POLICE ETHICS AND VALUES WITH POLICE

COMMUNITY RELATIONS
AUDIO-VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS – IT IMPLIES THE USE OF RADIO, TELEVISION, MOTION
PICTURES, SLIDE, TRANSPARENCIES, AND COMPUTERS IN TRANSMITTING INFORMATION TO THE
PUBLIC.

BILL OF RIGHTS - A LIST OF INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES, FREEDOM AND RIGHTS WHICH ARE
GUARANTEED AND PROTECTED UNDER ARTICLE III OF THE 1987 PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION.

BRIBERY - THE ACT OF RECEIVING GIFTS OR PRESENTS OR ACCEPTING OFFERS AND OR

PROMISES IN EXCHANGE FOR COMMITTING A CRIME THAT RELATES TO THE EXERCISE OF THE
OFFICE WHICH THE PUBLIC OFFICER DISCHARGES.

CAMARADERIE - THE BINDING SPIRIT THAT ENHANCES TEAMWORK; SENSE OF BROTHERHOOD.

CEREMONY - A FORMAL ACT OR SET OF FORMAL ACTS ESTABLISHED BY CUSTOMS OR

AUTHORITY AS PROPER FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS.

CHARACTER - REFERS TO THE TRAITS OF A PERSON SHOWN THROUGH HIS THOUGHTS,

ACTIONS, VALUES AND VIRTUES.

CHURCH RELATIONS – CONSIST OF PERSONS DEALINGS IN THE RELIGIOUS CONGREGATION

OR FAITH WHERE HE BELONGS. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION IS NECESSARY FOR THE STABILITY OF
MORAL PRINCIPLES.

CITIZENS RELATIONS –INCLUDES ALL DEALINGS OR CONTACTS WITH THE CITIZENS IN

RELATION TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW AND MAINTENANCE OF PACE AND ORDER
TOGETHER WITH THE GIVING INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC ON CRIMINAL AND NON-CRIMINAL
ACTIVITIES.

CIVIC ACTION PROGRAM – A PROGRAM WHICH MAKES THE POLICEMEN A FRIEND AND PARTNER
OF THE PEOPLE FOR PROGRESS AS WELL AS THEIR DEFENDER.

COMMAND - THE AUTHORITY A PERSON LAWFULLY EXERCISES OVER SUBORDINATES BY VIRTUE

OF RANK OR ASSIGNMENT OR POSITION.

COMMANDED ACTS - ARE THOSE WHICH ARE DONE IN RELATION TO THE DICTATES OF REASON?
THEY BEGIN IN THE WILL BUT ARE PERFECTED BY OTHER FACULTIES UNDER THE CONTROL OF
THE WILL. THUS, WHEN A STUDENT DECIDED TO WORK FIRST WITH HIS ASSIGNMENTS BEFORE
PLAYING WITH HIS FRIENDS GETS HIS BOOKS AND NOTEBOOKS AND WORKS WITH HIS
ASSIGNMENT IS AN EXAMPLE OF A COMMANDED ACT.

COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY - THE DOCTRINE THAT IMPOSES COMMENSURATE

ACCOUNTABILITY TO ONE WHO IS VESTED WITH AUTHORITY TO EXERCISE MANAGEMENT
AND/OR LEADERSHIP FUNCTIONS

COMMUTATIVE JUSTICE - REGULATES THOSE ACTIONS THAT INVOLVE THE RIGHTS THAT EXIST
BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS.

COMMUNITY RELATIONS – CONSIST OF A PERSON’S DEALINGS WITH THE CITIZENS OF THE

COMMUNITY, CITY OR TOWN WHERE A PERSON LIVES, AND HIS MEMBERSHIP OR CONTRIBUTION
TO THE CIVIC ORGANIZATION OR COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS IN THE LOCALITY.
COMPLAINTS RELATIONS –INCLUDES A POLICE OFFICER’S DEALING WITH COMPLAINTS, THE
TECHNIQUES OF INTERVIEW, MANNER OF APPROACH, AND TREATMENT OF WITNESSES AS
WELL AS INFORMERS OR ASSETS.

