The guide "Ethics and standards of behavior of a civil servant" provides a brief instruction for civil servants based on situational examples, which consider the basic rules of behavior of a civil servant during working and out-of-work hours and provide the most common facts of unethical behavior in the practice of civil servants. In addition, this paper presents the key aspects of the formation of a culture of integrity of civil servants. The guide is intended for civil servants, undergraduates, doctoral students, teachers, as well as for a wide range of readers interested in ethics.