace the previous ''Guidance on Guidance'', providing short summaries of guidance on a wide range of issues and pointing to more detailed sources.<ref>[http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/resource-library/directory-civil-service-guidance Directory of Civil Service Guidance], Cabinet Office 2000</ref>