Civil Servant

A Civil Servant is an employee of a civil service.

• Context:
  • They can range from being a Canadian Civil Servant, ...
• Example(s):
  • Police Officer.
  • Firefighter.
  • Criminal-Law Judge.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • Company Employee.
  • Mercenary Soldier.
• See: Public Administration, QUANGO, Public Service, Intergovernmental Organization, Staff Regulations, International Labour Organization, Civic Organization.

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References

2015

• http://www.justice.gov/jmd/misuse-position-and-government-resources
  • An employee may not use his public office for his own private gain or for that of persons or organizations with which he is associated personally. An employee's position or title should not be used to coerce; to endorse any product, service or enterprise; or to give the appearance of governmental sanction. An employee may use his official title and stationery only in response to a request for a reference or recommendation for someone he has dealt with in Federal employment or someone he is recommending for Federal employment.
• (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_service Retrieved:2015-5-17.
  • The term civil service can refer to either a branch of governmental service in which individuals are employed (hired) on the basis of professional merit as proven by competitive examinations; or the body of employees in any government agency apart from the military, which is a separate extension of any national government.

    A civil servant or public servant is a person in the public sector employed for a government department or agency. The extent of civil servants of a state as part of the "civil service" varies from country to country. In the United Kingdom, for instance, only Crown (national government) employees are referred to as civil servants whereas county or city employees are not.

    Many consider the study of civil service to be a part of the field of public administration. Workers in "non-departmental public bodies" (sometimes called “QUANGOs") may also be classed as civil servants for the purpose of statistics and possibly for their terms and conditions. Collectively a state's civil servants form its civil service or public service.

    An international civil servant or international staff member is a civilian employee that is employed by an intergovernmental organization. These international civil servants do not resort under any national legislation (from which they have immunity of jurisdiction) but are governed by an internal staff regulations. All disputes related to international civil service are brought before special tribunals created by these international organizations such as, for instance, the Administrative Tribunal of the ILO. (For more info see International Civil Service Update by Bertold Theeuwes.)

    Specific referral can be made to the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) of the United Nations, an independent expert body established by the United Nations General Assembly. Its mandate is to regulate and coordinate the conditions of service of staff in the United Nations common system, while promoting and maintaining high standards in the international civil service.

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