Order directing moral renewal in agencies

The order is anchored on Section 1, Article XI of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, which requires public office to be a public trust and demands accountability, utmost responsibility, integrity, loyalty, efficiency, patriotism, and justice, and leading modest lives.
The order is aligned with Section 27, Article II of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, requiring the State to maintain honesty and integrity in the public service.
The order invokes Section 23, Article II of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, directing the State to encourage participation of non-governmental, community-based, or sectoral organizations in promoting the welfare of the nation.
The order relies on Section 2 of Republic Act No. 6713, which provides that it is the policy of the State to promote a high standard of ethics in public service.
The order is issued under the supervisory authority stated in Section 39, Chapter 8, Book IV of Executive Order No. 292 (Administrative Code of 1987), which provides that the Secretary of a department shall have supervision and control over bureaus, offices, and agencies under him.

The order directs all cabinet secretaries/heads of agencies to adopt and implement a Moral Renewal program within their agencies to promote values formation and ethical behavior.
Moral renewal is defined as values formation and ethical behavior for government officers and employees, and as strengthening people’s values to achieve zero tolerance for corruption.
The program is intended to advance societal reform and values formation in the Executive Department, consistent with the national development framework referenced in the order.

Moral renewal includes the promotion of Filipino values embodied in the Preamble of the 1987 Constitution, specifically:
- Being maka-Diyos, encompassing faith in the Almighty.
- Being makatao, including truth, justice, freedom, love, equality, and peace.
- Being maka-bayan, including respect for the law, the government of the Republic of the Philippines and its instrumentalities, patriotism, promotion of the common good, and building a just and humane society.
- Being maka-kalikasan, involving conservation and development of patrimony.
Moral renewal requires ensuring that all bureaus, regional offices, and attached agencies of Departments nationwide adopt and implement the Integrity Development Action Plan (IDAP), identified as the National Anti-Corruption Framework for the Executive Branch.
Moral renewal requires expanding and strengthening membership of the Integrity Committee in every department, agency, bureau, and office.
Moral renewal requires formulating, promulgating, and adopting an agency-specific Code of Conduct, or updating existing codes to reflect the IDAP.
Moral renewal requires values formation activities of the Presidential Council on Values Formation.
Moral renewal requires strict observance by all public officers of the principle of moral leadership by example, especially by Cabinet Secretaries.

The order covers all cabinet secretaries/heads of agencies, who must adopt and implement a Moral Renewal program in their agencies.
The Moral Renewal framework applies to all bureaus, regional offices, and attached agencies of Departments nationwide through adoption and implementation of the IDAP.
The order requires each agency to develop an action plan for its Moral Renewal program and submit it to the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (PAGC).

Agencies must enlist participation of religious, civil society, and civic groups through consultations, program development, promotion, and implementation of their Moral Renewal Program.

Agencies must submit their respective Action Plans for their Moral Renewal Program to PAGC, copy furnished the President, within ninety (90) days from effectivity of the Administrative Order.
PAGC is responsible for monitoring and evaluating implementation and effectiveness of the agencies’ Moral Renewal programs.
PAGC’s monitoring and evaluation includes surveys and feedback from agency officers and employees of all levels on how their respective heads comply with the Administrative Order and adopt its principles.
PAGC must submit regular reports to the President on the progress and status of implementation.
The regular reports to the President must be copy furnished all religious, civil society and civic groups enlisted under the participation requirement.

Agencies must allocate a portion of their maintenance, operations and overhead expenditures (MOOE) budget as funding for their Moral Renewal Program.

The Administrative Order becomes effective immediately after publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines.