COI organized, in 14/9/2012 in the Judicial Institution Center, a seminar for Ministry of Justice employees to expose the contents of COI law and its tasks in fighting corruption and to clarify the terms of Code of Conduct for the employees in state institutions and the mixed sector.

The head of code of conduct department in the prevention office in COI focused on the clauses of civil law, disciplinary code and the legal bases that code of conduct terms depend on, which COI issued in pursuant to applicable laws and Iraq commitments toward code of conduct mentioned in the United Nation Convention for fighting Corruption.

He explained that code of conduct represents the legal commitments of the employee concerning his official responsibilities and undertaking to respect the performance ethics to serve the citizens on the basses of justice, equality, indiscrimination, abuse of power and aimed to achieve personal benefits through the official position or exposing confidentialities and interests of the state and the public money to danger.

The head of code of conduct department mentioned that if code of conduct form was not sign, or it did not comply with its obligations, might expose an employee to administrative laws measures or to legal punishments referring that teams from COI will make check visit to be assured that all employees had signed code of conduct form.

The seminar had started with questionnaire demonstrated that [53%] of the audience did not see code of conduct or its contents, which COI team considered that it was a neglect on the part Inspector General of Ministry of Justice in educating the employees` with its contents and obligations.