An analysis of the current labor legislation leads to the conclusion that there is no obligation for the employee to comply with ethical standards in the course of work, and therefore this obligation is not the main one for the employee. In the scientific literature and law enforcement practice, there is an idea that if the duty to comply with ethical standards is imposed by federal laws or professional standards, then in this case we are talking about professional ethics. For the majority of employees, there are no such norms, which forces employers to develop local acts containing such requirements. Due to the lack of regulatory regulation, the main problem is the legality of bringing employees to disciplinary responsibility for violation of ethical standards, given that the nature of ethical categories is evaluative.