Members are encouraged to review the proposed tenet and guidelines and provide feedback by November 30.

When either party fails to understand its role or strays across boundaries, intentionally or not, the relationship can be strained or fractured.

Unfortunately, it often takes an ethical failure and crisis to raise ethics training to the level of priority it deserves.

A training session I conducted recently on building effective supervisory skills generated interesting ethical dilemmas.

Why focus on honor and integrity? We have three reasons.

For nearly 100 years, ICMA has rigorously enforced a set of principles that guide the personal and professional behavior of appointed local government managers.

During National Ethics Awareness Month in March, ICMA urges local government leaders to develop a strategy for building an integrity-based culture within their organizations that promotes ethical behavior.

For local government organizations, compensation costs are still a significant portion of overall costs and for that reason, are constantly under public scrutiny.