Module 3 : Legislative and Judicial Process in the Philippines , Code of Good Governance for the Professions in the Philippines

President

can veto laws passed by Congress

Judicial Branch

evaluates laws. It holds the power to settle controversies involving rights that are legally demandable and enforceable. interprets the meaning of laws, applies laws to individual cases, and decides if laws violate the Constitution.

Professional Competence

it is their express obligation to keep up with new knowledge and techniques in their field, continually improve their skills and upgrade their level of competence and take part in a lifelong continuing education program.

The Cabinet

serve as advisors to the President.They include the Vice President and the heads of executive departments. are nominated by the President and must be confirmed by the Commission of Appointments.

Legislative , executive , judicial branch

3 branches of PH government

Equality of All Professions

All professionals shall treat their colleagues with respect and shall strive to be fair in their dealings with one another. No one group of professionals is superior or above others. All professionals perform an equally important, yet distinct, service to society. In the eyes of the PRC, all professions are equal and, therefore, every one shall treat one other professionals with respect and fairness.

Social and Civic Responsibility

As responsible Filipino citizens, they shall actively contribute to the attainment of the country's national objectives.

Executive

Carries out the law

legislation

Congress

Solidarity and Teamwork

Each profession shall nurture and support one organization for all its members. Though a deep spirit of solidarity, each member should put the broader interest of the profession above one's personal ambition and preference.

Judicial

Evaluate the law

Global Competitiveness

Every professional shall remain open to challenges of a more dynamic interconnected world. He or she shall rise up to global standards and maintain levels of professional practices fully aligned with global best practices.

execution

Executive

Professional Competence

In providing professional services, a certain level of competence is necessary, i.e., knowledge, technical skills, attitudes, and experience.Professionals shall, therefore, undertake only those professional services that they can reasonably deliver with professional competence.

Integrity and Objectivity

In the performance of any professional service, they shall at all times, main objectivity, be free of conflicts of interest, and refrain from engaging in any activity that would prejudice their abilities to carry out their duties ethically.They shall avoid making any representation that would likely cause a reasonable person to misunderstand or to be deceived.

Legislative

Makes the law

Service to Others

Professionals are committed to a life of service to others. They protect life, property, and public welfare. To serve others, they shall be prepared for heroic sacrifice and genuine selflessness in carrying out their professional duties even at the expense of personal gain.

Social and Civic Responsibility

Professionals shall always carry out their professional duties with due consideration of the broader interest of the public. They shall, therefore, serve their clients/employers and the publics with professional concern and in a manner consistent with their reponsibilities to society.

Service to others , integrity & objectivity , professional competence , global competitiveness , solidarity & teamwork, social & civic responsibilities , equality of all professions

Specific Principle of Professional Conduct (7)

Justices

Supreme court members called

Code of Good Governance for the Professions in the Philippines

The code is adopted by the Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) and the 42 Professional Regulatory Boards to cover an environment of good governance in which all Filipino professionals shall perform their tasks.

Judicial Branch

This branch determines whether or not there has been a grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction on the part and instrumentality of the government. It is made up of a Supreme Court and lower courts.

Legislative Branch

This institution is divided into the Senate and the House of Representatives, and as well as several agencies that provide support services to Congress.

Solidarity and Teamwork

Through teamwork within a cohesive professional organization, each member shall effectively observe ethical practices and pursue continuing professional development as well as deepen one's social and civic responsibility.

Integrity and Objectivity

To maintain and broaden public confidence, professionals shall perform their responsibilities with the highest sense of integrity and imbued with nationalism and spiritual values.

ethical commitment

a personal resolve to act ethically

Judicial

belonging to the branch of government that is charged with trying all cases that involve the government and with the administration of justice within its jurisdiction.

Executive Branch

carries out and enforces laws. It is composed of the President and the Vice President who are elected by direct popular vote and serve a term of six years.It also includes the Cabinet, executive departments, independent agencies, and other boards, commissions, and committees.

Congress

confirms or rejects the President's appointments and can remove the President from office in exceptional circumstances.

Code of Conduct

is a collection of rules and regulations that include what is and is not acceptable or expected behavior.

Philippines

is a republic with a presidential form of government wherein power is equally divided among its three branches: executive,legislative, and judicial.

Legislative Branch

is authorized to make laws, alter, and repeal them through the power vested in the Philippine Congress.

President

leads the country. He/she is the head of state, leader of the national government, and Commander in Chief of all armed forces of the Philippines. The President serves a six-year term and cannot be re-elected.

Ethical awareness

refers to the ability to discern between right and wrong, while ethical competency pertains to the ability to engage in sound moral reasoning and consider carefully the implications of alternative actions.

Party List

representatives shall constitute twenty percent of the total number of representatives including those under the party list. For three consecutive terms after the ratification of this Constitution, one-half of the seats allocated to party-list representatives shall be filled, as provided by law, by selection or election from the labor, peasant, urban poor, indigenous cultural communities, women, youth, and such other sectors as may be provided by law, except the religious sector.

Judiciary

settlement of legal controversies

House of Representatives

shall be composed of not more than two hundred and fifty members, unless otherwise fixed by law, who shall be elected from legislative districts apportioned among the provinces, cities, and the Metropolitan Manila area in accordance with the number of their respective inhabitants, and on the basis of a uniform and progressive ratio, and those who, as provided by law, shall be elected through a party-list system of registered national, regional, and sectoral parties or organizations.

Senate

shall be composed of twenty-four Senators who shall be elected at large by the qualified voters of the Philippines, as may be provided by law.

Vice-President

supports the President. If the President is unable to serve, the Vice President becomes President.He/she serves a six-year term.

Legislation

the exercise of the power and function of making rules (such as laws) that have the force of authority by virtue of their promulgation by an official organ of a state or other organization.

Justices of the Supreme Court

who can overturn unconstitutional laws, are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.