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Ethics in the Treasury
A Three-Part
(Mutually Reinforcing)
Strategy
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• ILG Mission: Promote good government
• CMTA Code #2
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Session Objectives
1. Provide tools for analyzing ethical dilemmas
2. Identify steps to take to promote good government in your office and beyond
3. Share resources (and get your input)
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Ultimate Objective
• Your success & happiness as a public servant
• Prevent missteps
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What Would You Do?
• Vacation accounting irregularities
• Agency credit card misuse• Agency supplies &
equipment• Double-dipping on
expenses• Extravagant expenses
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What to Do?
• Sources of guidance– CMTA Code– Law
• Other examples
• Long-term versus short-term thinking
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What Happened?
Stay Tuned . . .
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A Framework: Ethics VersusEthics Laws
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Ethics Versus Ethics Laws
• Ethics = what we ought to do
• Laws = what we must do– Penalties—Sometimes severe– Minimum standards– Legal ≠ ethical
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Resources on Ethics Laws
• No personal financial gain
• No perks
• Transparency
• Fair process
• Rest of Story: AB 1234
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What We Ought to Do = Values
Trustworthiness
ResponsibilityPublic’s interestPerceptions matter
Fairness
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Ethics in the Treasury:
Hard Choices
• Right versus right
• Personal cost – Loss of job– Long-term thinking
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Promoting Public Service Ethics
The Three Strategies
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The Three Strategies
1. Good Practices
2. Your Education
3. Educate Others
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Good Practices
• Checks and balances: Minimize likelihood wrongdoing goes undetected– Internal controls– Audits– Transparency– Hiring for ethics
• CMTA Code #4: Observe profession’s technical (and legal) standards
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Educate Yourself
• CMTA Code #4: Continuous improvement
• CMTA Code #2: Promote good government– AB 1234: Take the training – Understand and promote
ethics
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Educate Others
• Decision-makers– Tool: Financial Management for Elected Officials– Oversight is a form of check and balance
• The Public– Website/transparency– What does the public need to know to
• Participate in democratic processes?• Prevent corruption? (Most important political office . . .) • Know that there’s “Ethics in the Treasury”
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Once Again . . . • Legal ≠ ethical
• Ethics = hard choices
• Three strategies1. Good Practices
2. Your Education
3. Educate Others
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