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A Community’s Resolve to Restore Integrity, Accountability and Public Trust: The Miami-Dade Experience (1996 to present) |
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Author |
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Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust and the Ethics Coalition |
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Year of Publication |
2004 |
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Areas of Application |
Urban Governance, Ethics, Anti-corruption |
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Description In 2002, under the direction of the Miami-Dade County Commission on Ethics and Public Trust, a group of academics, civic and business associations and law enforcement officials, collectively known as the Ethics Coalition, met to discuss local ethics and anti-corruption efforts. Since 1998, these various individuals and organizations, in no small measure, have been working to improve Miami-Dade County’s ethical climate. The Ethics Summit determined it was time to assess the reform efforts of the past six years. This report addresses such questions as: What resources have been expended in the last six years to combat corruption and restore public trust? Besides law enforcement efforts, what are the other community initiatives, such as, educational programming, ethics training and legislative changes? Outside the government arena, what have local non-profit organizations, universities and business entities done to promote integrity and ethics in the workplace? The report begins by defining corruption from both a law enforcement perspective and from the general conceptions held by the citizenry. Thereafter, the section on legislative output highlights ethics and other good government laws enacted in Miami-Dade County and in the 32 municipalities. The discussion then turns to enforcement activities from federal, state and local authorities. The efforts are not only limited to aggressive law enforcement action and legislative enactments. Ethics education and training and participation by Miami’s civil society, are recognised as additional and necessary components as well. The report offers a considerable review of these public/private initiatives, community partnerships and education programmes. Finally, it offers a set of long-term and short-term recommendations. These, however, are in no way meant to serve as a "magic bullet." They are presented as the collective opinion of the drafters of achievable and financially sustainable goals that can be implemented within a reasonable period of time. |
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Further Information: Miami-Dade County Commission on Ethics and Public Trust, 19 W. Flagler ST, #207, Miami, FL 33130, USA. Tel: +1-305-579-2594 i E-mail: cprkic@yahoo.com |
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