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- June 2018 Professional Briefing
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- New Standards Commission Member appointed
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- Standards Update March 2019
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- Standards Update December 2019
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- Hearing in Stornoway on 18 March 2020 postponed
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- Scottish Government Consultations on the Councillors' Code of Conduct and the Model Code of Conduct for Members of Devolved Public Bodies
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- Committee on Standards in Public Life Public (CSPL) Consultation: Standards Matter 2
- Standards Update December 2020
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- Pause before you post!
- Standards Update March 2021
- Striking a balance!
- Why Transparency Matters
- Standards Update June 2021
- Why Respect is Key
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- Consultation on Revised Guidance
- New Convener
- Annual Report 2020/21
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- Standards Update September 2021
- Standards Commission Decision to Disqualify Councillor Upheld by Court
- Vacancy - New Member of the Standards Commission
- Respect is Still Key
- Standard Training Presentations on the Revised Codes of Conducts
- New Codes of Conduct Issued
- Honesty and Trust
- Standards Update December 2021
- Audit Scotland’s Section 22 Report on the Ethical Standards Commissioner - Statement from the Standards Commission for Scotland
- Leadership
- New Standards Commission Member
- Similar names, different roles.....
- Outcome of Appeal to Court of Session
- Standards Update March 2022
- Social Media: Avoid the Pitfalls!
- Summary of Councillors and Monitoring Officers Survey Responses
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- Leadership and Culture
- What is Lobbying?
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- Her Majesty the Queen
- Annual Report 2021/22
- Why duty is still relevant
- Progress of Investigations Direction
- Standards Update September 2022
- The Ethical Standards Commissioner’s Public Consultation on its draft Investigations Manual
- Freedom of Expression
- Recruitment of two new Commission Members
- Effective Relationships
- Standards Update December 2022
- Ethical Standards Commissioner - Job Opportunities
- Festive Office Hours
- Blog: Quasi-Judicial and Regulatory Decision-Making
- The Committee on Standards in Public Life's Report "Leading in Practice"
- Appointment of new Ethical Standards Commissioner
- Social Impact Pledge
- The Auditor General’s Report on the Ethical Standards Commissioner: Statement from the Standards Commission for Scotland
- The Ethical Standards Framework
- Polarisation in Politics
- Standards Commission’s Response to Scottish Government’ Electoral Reform Consultation
- New Standards Commission Member
- Multiple Roles: Conflicts of Interest?
- Standards Update March 2023
- New Standards Commission Member - Helen Donaldson
- Distinguishing between lobbying and helping constituents or service users
- Preferential Treatment
- Standards Commission's Response to the Scottish Government's Consultation on the Review of the National Outcomes
- Making a complaint
- Standards Update June 2023
- Consultation on Section 31 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
- Sanctions
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- Volunteering at The Yard
- Eligibility Direction
- Scottish Government’s Consultation on Mandatory Training for Councillors on their role in the Planning System
- Standards Update September 2023
- Dispensations Granted for Members of Cairngorms National Park Authority and Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority
- When do the Codes of Conduct apply?
- New Advice Note for Members of College Boards
- Standards Commission’s Draft Strategic Plan 2024/28
- Standards Update December 2023
- Key Principles of Public Life
- Standards Commission / Improvement Service - joint webinars
- Standards Commission Convener and Member Vacancies
- Updated Guidance on the Councillors' Code of Conduct
- Why have Codes of Conduct for Board Members?
- Improvement Service and Standards Commission Briefing Note for Councillors on the Right to Access Information
- Parliament’s Finance and Public Administration Committee's call for views on Scotland’s commissioner landscape
- Standards Commission's Strategic Plan 2024-28
- Standards Update March 2024
- Elected Member Safety
- New E-Learning Module: What is Confidential Information?
- New Commission Member
- Language Matters
- New Commission Member
- Appeal to the Sheriff Principal
- Letters to Political Parties
- Standards Update June 2024
- Working with Our Community Kitchen Garden
- Members of the Standards Commission
- Consultation on Proposed Amendments to Ethical Standards Legislation
- 'Setting the Standard' blog from the Committee on Standards in Public Life
- "When the Code Applies" card
- Role of a Council Monitoring Officer
- The Standards Commission is no longer on 'X'
- Why have a Register of Interests?
