official discipline; rules for officials
Refers to the code of conduct or disciplinary rules that government officials or civil servants must follow. Often used in contexts of maintaining integrity and preventing corruption.
Acts that violate official discipline are severely punished.
Public servants must always respect official discipline.
laxity in official discipline; civil service corruption
Compound of 官 (government official) and 紀 (rule, discipline). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is conventionally associated with the concept of official conduct standards.