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Breaking the oxymoron: "City Ethics"

ERC's 2008 National Government Ethics Study Released

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<p>The President of City Ethics, Carla Miller, recently participated in the 2007 NGES Advisory Group in the review of the <b>Ethics Resource Center</b>'s first <i>National Government Ethics Study</i> which was released Jan. 30, 2008. You can download a copy by registering at the ERC's website: <a href="http://www.ethics.org/">http://www.ethics.org/</a></p&gt;

<h1>From the Executive Summary:</h1>

<h2>Public Trust is at Risk</h2>

<ul>
<li>Rates of misconduct in government are already high — nearly 60 percent of government employees see misconduct.</li>
<li>At present, 30 percent of misconduct across government goes unreported to management.</li>
</ul>

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<h2>The problem is Likely to get Worse</h2>

<ul>
<li>One in four government employees works in an environment conducive to misconduct. Misconduct will continue to rise unless immediate action is taken.</li>
</ul>

<h2>Solutions Exist</h2>

<ul>
<li>Well-implemented ethics and compliance programs double reporting and lower the rate of misconduct.</li>
<li>A strong agency-wide ethical culture also increases reporting and cuts misconduct in half.</li>
<li>Coupling a strong ethical culture with a strong ethics and compliance program is the path to the greatest reduction in ethics risk.</li>
</ul>

<h2>Now is the Time For government Leaders to Raise the priority of Ethics</h2>

<ul>
<li>Government leaders can make a meaningful, quantifiable difference. Ethics risk can be reduced and public trust can be secured.</li>
</ul>

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