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GFOA Code of Professional Ethics: anchor in a sea of change.(government financial officers offered new ethics code)

Government Finance Review

| December 01, 2002 | Johnson, Eric R. | COPYRIGHT 2002 Government Finance Officers Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The integrity of financial professionals recently has come under attack in the wake of a series of corporate accounting scandals. Finance officers must assign renewed emphasis to the GEOA Code of Professional Ethics if they are to maintain the confidence of government stake holders.

In a period when corporate accounting practices and financial disclosures have sensitized the nation to illegal and unethical behavior, government finance officers face a significant challenge in maintaining the trust of bondholders, taxpayers, customers, and other stakeholders. Although recent media attention has focused on corporate wrongdoings, government is not without its own ...

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