IAC Ethics Advisory Committee

Mission Statement

In recognizing the importance of public confidence and trust in government, as well as the ethical challenges faced by government officials, the IAC Ethics Advisory Committee will work to implement educational opportunities for Elected Officials at all IAC sponsored meetings and conferences.  By providing discussion points and/or short ‘Ethics Exercises’ aimed at addressing typical ethical traps and current trends in ethical violations, the Ethics Committee will carry out on-going education for IAC members.  The Ethics Committee will work to provide written materials to IAC members in order to facilitate possible policy changes that pertain to areas of ethical conduct.

Resources

• Office of the Attorney General’s Ethics in Government Handbook (PDF)
• Elected Official’s Code of Ethics (PDF)
• Public Employee’s Code of Ethics (PDF)
• Idaho POST Code of Ethics/Standards of Conduct (PDF)
• NACo County Code of Ethics (PDF)

Ethics Presentations

• Ethics Webinar – February 13, 2013
• Ethics Webinar, Part 1 – April 9, 2014
• Ethics Webinar, Part 2 – April 9, 2014
• Ethics, Decision Making & Career Survival (Midwinter 2015)
• Ethics – A Legal Perspective (Newly Elected Official Training 2016)
• Ethics Scenarios (Newly Elected Official Training 2016)
• Applied Ethics in the Workplace (Midwinter 2016)

IAC Ethics Mini-Exercises

Please use the following IAC Ethics Mini-Exercises with your staff, your affiliate organization, or your district. If you have any mini-exercises that should be added to our list, please send them to Kristin at kcundiff@idcounties.org.

• IAC Ethics – Continuum of Compromise – Submitted by Kathy Ackerman
• IAC Ethics – Lessons from the Sandbox – Submitted by Kathy Ackerman
• IAC Ethics – Super Heroes – Submitted by Kathy Ackerman
• IAC Ethics – The Big Four – Submitted by Kathy Ackerman
• IAC Ethics – The Bystander Effect – Submitted by Kathy Ackerman
• IAC Ethics – Play by the Golden Rule – Submitted by Donna Peterson