CONSCIENCE – THE PRACTICAL JUDGMENT OF REASON TELLING US WHAT SHOULD BE DONE

AND WHAT SHOULD BE AVOIDED; REFLECTION IS ONE’S CHARACTER.

CORRUPTION - AN ACT DONE WITH AN INTENT TO GIVE SOME ADVANTAGE INCONSISTENT WITH
OFFICIAL DUTY AND THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS.
COURTESY - A MANIFESTATION OR EXPRESSION OF CONSIDERATION AND RESPECT

COURTESY CALL - WHEN A POLICE OFFICER APPEARS BEFORE A SUPERIOR OFFICER AS A SIGN
OF RESPECT AND IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE LATTER’S AUTHORITY OR POSITION

CULTURE – THE SET OF VALUES, CONVENTIONS, OR SOCIAL PRACTICES ASSOCIATED WITH A

PARTICULAR FIELD, ACTIVITY OR SOCIETAL CHARACTERISTICS.

CUSTOMS - THE WHOLE BODY USAGES, PRACTICES, OR CONVENTIONS THAT REGULATE SOCIAL
LIFE (REPEATED PRACTICE)

DELICADEZA -SENSE OF PRIDE AND SELF-WORTH, POLICE OFFICERS MUST BE ABLE TO

SACRIFICE SELF-INTEREST IN THE NAME OF DUTY AND POLICE OFFICERS MUST NOT DO
ANYTHING THAT WOULD BRING DISHONOR TO HIMSELF AND TO THE PNP ORGANIZATION ITSELF

DEVOTION TO DUTY - POLICE OFFICERS MUST PERFORM THEIR DUTIES WITH DEDICATION,
THOROUGHNESS, EFFICIENCY, ENTHUSIASM, DETERMINATION AND MANIFEST CONCERN FOR
PUBLIC WELFARE.

DISCIPLINE - POLICE OFFICERS MUST ACT AND BEHAVE ACCORDING TO THE RULES AND
REGULATIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION AT ALL TIMES.

DISCIPLINE - INSTINCTIVE OBEDIENCE TO LAWFUL ORDERS AND SPONTANEOUS ACTIONS

GUIDED BY ETHICAL AND LEGAL NORMS

DISHONESTY - CONCEALMENT OR DISTORTION OF TRUTH IN A MATTER OF FACT RELEVANT TO

ONE’S OFFICE OR CONNECTED WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES

DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE - REGULATES THOSE ACTIONS THAT INVOLVE THE RIGHTS THAT AN
INDIVIDUAL MAY CLAIM FROM SOCIETY

DISLOYALTY TO THE GOVERNMENT - CONSISTS OF ABANDONMENT OR RENUNCIATION OF

ONE’S LOYALTY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, OR ADVOCATING THE OVERTHROW
OF THE GOVERNMENT.

DOMESTIC RELATIONS – CONSIST OF PERSONS DEALING WITH HIS FAMILY, PARENT AND
IMMEDIATE RELATIVES WITH WHO HE HAS TO HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIP TO DESERVE A
RESPECTABLE FAMILY PRESTIGE AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS.

DUTY - PNP MEMBERS HAVE EXEMPLIFIED THEMSELVES AS DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS

ENDURANCE - THE ABILITY TO LAST

ENDS- GOALS; OBJECTIVES

ETHICS - BASED ON ITS ETYMOLOGICAL MEANING IS TAKEN TO MEAN AS A PHILOSOPHICAL
SCIENCE THAT DEALS WITH THE MORALITY OF HUMAN CONDUCT OR HUMAN ACTS.

ETHICAL STANDARDS - REFER TO ESTABLISHED AND GENERALLY ACCEPTED MORAL VALUES

AND ETHICAL ACTS.