- Proposed Changes to Ethical Standards Legislation
- Standards Update September 2024
- Identifying and Managing Conflicts of Interest
- Advice Notes on Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (the right to freedom of expression)
- Outcome of Appeal against Standards Commission Decision
- Joint Statement from the Independent Scottish Parliamentary Officeholders
- Recruitment of new Commission Member
- New Information for Witnesses page
- Scrutiny by Councillors
- Upcoming Joint Webinars with Improvement Service
- Revised Guidance on the Councillors' Code of Conduct
- Standards Update December 2024
- Section 10 Direction on the Outcome of Investigations
- Combined Councillors' Code of Conduct and Guidance 2024
- Office closure for festive period
- Culture of Respect in Public Bodies
- Upcoming Webinars with the Improvement Service
- Dispensation for Cairngorms National Park Authority Members
- Advice Note for Members of Health and Social Care Integration Joint Boards
- Video for Respondents
- Appearing at a Standards Commission Hearing
- Outcome of Appeal Against Standards Commission Decision
- New Advice Note for Councillors on Quasi-Judicial and Regulatory Decision-Making
- Making Planning and Licensing Decisions
- New Standards Commission Member
- Changes to Guidance and Advice Notes
- Role of a Public Body Chair in the Ethical Standards Framework
- Standards Update March 2025
- Dispensation for Members of the Scottish Funding Council
- Different Hats
- Civility in Public Life
- Video on the Complaint Process
- Meet the Standards Commission's Members - Helen Donaldson
- Standards Update June 2025
- What does 'respect' look like?
- Meet the Standards Commission's Members - Lezley Stewart
- New Advice Note for Local Authority Chairs
- New eLearning Module for Councillors on Making Quasi-Judicial and Regulatory Decisions
- Collective Responsibility
- Standards Update September 2025
- New Advice Note on the Ethical Standards Framework for Independent Councillors
- Fixed Term Case Manager Vacancy
- Meet the Standards Commission's Members - Malcolm Bell
- Joint Webinars with the Improvement Service
- Training on the Councillors' Code for the Scottish Conservative Councillors Association
- Does the Councillors’ Code prevent effective scrutiny by councillors?
- Meet the Standards Commission's Members - Morag Ferguson
- Standards Update December 2025
- Standard Training Presentations on the Codes of Conduct
- Revised Guidance on the Councillors’ Code and Advice Notes for Councillors
- Video for NHS Board Secretaries on the role of a Standards Officer
- Card for Councillors on Health and Social Care Integration Joint Boards
- Councillors standing for election
- Standards Update March 2026
- Video on when the Codes of Conduct apply and what they cover
- Guest Blog by the Jo Cox Foundation: Addressing abuse and promoting respect in politics and communities
- Blog: The Ethical Standards Framework in Scotland
- Online session for council officers on the Councillors’ Code of Conduct
- Preparing for Elected Office in Scottish Local Government
- Guidance on the Model Code of Conduct for Members of Devolved Public Bodies
- Video for Council Officers on Councillors’ Code of Conduct
- Standards Update - June 2026
- The Right to Freedom of Expression
- Advice Note for Members on Distinguishing Between their Strategic Role and any Operational Work
- Public Body Board Members - Representative or Representing?
