Ethics and Conference Attendance Issue
PM. Public Management › Vol. 86 Nbr. 9, October 2004
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Summary
A proper-use-of-public-resource issue concerning any ethical issues associated with a local official traveling to a conference and then missing some or nearly all of the sessions are discussed. In such issues, the question to ponder is whether the city receives a public benefit from the use of a particular resource, which help city officials better serve their communities. There are bona fide public benefits for the city and the community and an ethical and legal use of public resource.
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Ethics and Conference Attendance Issue
Question: Are there any ethical issues associated with a local official traveling to a conference and then missing some or nearly all of the sessions? If we suspect a colleague is doing this, what should we say or do?
Answer: The issue you raise is a proper-use-ol-public-resources issue because the city presumably is paying for its officials Io travel to and register for the conference. The threshold question to ponder in any use-of-publicresources issue is whether the city receives a public benefit from the use of a particular resource.Cities send their elected officials and staff to conf...See the full content of this document
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