FORTITUDE - FIRMNESS OF MIND; THE COURAGE TO ENDURE WITHOUT YIELDING; THE VIRTUE
THAT GIVES A PERSON STRENGTH OF THE WILL; THE VIRTUE THAT INCITES COURAGE.

GENTLEMANLINESS - BEING UPRIGHT IN CHARACTER, GENTLE IN MANNERS, DIGNIFIED IN

APPEARANCE AND SINCERE IN THEIR CONCERN FOR OTHERS

GOVERNMENT - INCLUDES THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, THE

GOVERNMENT-OWNED AND – CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS, AND ALL OTHER
INSTRUMENTALITIES OR AGENCIES OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES.

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS – CONSIST OF THE DEALINGS WHICH A PERSON MAKES WITH THE
GOVERNMENT AND ITS VARIOUS INSTRUMENTALITIES. RECOGNITION OF GOVERNMENT
AUTHORITY, ITS LAWS AND ORDINANCES, AS WELL AS OTHER PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITIES, ARE
SIGNIFICANT PHASES OF AN INDIVIDUAL’S PUBLIC RELATIONS.
GRAFT - THE ACQUISITION OF GAIN OR ADVANTAGE BY DISHONEST, UNFAIR OR SORDID MEANS,
ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE ABUSE OF ONE’S POSITION OR INFLUENCE IN POLITICS OR
GOVERNMENT

HUMAN ACTS - ACTIONS THAT ARE DONE KNOWINGLY, DELIBERATELY AND FREELY.

HUMAN ACTS - HUMAN ACTS ARE THE MATERIAL OBJECT OF THE STUDY OF ETHICS. IT SHALL
MEAN ONLY THOSE ACTS WHICH ARE DETERMINED BY THE FREE WILL. IT IS CHARACTERIZED AS
ACTS DONE DELIBERATELY, FREELY OR VOLUNTARILY. ACTS WHICH ARE DONE BY MAN BUT
WITHOUT THE USE OF THE POWER OF FREE CHOICE ARE ACT OF MAN. THEREFORE, ACTS OF
MAN ARE NOT HUMAN ACTS.

HUMAN RELATIONS – CONSISTS OF THOSE FUNDAMENTAL PRECEPTS, BOTH MORAL AND

LEGAL, WHICH GOVERN THE RELATIONSHIPS OF MAN IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE.

HUMAN RIGHTS- RIGHTS PERTAINING TO THE RIGHTS OF MAN; RIGHTS INHERENT TO MAN BY
VIRTUE OF BEING A HUMAN BEING.

HUMILITY - POLICE OFFICERS MUST NEVER FORGET THAT THEY ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS AND NOT
MASTERS OF THE PEOPLE

INHERENT RIGHTS - RIGHTS ATTACHED TO MEN AS HUMAN.

INALIENABLE RIGHTS - RIGHTS THAT CANNOT BE TRANSFERRED CANNOT BE BORROWED AND

CANNOT BE TAKEN AWAY.

INCOMPETENCY- THE MANIFEST LACK OF ADEQUATE ABILITY AND FITNESS FOR THE
SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE OF POLICE DUTIES

INFORMAL GET - TOGETHER AT THE PNP CLUB USUALLY ON FRIDAY, OR ANY OTHER DAY
SUITABLE FOR THE OCCASION

INTEGRITY - POLICE OFFICERS MUST NOT ALLOW THEMSELVES TO BE VICTIMS OF CORRUPTION

AND DISHONEST PRACTICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS.

INTEGRATED POLICE ADVISORY COUNCIL – A COUNCIL THAT INVOLVES LOCAL OFFICIALS AND
THE CITIZENRY IN THE PRESERVATION OF PEACE AND ORDER AND THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC
SAFETY.

