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<h2>Seattle Ethics & Elections Commission</h2>
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One of the missions of The Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission is to administer,
interpret and enforce the Seattle Code of Ethics, Seattle Municipal Code Chapter 4.16

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<h3><a name="TOC31"> Los Angeles City Ethics Commission </a></h3>
<p>The Los Angeles City Ethics Commission is a semi-independent agency authorized and funded by Los Angeles voters to administer and enforce a governmental ethics ordinance for the City of Los Angeles.

From the NY Times See the original online publication here: (note: may require membership)<br><a href="http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB091FF734550C708EDDAF0…;

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<p class="header2"> Published Winter 2005/2006 </p>
<h3>Times are Changing for the Better in our Region </h3>

I would like to hear how many people have had similar experiences to the one I will describe below, and what people think should be done in response. It concerns conflicts of interest, and the way a discussion of them within the context of a particular possible instance can so easily be turned into a personal, emotional issue, undermining the public's view of the importance of dealing with conflicts.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court delivered a blow to municipal government employee rights in its decision in <a href="http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/05pdf/04-473.pdf">Garcetti et al v. Ceballos.</a>

Terry L. Price's new book, <i>Understanding Ethical Failures in Leadership</i> (Cambridge University Press, 2006), provoked in me a great deal of thinking about what is behind the ethical failures of elected and appointed municipal officials. I will be talking in terms of officials, but Price speaks only in terms of leaders in general, with an emphasis on governmental leaders.

<H2>Creating ethics code takes time, expert says</H2>
<P>Carla Miller, an ethics officer for Jacksonville, Fla., and a former federal prosecutor, tells city officials, "You are in the upper echelon because you are at least struggling with it."</P>
<P>01:00 AM EDT on Friday, May 19, 2006</p>
<P><B>BY CATHLEEN F. CROWLEY<BR>Journal
Staff Writer</B></P>

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