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The Hypocritical OathDeveloping a Council Code of Ethics

ACMA 2008 Summer Conference

July 24, 2008

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Public

Policy

PoliticsProfessional

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The Policy Cycle

PoliticsPublic

Professionals Policy

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POLITICAL

VALUES/ETHICS

ADMINISTRATIVE

VALUES/ETHICS

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POLITICAL

VALUES/ETHICS

ADMINISTRATIVE

VALUES/ETHICS

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POLITICAL

VALUES/ETHICS

ADMINISTRATIVE

VALUES/ETHICS

SHARED VALUES/ETHICS

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Why we do these?

• Trendy• Dislike or distrust on the team• Crisis of confidence from bad experience• Annoying behaviors• Noble intent to reassure the public

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Ethics, Laws or Behaviors? …that is the question

Sunnyvale

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The Pygmalion Effect

“The beliefs and expectations you have

about others will substantially influence

the behavior and results that you get.”

J.Sterling Livingston“Pygmalion in Management”

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Beliefs & Assumption…

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What we have here is a CRISIS OF PERCEPTION

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Communicate More Effectively

• Kinder

• Simpler

• ‘Funner’

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Take the Lead w/ Citizens

If you frame it you own it.

If someone else frames it you will

react forever

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Look in the Mirror

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Raise the Quality of Public Talk

When we raise the quality of public dialogue we

raise the quality of public decision making and consequently, the quality of community.

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Keep it Simple

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A Thought to Consider

“We trust in man

And still we use

To shape the feet

To fit the shoes.

A future world

With less conceit

Will shape the shoes

To fit the feet.”

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Be Proud!

“Yield who will to their separation,My object in living is to uniteMy vocation and my avocationAs my two eyes make one in sight.

Only where love and need are one And work is play for mortal stake,Is the job ever really doneFor heaven and for future sake.”

Robert Frost“Two Tramps in Mud Time”

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Thankyou!