INTRA-DEPARTMENTAL RELATIONS – CONSIST OF PEACE OFFICERS RELATIONS WITH THE

OFFICERS AND MEN OF HIS OWN DEPARTMENT, HIS SUPERIORS, THE STATION COMMAND AS
WELL AS THE CITY/MUNICIPAL MAYOR WHERE HE IS ASSIGNED.

INTER-DEPARTMENTAL RELATIONS – RELATIONS WITH OTHER POLICE AGENCIES CONSIST TO

THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW AND MAINTENANCE OF PEACE AND ORDER, TOGETHER WITH
THE GIVING OF INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC ON CRIMINAL AND NON-CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES.

JUDICIAL RELATIONS –CONSIST OF THE PEACE OFFICERS DUTIES TOWARD THE COURTS WHEN
APPEARING AS A WITNESS AND THE HONESTY IN TESTIMONY.

JUDICIOUS - WISE; PROPER

JUSTICE - THE VIRTUE THAT INCLINES THE WILL TO GIVE TO EACH WHAT IS DUE TO HIM; THE
VIRTUE THAT INCLINES THE WILL TO RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS

LAWS OF SOCIETY – WRITTEN RULES OF BEHAVIOR, LAWS CREATED BY MEN TO MAINTAIN

HARMONY AND ORDER.

LEGAL JUSTICE - REGULATES THOSE ACTIONS WHICH SOCIETY MAY JUSTLY REQUIRE OF THE
INDIVIDUAL FOR THE COMMON GOOD.

LOYALTY - POLICE OFFICERS MUST BE LOYAL TO THE CONSTITUTION AND TO THE POLICE
SERVICE, AS MANIFESTED BY THEIR LOYALTY TO THEIR SUPERIORS, PEERS AND
SUBORDINATES.
LOYALTY - COMMITMENT TO PNP ORGANIZATION, TO THE COUNTRY AND TO THE PEOPLE.

MASSCOM PROGRAM – IT IS DESIGNED TO INFLUENCE THE OPINIONS, EMOTIONS, ATTITUDES,

AND BEHAVIOR OF THE PUBLIC SO THAT THEY WILL BEHAVE IN A MANNER BENEFICIAL TO THE
POLICE SERVICE.

MEANS - WAYS; MANNER

MISCONDUCT OR MALFEASANCE - THE DOING, EITHER THROUGH IGNORANCE, INATTENTION OR
MALICE, OF THAT WHICH THE OFFICER HAD NO LEGAL RIGHT TO DO AT ALL, AS WHERE HE ACTS
WITHOUT ANY AUTHORITY WHATSOEVER, OR EXCEEDS, IGNORES, OR ABUSES HIS POWERS

MISFEASANCE - THE IMPROPER PERFORMANCE OF SOME ACT WHICH MIGHT LAWFULLY BE

DONE

MORALITY - THE QUALITY WHICH MAKES AN ACT GOOD OR EVIL, RIGHT OR WRONG.

MORALITY - POLICE OFFICERS MUST ADHERE TO HIGH STANDARD OF MORALITY AND DECENCY
AND SHALL SET GOOD EXAMPLES FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW

NEGLECT OF DUTY OR NON-FEASANCE - THE OMISSION OR REFUSAL, WITHOUT SUFFICIENT

EXCUSE, TO PERFORM AN ACT OR DUTY, WHICH IT WAS THE PEACE OFFICER’S LEGAL
OBLIGATION TO PERFORM; IT IMPLIES A DUTY AS WELL AS ITS BREACH AND THE FACT CAN
NEVER BE FOUND IN THE ABSENCE OF DUTY.

NEIGHBORHOOD RELATIONS – CONSIST OF A PERSON’S DEALING WITH NEIGHBORS WHO

CONSTITUTE A VITAL LINK TO GOOD REPUTATION IN THE COMMUNITY.

