§ 36.063 ETHICAL STANDARDS — HONEST/INTEGRITY.

   Employees and officials shall conduct themselves with honesty and integrity which shall include, but not be limited to, the following duties and actions:

   (A)   To act with moral courage;

   (B)   To make decisions for the public’s best interests, even when such decisions may not be popular;

   (C)   To refrain from business that would be, directly or indirectly, inconsistent with the conscientious performance of one’s public duties;

   (D)   To refrain from making private promises of any kind that may unduly influence one’s public duties; and

   (E)   To accept the responsibility to:

      (1)   Expose corrupt practices and/or behaviors; and

      (2)   Where empowered to do so, to protect from retaliation any public employee who has exposed corrupt practices and/or behaviors.

(Ord. 2013-7, passed 8-28-2013)