Cabinet members and agency heads have been issued a memorandum requiring them to undergo an ethics training provided by the CNMI Office of the Public Auditor on May 6.<\/p>\n
According to the memo from the Governor\u2019s Office, all of the officials are required to attend the session as part of efforts to \u201cuphold the trust and integrity\u201d of government offices.<\/p>\n
After the training, the department heads will be expected to schedule further training for their respective staff with the CNMI within six months.<\/p>\n
\u201cEthics training is conducted regularly and mostly upon request by various government entities. Such training is important because governments usually have ethics laws and government entities tasked with overseeing these laws,\u201d Michael Pai, CNMI Public Auditor in an e-mail interview, said.<\/p>\n
Pai said, \u201cthat a major aim of ethics training is to promote awareness of the government ethics laws among government employees to minimize unethical behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course, there are penalties for unethical behavior in violation of these laws,\u201d Pai said. \u201cThis awareness may supplement each employee\u2019s personal system of ethics, which ought to serve as their guide to \u2018doing the right thing\u2019 at work and in their daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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