NON-PARTISANSHIP - POLICE OFFICERS MUST NOT BE IDENTIFIED WITH ANY PARTICULAR

POLITICAL PARTY OR FIGURE

OPPRESSION - AN ACT OF CRUELTY, SEVERITY, UNLAWFUL EXACTION, DOMINATION, OR

EXCESSIVE USE OF AUTHORITY

ORDERLINESS - POLICE OFFICERS MUST FOLLOW LOGICAL PROCEDURES IN ACCOMPLISHING

TASKS TO MINIMIZE WASTE OF TIME, MONEY, EFFORT AND OTHER RESOURCES

PATIENCE - THE ABILITY TO BE CALM IN ENDURING SITUATIONS.

PATRIOTISM - LOVE OF ONE’S COUNTRY

PERSEVERANCE - THE ABILITY TO GO ON DESPITE OBSTACLES.

PERSEVERANCE - POLICE OFFICERS MUST EXERT ALL EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOAL OR
MISSION EVEN IN THE FACE OF DIFFICULTIES AND OBSTACLES.

PERSONAL MEDIA – IT CONSIST OF FACE-TO-FACE COMMUNICATION WHICH INCLUDES

MEETINGS, RALLIES, SPEECHES AND HOUSE-TO-HOUSE VISITS. THIS IS THE MOST PRACTICAL
MEDIUM TO USE IN THE PROVINCES. PUBLIC RALLIES MAYBE CONDUCTED BY QUALIFIED PNP
MEMBERS WHERE THEY CAN SPEAK ON MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE POLICE THAT THE PUBLIC
SHOULD KNOW.

POLICE ETHICS - A PRACTICAL SCIENCE THAT TREATS THE PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN MORALITY
AND DUTY AS APPLIED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

POLICE LIFESTYLE - POLICE OFFICERS MUST LIVE A SIMPLE, YET CREDIBLE AND DIGNIFIED LIFE,
FREE FROM GREED, CORRUPTION AND EXPLOITATION.

POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS – IT IS THE SUM TOTAL OF DEALINGS OF THE POLICE WITH THE
PEOPLE IT SERVES AND WHOSE GOODWILL AND COOPERATION IT CRAVES FOR THE GREATEST
POSSIBLE EFFICIENCY IN PUBLIC SERVICE.

POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS – IT IS THE CONTINUING PROCESS BY WHICH ENDEAVORS ARE

MADE TO OBTAIN THE GOODWILL AND COOPERATION OF THE PUBLIC FOR EFFECTIVE
ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW AND ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE POLICE PURPOSES.
POLITICAL PATRONAGE - POLICE OFFICERS MUST NEVER ASK FOR RECOMMENDATIONS FROM
PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO PROMOTION, ASSIGNMENT, AWARDS AND
OTHERS

PRACTICAL SCIENCE - ETHICS IS ALSO A SCIENCE FOR IT IS THE RESULT OF SERIES OF STUDIES,
A SYSTEMATIZED BODY OF DATA REFLECTED UPON TRUTH IN RELATION TO ACTION. TOWARDS
THIS DISCOVERY OF TRUTH, SETS OF IMPLIED RULES OR DIRECTIONS FOR THOUGHT OR
ACTION ARE ESTABLISHED THIS MAKES THE ETHICS MORE OF A PRACTICAL SCIENCE.

PRINTED MATTERS – IT INCLUDES ALL INFORMATION DISSEMINATED AND PRINTED IN GRAPHIC

FORMS USING WORDS OF PICTURES WHICH MAY TAKE THE FORM OF LEAFLETS, LETTERS,
POSTERS, BANNERS, SIGNS, PAMPHLETS, MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS, BOOKS AND OBJECTS.

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS - A SUB-BRANCH OF SPECIAL ETHICS, A SET OF MORAL CODE TO WHICH

EVERY PROFESSION MUST SUBSCRIBE.

PROPAGANDA – IT IS THE PLANNED USE FOR THE PUBLIC OR A MASS COMMUNICATION FOR A
PUBLIC PURPOSE.

