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%OFFICIAL ACTS 770629
An official act is one which a person takes in
office---while holding trust some office which vests in
the person special responsibilities and powers. Not all
acts taken by a person in office are official acts. Many
actions are purely personal, and the office's
responsibilities and powers are irrelevant to the import
or taking of the action. Many actions take the form of
inaction---the failure to do that which proper discharge
of the duties of the office calls for. Many official acts
are inactions, having significant import nevertheless.
Procrastination may be an official act---sometimes
occasioning injustice since justice delayed is often
justice denied. Official acts of incompetence often
occasion injustice when corrective measures are not
promptly taken by those in positions of authority.
Often officers confuse their official
responsibilities and powers with their private
responsibilities and powers. They may let their private
values override their official responsibilities---as when
administrators permit their private views to cause them to
show disrespect for constitutional rights and formal
legislation in official acts which fulfill their private
sense of moral responsibility. This often happens with
respect to private behavior, religious beliefs/practices,
and political expressions.
Officers may take advantage of the powers of office
to empower purely private acts---for personal gain,
moral/ethical posturing, social recognition, etc. Using
the powers of office to empower private acts makes those
private acts into official acts. Officers are responsible
for how they use the powers of their office, whether those
powers are used to fulfill the responsibilities of office
or to empower private acts. Thus officers should take
care not to confuse their purely private responsibilities
with their official responsibilities.
Acts of personal loyalty are most often private acts.
In a democracy it is rarely the official responsibility of
an officer to be personally loyal to either a superior or
a subordinate. Placing personal loyalty above truth, due
procedures, and respect for law---is an improper official
act.
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