City Staffers to Attend Ethics Training Session
In an effort to promote ethics instruction in schools, the City Council has authorized sending two city staff members to a special training program next month.
The council approved spending $5,400 for two people to attend the Josephson Institute of Ethics training session in Los Angeles County on March 5-9. The course will include a national program called Character Counts.
Councilwoman Charlene Hatakeyama said she is interested in promoting Character Counts in the five school systems that serve the city.
The program is based on the ethical values of trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship, Hatakeyama said.
“The Josephson Institute of Ethics is putting together a program of lesson plans that can be implemented in the schools,” she said, adding that she believes the program has the backing of school principals.
The City Council did not designate which two city staffers would go to the ethics session, but specified that one would be from the Police Department and the other from the Recreation Department.
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