Institute for Ethics in Government

One of the primary purposes of financial disclosure is to prevent conflicts of interest. When filers enter into ethics agreements, they make a commitment to remediate any actual or potential conflicts that have been identified. Those commitments may include everything from divestitures and resignations to forfeitures of assets and recusals from matters. It is imperative that agency reviewers of annual reports ensure not only that these commitments are honored, but that any new conflicts are identified and remediated.

In this training, instructors review a hypothetical ethics agreement and identify those commitments that should be reconciled with annual public financial disclosure reporting. They also discuss how reviewers should continue to monitor and advise on newly identified actual and potential conflicts and other ethics concerns.

 

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