PROPER ATTIRE - WEARING OF PRESCRIBED UNIFORM, WEARING, AS PART OF UNIFORM,

AWARDS AND DECORATIONS EARNED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRESCRIBED RULES AND
REGULATIONS

PRUDENCE - THE ABILITY TO MAKE DECISIONS BY MEANS OF REASON AND SOUND JUDGMENT.

PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAM – IT IS DESIGNED TO BRIDGE ANY COMMUNICATION GAP

BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THE PUBLIC. IT IS THE BASIC INGREDIENT IN EFFECTIVE POLICE
COMMUNITY RELATIONS.

PUBLIC INTEREST - FOR THE GOOD OF THE PEOPLE OR COMMUNITY.

PUBLIC OFFICER - INCLUDES ELECTIVE AND APPOINTIVE OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES,

PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY, WHETHER IN THE CLASSIFIED OR UNCLASSIFIED OR EXEMPT
SERVICE RECEIVING COMPENSATION, FROM THE GOVERNMENT.

PUBLIC RELATIONS – IT IS THE ACT OF BRINGING ABOUT BETTER UNDERSTANDING,

CONFIDENCE AND ACCEPTANCE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR AN ORGANIZATION.

RELATIONS WITH ACCUSED PERSONS –CONSIST IN THE PROPER TREATMENT OF SUSPECTS

THE RECOGNITION OF THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS DURING CUSTODIAL INVESTIGATION
AND THE HANDLING OF ACCUSED PERSONS DURING CONFINEMENT.

RELIGION – A SYSTEM OF BELIEFS AND PRACTICES BASED ON FAITH AND TRUTHS REVEALED
TO MAN BY GOD

REPUBLIC ACT 3019 – THE ANTI-GRAFT AND CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT

REPUBLIC ACT 6713 – CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICAL STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS
AND EMPLOYEES

REPUBLIC ACT 7080 – ANTI PLUNDER ACT

RESPONSIBILITY - THE OBLIGATION TO PERFORM ONE’S DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS AND HIS
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HIS ACTIONS

RIGHT - ANYTHING THAT IS OWED OR DUE

SALUTE - THE USUAL GREETING RENDERED BY UNIFORMED MEMBERS IN RECOGNIZING

PERSONS ENTITLED TO A SALUTE

SPECIAL ETHICS - THE STUDY OF THE APPLICATION OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF MORALITY

SPIRITUAL BELIEFS - PNP MEMBERS ARE TRADITIONALLY RELIGIOUS AND GOD-LOVING PERSON
SOCIAL DECORUM - A SET OF NORMS AND STANDARDS PRACTICED BY POLICE OFFICERS
DURING SOCIAL AND OTHER FUNCTIONS

SOCIAL NORMS – UNWRITTEN STANDARD OF ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR IN SOCIETY.

SUPREME RIGHTS - HIGHEST FORM OF RIGHTS.

TEMPERANCE - THE ABILITY TO MODERATE ONE’S INSTINCTS AND EMOTIONS; THE VIRTUE THAT
REGULATES A PERSON’S WANTS; ALSO MEANS SELF-CONTROL

TRADITION –THE HANDLING DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION OF OPINIONS AND

PRACTICES.

VALUE - REFER TO ANYTHING THAT A PERSON CONSIDERS IMPORTANT, SUCH AS IDEAS OR

EXPERIENCES

VALOR - COURAGE OR BRAVERY

VIOLATION OF LAW - PRESUPPOSES CONVICTION IN COURT OF ANY CRIME OR OFFENSE

PENALIZED UNDER THE REVISED PENAL CODE OR ANY SPECIAL LAW OR ORDINANCE

VIRTUE- THE HABIT OF DOING WHAT IS GOOD OR RIGHT.

WORD OF HONOR - COMMITMENT TO ONE’S PLEDGE OR PROMISE.