Disciplinary Order for Civil Servants

...On the one hand, this produced an arrogant and disrespectful attitude towards people who were not civil servants, but on the other hand, it produced among civil servants a diligent attitude in which they worked with pride and a sense of elitism. The first thing to note about the process of establishing the civil servant system is that with the enactment of the first systematic law concerning civil servants, the Civil Servant Disciplinary Order of 1876, discipline was institutionalized before appointments, salaries, service, etc. Secondly, around the time of the establishment of the Meiji Constitution, the ranks of civil servants were institutionalized, and a hierarchy of civil servants was established.

*Some of the terminology referenced in the "Civil Service Disciplinary Order" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…それは一方で官吏以外の人間に対する傲慢不遜な態度を生み，他方で各官等の中ではエリート意識の下に誇りをもって仕事に励む勤勉な態度を生んだ。　官吏制度整備過程で第1に注目すべきは，1876年官吏懲戒令という官吏に関する最初の体系的な法規の制定により，任用，給与，服務などに先立ってまず懲戒が制度化されたことである。第2に明治憲法制定前後に官吏の官等が制度化され，官吏のヒエラルヒーが確立したことである。…

※「官吏懲戒令」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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