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Five Principles of Public
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Service Ethics
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"The tragedy of the
politically sublime
and the
melodramatic
absurd, not only in
South Gate but
throughout the
Eastside and
Southeast
communities, seem
like something out
of Nobel Laureate
Gabriel Garcia
Marquez's fictional
accounts of corrupt
Banana Republic
Dictatorships and
South of the Border
Curruption."
- Tony Castro, Wave
Community Newspapers
"These cities still
function in a
relative
vacuum....often the
government officials
aren't checked by
anyone...and its
almost as if its ripe
for corruption"
-Gregory Rodriguez,
Senior Fellow, New
American Foundation,
Wave Newspapers
politically sublime
and the
melodramatic
absurd, not only in
South Gate but
throughout the
Eastside and
Southeast
communities, seem
like something out
of Nobel Laureate
Gabriel Garcia
Marquez's fictional
accounts of corrupt
Banana Republic
Dictatorships and
South of the Border
Curruption."
- Tony Castro, Wave
Community Newspapers
"These cities still
function in a
relative
vacuum....often the
government officials
aren't checked by
anyone...and its
almost as if its ripe
for corruption"
-Gregory Rodriguez,
Senior Fellow, New
American Foundation,
Wave Newspapers
"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil
men."
- Plato
men."
- Plato
Public Trust
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"Public service is a sacred trust between public servants and the citizens,
whom they have been elected or appointed to serve.
"The foundation of good government is the integrity and lawfulness of
those who have been entrusted with civic responsibilities.
"When a public official breaches that sacred trust by illegally exploiting
their position for personal gain, confidence in responsible government
suffers and promoted is the belief that those in government are in it for
themselves only and not because they wish to serve and make a
difference.
"The vast majority of our pubic servants are, in fact, law abiding and
honest, and I do want to emphasize that point. However, it only takes a
few to undermine the system."
-Donald W. Thompson, Jr., FBI Special Agent in Charge, Richmond, VA
whom they have been elected or appointed to serve.
"The foundation of good government is the integrity and lawfulness of
those who have been entrusted with civic responsibilities.
"When a public official breaches that sacred trust by illegally exploiting
their position for personal gain, confidence in responsible government
suffers and promoted is the belief that those in government are in it for
themselves only and not because they wish to serve and make a
difference.
"The vast majority of our pubic servants are, in fact, law abiding and
honest, and I do want to emphasize that point. However, it only takes a
few to undermine the system."
-Donald W. Thompson, Jr., FBI Special Agent in Charge, Richmond, VA
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