Recently, the Finance & Budget Department proposed a Code of Ethics for Linn County’s employees. Seems like a county founded in 1839 should have already had an Code of Ethics, then again, maybe it was not needed until now because all of our moral compasses were in alignment?
In any case, the attachment contains a proposed Code of Ethics. It’s not a very strong policy, e.g., it contains only one potential penalty and that is for theft. And it lacks definitions, e.g., what is “conscientious” performance of duty; what are private interests, private gains, preferential treatment, and special privileges? And how would the Code apply to a County Supervisor’s request for a couple loads of gravel from the Secondary Roads department for a local non-profit?
Please email your company’s code of ethics to mailto:Joel.Miller@linncounty.org I think you probably have some language in your code of ethics that we could borrow to improve the County’s proposed code of ethics, i.e., unless we are just going through the motions to checkoff that box. – Joel D. Miller – Linn County Auditor
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