Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Training Objective
Clear Understanding of the Ethics
in Public
Service Act
Ethics
The embodiment of those values
that the person or organization
feels are important, and spell our
proper conduct and appropriate
action.
- Merriam
Webster
Ethical Choices
What you find is that the tough
ethical choices are not between
good and evil, but rather between
two goods:
Truth versus Loyalty
Ethical Principals
Objectivity
Selflessness
Stewardship
Transparency
Integrity
Objectivity
Public employees must place the
publics interest before any
private interest or outside
obligation - choices need to
made on the merits.
RCW 42.52.020, Activities incompatible
with
public duties
RCW 42.52.030, Financial interests in
transactions
Conflict of Interest
Dilemma
Dilemma
Dilemma
Selflessness
Public employees should not make
decisions in order to gain financial
or other benefits for themselves,
their family, or their friends.
RCW 42.52.070, Special privileges
RCW 42.52.140, Gifts
RCW 42.52.150, Limitations on gifts
RCW 42.52.080, Employment after public
service
Gifts
General rules
Those items that are not gifts
Those items that are gifts, but not
subject to the $50 limitation
Post-state Employment
Dilemma
Dilemma
Dilemma
You are a professor for a state university or
community college and a publisher sends
you a textbook (solicited or unsolicited) for
evaluation. After completing your
evaluation, you take the textbook home
and sell it to a friend for $25.
Is this activity a violation of the Ethics in
Public Service Act?
Textbooks
Ethical Habits
A long habit of not thinking a
thing
wrong gives it the superficial
appearance of being right.
Thomas Paine
Stewardship
Public employees have a duty to
conserve public resources and funds
against misuse and abuse.
RCW 42.52.070, Special privileges
RCW 42.52.160, Use of persons, money, or
property for private gain
RCW 42.52.180, Use of public resources for
political campaigns
WAC 292-110-010
Dilemma
Dilemma
Dilemma
Dilemma
Your supervisor approves the use of a
state
computer to do course work for a class
that
will enhance your skills.
Dilemma
Dilemma
Quote
A perfect value consists in
doing without witness all that
we could have done in front of
the entire world
- Nobel Laureate Gabriela Mistral
Transparency
Public employees must practice
open and accountable
government. They should be as
open as possible about their
decisions and actions, and
protect truly confidential
information.
RCW 42.52.050, Confidential information
Confidential Information
Standards that protect confidential
information:
Public Records
Standards for disclosure:
Integrity
Employees in public service
should not place themselves
under any financial or other
obligation to outside individuals
or organizations that might
influence them in the performance
of their duties.
RCW 42.52.020, Activities incompatible with public
duties
RCW 42.52.110, Compensation for official duties or
Honoraria
Honorarium defined
Agency approval required
May not be approved if donor:
Outside Compensation
Quote
If you cant be a good example,
then youll just have to be a horrible
warning.
- Catherine Aird
Complaint Status
Briefly
Daily decisions will guide us in
crisis
Interventions