For the general public, the benefits of ethical rules far outweigh their costs. Drafting and administering codes of ethics requires a balance of political, administrative and legal considerations. A central and pervasive concern should be balancing the desire for high ethical standards with the preservation of the individual rights of public officials. A major principle guiding the administration of a code in a Canadian government is that public servants "should enjoy the same rights in their private relationships as any other citizen, unless it can be shown that a restriction is essential to the public interest”. Similarly, the Australian Draft Code states that "where personal conduct does not interfere with the proper performance of official duties and where it does not prejudice the integrity or reputation of the service, it does not present any interest or concern for the authority which employs it. » . "Although some governments have paid little attention to the impact of codes of ethics on the rights of their employees, most governments have been sensitive to this problem. Still, a good code written and well administered tends to diminish the rights of public officials compared to the rights enjoyed by their fellow citizens outside of government. This is perhaps the greatest advantage of a code of conduct..