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RSSEducation and Training
The Board provides educational services and publications for city employees, officials, contractors and the public in an effort to increase their awareness of the contents of the ordinances.
The Board provides:
- Training, both on-line and seminars;
- Classes and workshops;
- Ethics presentations;
- Publishes informational brochure guides;
- Prepares and distributes policy memoranda;
- Needed assistance to employees, officials and members of the general public; and,
- Provides speakers and panelists at meetings or forums.
Among the Board's educational endeavors, the Board staff
- Conducts regular ethics training for those employees and officials required to attend an annual ethics training seminar.
- Offers one-day seminars to middle management employees;and,
- Provides annual on-line ethics training for all aldermen and full-time City employees.
Additionally, the Board informally educates through providing responses to thousands of employees, officials and others seeking information about or advice on the requirements of the ordinances. Board staff considers and responds to all inquiries from interested persons requesting information or advice on any aspect of the ordinances.
The Governmental Ethics Ordinance mandates that City employees and officials complete regular ethics training. There are two types of required training offered by the Board to enable City personnel to fulfill these requirements.
1. Annual Mandatory Ethics Training: In December 2005, the Governmental Ethics Ordinance was amended to require all aldermen and full-time City employees to complete, each year, an ethics training program designed by the Board. City employees are scheduled to complete this training by their department’s ethics training administrator. NOTE: as provided in the Ordinance completion of the annual ethics training course does not fulfill the requirement to attend an quadrennial ethics training seminar, described below.
2. Mandatory Quadrennial Ethics Training: In October 1997, the Governmental Ethics Ordinance was amended to require all aldermen, aldermanic staff, City Council Committee staff and senior executive service employees of the City to attend a face-to-face ethics training seminar every four years. About 10% of the City’s workforce is subject to this requirement. Persons failing to attend subject to a $500 fine. Upon entering City service in a position requiring attendance at ethics training, an employee or official has 120 days to attend, and then must attend again every four years. The Ordinance also mandates that the Board design and conduct training that will allow persons to satisfy this requirement. Persons subject to this requirement are notified in writing of their scheduled class date and deadline by the Board. For a schedule of upcoming classes, see the related links.
To learn more about any Board of Ethics courses or other classes in the community, to receive brochures or other publications, or to ask questions about any aspect of the ordinances, please call the Board of Ethics at 312.744.9660.
Most Recent News (Education and Training)
| Sep 24, 2013 | Updated brochure for Appointed Officials |
| Nov 29, 2012 | 2012 Holiday Gifting Guide |
| Nov 1, 2012 | Read the Bios of the New Members of the Board |
| Nov 1, 2012 | Updated Board of Ethics Educational Brochures |
| Jul 30, 2012 | Political Activity: A Guide for City Employees and Officials |
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Services
- Ethics Information for Current and Former City Employees
- Ethics Officers for Aldermanic Offices & City Departments
- Ethics Training for City Contractors
Supporting Information
Department Main Office
Ethics
