It used to be all about “sunshine;” the disinfectant that would remedy the haze of machine politics, favoritism, and corruption that infected government actions at all levels.

Is the ICMA Code of Ethics hanging on your wall? It should be! The Code is the quintessential definition of what it means to be a professional dedicated to public service.

Here is advice on questions posed recently to ICMA’s ethics adviser.

Here are two real-world incidents that highlight ethical issues that can arise when managers and elected officials fail to understand their roles or they stray across boundaries.

The article implies that the city council of East Palo Alto did something illegal or unethical by not renewing the former manager’s contract.

It’s not been a stellar year, ethically speaking, for the broadcast journalism profession.

Promoting an ethical cultural is a key leadership responsibility.

For anyone who follows the news to even a modest degree, it is difficult to go a single day without reading or hearing about a report regarding someone caught in an ethical crisis.

The articles that follow in this issue reinforce how critical a good economic development strategy is to the local government mission.