Maintaining Ethical Standards During Tough Times

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Maintaining Ethical Standards During Tough Times

• Iowa Municipal Management Institute
• March 24, 2010

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Character Counts

• Trustworthiness
• Respect
• Responsibility
• Fairness
• Caring Citizenship

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Seven Habits

• Be Proactive
• Begin with the end in mind
• Put first things first
• Think win-win
• Seek first to understand then to be understood
• Synergize
• Sharpen the Saw

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Organizational Ethics

• Renew your commitment to the professions values
• Engage elected officials
• Set organizational values
• Ethics training
• Welcome the dialogue and the dissenter
• Transparency, transparency, transparency

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Ethics Triangle
Principle Justice/Fairness/Equity
Character Virtue/Intuition
Greatest Good Consequences
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Conflict of Interest - Urbandale

• Personal Financial Interests
• Gift Prohibition
• Outside Affiliations
• Employee Practices
• Disclosure

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Code of Ethics - Urbandale

• Administrative Practices
• Service Delivery
• Public Decision Making

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Code of Ethics - Wichita

• The Code Examples
• Compliance
• Declaration
• Whistle-Blower Protection
• Conflict of Interest Form