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Article: Helping employees make sound ethical decisions.(Ethics)
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- Public Management
- Article date:
- September 1, 2004
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2004 International City-County Management Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Many of our cities and counties have ethics laws that sit on their shelves. What are some ways to raise the ethical awareness of local government employees?
Montgomery County, Maryland, recently launched an initiative to help its employees understand the county's ethics law. In addition to giving all county employees a brochure of ethics facts, the county has also developed a series of "brainteasers" that it posts on its Web site. Written in a straightforward style, these documents provide descriptions of typical situations that employees face in their day-to-day work and offers advice on how to handle them in a professional and ethical way.
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