Mon 1/10 @ noon
*Register by Thu 1/6*
Our new County Council wants to be ethical. And, they’ve documented the ways they plan on maintaining an ethical culture. Learn about the key provisions of their proposed Code of Ethics on Mon 1/10 @ the City Club.
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As Cuyahoga County’s new County Council and County Executive take office, they do so with a strong mandate to create an ethical culture to replace the scandal-steeped county administration of the past. The means to do this are contained in a document they will soon be asked to approve: a proposed Code of Ethics that will, if passed, apply to every county official, employee and contractor.
Find out what’s in the Code of Ethics from the people who created it, and why it is crucially important to have an effective enforcement mechanism. Discover why this Code contains some of the country’s strongest whistleblower protections to encourage those who observe wrongdoing to report it, knowing they are protected from retaliation. To read the Code ahead of time or print your own copy, visit this website and click on Proposed Code of Ethics Draft Recommendations.
Our main speaker will be Richard Condit [pictured], senior counsel to the Government Accountability Project in Washington, D.C., which has lobbied for and helped to design effective whistleblower protections at all levels of government, and defended people whose decision to “blow the whistle” about government wrongdoing got them in trouble. Much of the project’s work involves “protecting and advocating for various types of government employees across the country,” according to the organization’s website (link above).
City Club – 850 Euclid Ave. – Cle
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