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Code of Professional Responsibility and Accountability (CPRA)

CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY

A.M. No. 22-09-01-SC |

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
NOTE: This amends the previous Code of Professional Responsibility  
 
A.M. No. 22-09-01-SC
 
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
 
PREAMBLE
 
Ethics is the experiential manifestation of moral standards. The observance of these standards of conduct is both a function of personal choice and formal compulsion. A lawyer is ideally ethical by personal choice. A code of ethics expressly adopted represents society’s consensus and dictate to conform to a chosen norm of behavior that sustains the community’s survival and growth.
 
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