- Advice Note and Training for Members of Health and Social Care Integrated Joint Boards
- Advice Note for Members for College Sector Boards
- Online training session on the Codes of Conduct for Members of Health and Social Care Integration Joint Boards
- Judicial Review Decision
- Declarations of Interest
- Statement on Judicial Review
- The Improvement Service's Councillor Academy - OU module on the Councillors' Code
- Statement on the Motion regarding the Standards Commission and the Councillors’ Code of Conduct, agreed at City of Edinburgh Council on 17 August 2026
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- Standards Update - September 2026
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Cases - Forthcoming Hearings and Hearing Decisions
- LA/AC/3495
- LA/PK/3477
- LA/AC/3497
- LA/Mo/3516
- LA/D/3580
- LA/AC/3600
- LA/AN/3561
- LA/G/3563
- LA/AN/3546
- LA/E/3651
- LA/An/3690
- LA/D/3745 & 3742
- LA/S/3571
- LA/SL/3558a
- LA/H/3755
- LA/Fi/3614
- LA/Mi/3803
- LA/SL/3558b
- LA/NL/3705
- LA/E/3645
- LA/As/3780
- LA/WL/3790
- LA/AC/3812
- LA/NA/3707
- LA/H/3759
- LA/WL/3698
- LA/I/3764
- LA/H/3838
- NPA/C/3831
- LA/SB/3722
- LA/As/3958
- LA/S/3867
- LA/G/3919
- LA/Fa/3929
- LA/EA/3904
- LA/H/3969
- LA/NL/3979
- LA/NL/3978
- LA/Mi/4131
- LA/AC/3986
- LA/AB/3953
- LA/H/4078
- NB/CC/3976
- LA/Fa/3910
- LA/AC/3994
- LA/As/4024
- LA/An/4168
- LA/NA/4086
- LA/AB/4081
- LA/H/4028
- LA/AB/4147
- LA/G/4203
- NPA/LLT/4184
- LA/DG/4041
- LA/G/4182
- LA/E/4130
- NPA/LLT/4230
- LA/S/4312
- LA/DG/4408
- LA/As/4458
- LA/ER/4506
- LA/EA/4394
- LA/An/4457
- LA/E/4529
- LA/SL/4470
- LA/EL/4546
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Cases - No Action Decisions and Further Investigations
- LA/CES/3453
- LA/Mo/3469
- LA/E/3504
- LA/E/3517
- LA/AN/3520
- LA/DG/3543
- LA/AB/3573
- LA/Fi/3526
- LA/DG/3577
- LA/AC/3545
- LA/AC/3592
- LA/H/3515
- LA/NA/3586
- LA/G/3548
- LA/G/3637
- LA/SL/3575
- LA/AB/3533
- LA/E/3589
- LA/DG/3514
- LA/Fi/3544
- LA/E/3542
- LA/R/3579
- LA/E/3595
- NHS/ACH/3584
- LA/NL/3557
- LA/OI/3588
- LA/AN/3631
- LA/As/3629
- LA/SL/3684
- LA/SL/3587
- LA/AN/3564
- NPA/C/3612 & 3628 and LA/As/3613
- LA/NL/3581
- LA/Mo/3615
- CSE/3748
- LA/S/3641
- LA/AB/3619
- LA/SA/3672
- LA/NL/3758
- LA/R/3598
- LA/E/3651a
- LA/Mo/3620
- LA/AC/3639
- NHS/ACH/3527 & 3570
- LA/SB/3654
- LA/I/3688
- LA/Fi/3661
- LA/G/3776
- LA/Fi/3646
- LA/G/3606
- LA/As/3686
- LA/H/3778
- LA/E/3653
- LA/AC/3788
- LA/R/3781
- LA/R/3770
- LA/E/3708 & 3724
- LA/E/3158
- LA/As/3784
- LA/E/3768
- LA/E/3775
- LA/AC/3711
- NB/NHS NS/3874
- NHS/WI/3815
- LA/EL/3839
- LA/S/3791
- LA/Fi/3740
- LA/G/3818
- LA/As/3827
- LA/WL/3826
- LA/ED/3832
- LA/G/3846
- LA/An/3822
- LA/Mo/3857
- LA/G/3816
