{"id":547,"date":"2008-09-14T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2008-09-14T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/judykat.com\/ken\/?p=547"},"modified":"2008-09-14T09:00:02","modified_gmt":"2008-09-14T13:00:02","slug":"laminated-ethics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/judykat.com\/ken-judy\/laminated-ethics\/","title":{"rendered":"Laminated ethics"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Washington Post, Days Before Scandal, Interior Got Ethics Award<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\nThe inspector general said Wednesday that federal officials in the Mineral Management Service’s royalty-in-kind program allegedly were plied with alcohol and expensive gifts from industry representatives, and in some cases had sex and did drugs with them. The Denver-area office takes in roughly $4 billion each year in oil and natural gas reserves from companies drilling on federal and Indian land and offshore.<\/p>\n

But, on Monday, the Interior Department was praised for “developing a dynamic laminated Ethics Guide for employees” that was a “polished, professional guide” with “colorful pictures and prints which demand employees’ attention.” The guide, the award noted, was small enough for employees to carry. Interior also was lauded for having held a four-day seminar for its ethics advisors nationwide.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Written policy, mandatory training and a whistle blowing mechanism simply insulate organizations from legal liability. They are the surface show of reform not reform itself.<\/p>\n

What did the management of the Interior Department think it was accomplishing with a formal ethics guide and why did it matter to them that it was laminated and “small enough for employees to carry.” <\/p>\n

I keep the best part of myself on small pages sheathed in plastic in my back pocket, like a condom, in the event I have cause to use it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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