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Mission statement

To ensure the highest standards of public service by developing, disseminating and promoting readily understandable ethics requirements for King County employees and agencies.

Goals

  1. To educate county employees, county managers, and board and commission members of their obligations to the public under the Code of Ethics, and how ethics is a positive tool which supports both good management practices and good public service on behalf of the citizens of King County.

  2. To continue a systematic review of the Code of Ethics and make appropriate recommendations for consideration by the Executive and County Council.

  3. To provide timely advice and guidance to county employees and county elected officials on compliance with the King County Code of Ethics.

  4. To conduct an annual review of financial disclosure statements for county officials, county employees, and board and commission members to identify potential conflicts of interest with their official duties; to conduct timely review of consultant disclosure statements to identify potential conflicts of interest for consultants with their duties related to county contracts.

  5. To collaborate with other ethics agencies both public and private within the State of Washington and the U.S. and Canada for the purposes of information exchange and to consider program improvements for the King County ethics program; to continue development of the Statement of Principles and encourage Washington state jurisdictions to endorse and promote the initiative.