- LA/E/3865
- LA/R/3886
- LA/As/3852
- LA/PK/3888
- NPA/LLT/3892
- LA/SB/3908
- LA/AC/3794
- LA/G/3829
- LA/AC/3864a
- LA/NL/3944
- LA/AC/3847
- LA/H/3954
- LA/DG/3817
- LA/AC/3864b
- CSE/3793
- LA/NL/3889
- LA/As/3999
- NB/SLCC/4022
- LA/NL/3869
- LA/G/3872
- LA/AB/3925
- LA/G/3992
- LA/AN/3884
- LA/R/3914
- LA/E/3993b
- LA/E/3993a
- LA/G/4047
- LA/NL/3947
- LA/E/4004
- LA/AB/3996
- LA/NL/3921
- LA/SB/4030
- NB/CHS/4049
- LA/EL/3911
- LA/EL/4029
- LA/NL/3987
- LA/SA/3917
- LA/H/3975
- LA/H/4091
- LA/E/4105
- LA/AC/4056
- LA/Fi/4106
- LA/PK/4067
- LA/SL/3905
- LA/WD/4108
- NHS/MIJB/4193
- LA/WD/4109 and LA/WD/4118
- LA/E/3961
- LA/SI/4102
- LA/As/4125
- LA/H/3964
- LA/DG/4198
- LA/G/4174
- LA/NL/4214
- LA/An/4107
- LA/AC/3990
- LA/An/4044
- LA/Mo/4145
- LA/NL/3972
- LA/NL/4187
- NB/PIC/4015
- LA/WL/4205
- NB/CC/4135
- FEC/SL/3659
- LA/WL/4204
- LA/G/4157
- LA/S/4159
- LA/Fi/4101
- LA/NL/4154
- LA/AB/4099
- LA/As/4209
- LA/NA/4080
- LA/WL/4188
- LA/NA/4211
- LA/AC/4206
- LA/I/4085
- LA/H/4113
- LA/EL/4051
- LA/G/4160
- LA/EL/4126
- LA/EL/4224
- LA/Fa/4202
- LA/NL/4142
- LA/E/4189
- LA/SA/4269
- LA/H/4146
- LA/I/4235
- LA/WL/3903
- LA/SB/4302
- LA/I/4270
- LA/S/4221
- LA/C/4271
- LA/An/4295a
- LA/NA/4340
- LA/G/4223
- NPA/LLT/4337
- LA/SA/4349
- LA/An/4295b
- LA/SB/4431
- LA/WD/4407
- LA/Fa/4369
- LA/Fi/4348
- LA/G/4216
- LA/G/4139
- LA/Fi/4351
- LA/H/4330
- LA/R/4412
- LA/H/4296
- LA/ER/4374
- LA/Fa/4441
- LA/G/4414
- LA/Fa/4317
- LA/PK/4479
- LA/Fi/4391
- LA/AB/4402
- LA/PK/4434
- LA/NL/4437
- LA/As/4466
- LA/G/4115
- LA/Fa/4395
- LA/ER/4382
- LA/SB/4477
- LA/NA/4504
- LA/AB/4373
- LA/AC/4454
- LA/H/4491
- LA/EL/4360
- LA/G/4505
- LA/AB/4265
- LA/Fi/4293
- LA/EL/4472
- LA/SL/4465
- LA/H/4469
- LA/Mi/4405 & NHS/MiIJB/4415
- NPA/C/4143
- LA/Mi/4558
- LA/NL/4478
- LA/AB/4541
- LA/As/4523
- LA/Mo/4530
- LA/AB/4542
- LA/OI/4557
- LA/NL/4567
- NB/HES/4282
- LA/AB/4580
- LA/H/4573
- LA/D/4566 & NB/DHS/4594
- LA/Fa/4562
- LA/E/4529a
- LA/AB/4521
- LA/As/4482
- LA/DG/4304
- LA/C/4564
- LA/NL/4574
- LA/EL/4634
- LA/OI/4575
- LA/H/4600
- LA/PK/4577
- LA/EA/4438
- LA/SA/4134(c)
- LA/SA/4220(b) and LA/SA/4134(b)
- LA/AB/4572
- LA/NL/4498
- LA/G/4661
- LA/DG/4640
- LA/CES/4565
- LA/SI/4602
- Hearing Procedures, Rules and Guidance
- Information for Respondents
- Information for Witnesses
- Cases - Interim Suspensions
Advice Notes & Resources
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- Surveys
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Guidance
Codes of Conduct
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Corporate Information
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- Strategic and Business Plans
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