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Directory of Ethics Agencies
A description of the type and purpose of the agency or organization accompanies each URL.

The Conflicts of Interest Board expresses no view on the content of any of these websites and includes these links solely for the convenience of visitors to our website.

By clicking on the address, your search will be transferred automatically to the selected URL.




New York City

NYC Department of Investigation (DOI)
(Government) - DOI investigates and refers for prosecution cases of fraud, corruption, and unethical conduct by City employees, contractors, and others who receive City money.

NYC Special Commissioner of Investigation of the NYC School District (SCI)
(Government) - SCI has broad authority to investigate fraud, misconduct, conflicts of interest, and other wrongdoing within the New York City School District.

New York Law School Center for New York City Law
(Non-profit) - Contains decisions of Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, Office of Collective Bargaining, Loft Board, and Tax Appeals Tribunal and other agencies, as well as advisory opinions and enforcement decisions of Conflicts of Interest Board

New York State

Attorney Grievance Committees
(Government) - Administers financial disclosure by New York State court judges and court employees

Complaints against Court Employees
(Government) - To file a complaint against an employee of a New York State court

Ethics Commission for the Unified Court System
(Government) - Administers financial disclosure by New York State court judges and court employees

Judicial Ethics Opinions
(Government) - Ethics opinions on the permissible conduct of New York State judges

Lawyer's Rules of Professional Conduct
(Government) - The ethics code for lawyers in New York State

Ethics Opinions for Attorneys (Non-profit) - Opinions by the New York State Bar Association's Committee on Professional Ethics on the lawyer's code of ethics 

New York State Bar Association Municipal Law Section's Committee on Government Ethics and Professional Responsibility
(Non-profit) - Contains materials on ethics laws of municipalities outside New York City

New York State Commission of Investigation
(Government) - With a broad statutory mandate to investigate 'any matter concerning the public peace, public safety and public justice,' the State Commission of Investigation undertakes investigations of corruption, fraud and mismanagement in New York State and local government. Additionally, the Commission is charged with conducting investigations into organized crime and labor racketeering and their relation to the enforcement of State law [Disbanded March 31, 2009]

New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct
(Government) - New York State agency that investigates and prosecutes ethics violations by New York State judges

New York State Public Integrity Commission
(Government) - New York State's ethics agency, the successor to the New York State Ethics Commission and the Temporary State Commission on Lobbying, which has jurisdiction over NY State executive branch officers and employees

New York State Legislative Commission
(Government) The ethics body for the New York State Legislature
 

New York State Office of the Attorney General
(Government) - New York State's attorney general. Complaints about public corruption may also be filed through the Bureau of Public Integrity’s complaint hotline at 212-416-8090.

New York State Office of the State Comptroller
(Government) - New York State's auditor

U.S. (Federal)

U. S. Office of Government Ethics
(Government) - Federal government ethics agency, which has jurisdiction over federal executive branch officers and employees

U. S. Office of Special Counsel
(Government) - Federal government agency responsible for, among other things, administering and enforcing the federal Hatch Act for affected state and local government employees.

Municipal Ethics Laws

Links To Municipal Codes

City Ethics.Org
(Non-profit) - Helping Cities to Govern Ethically

Anne Arundel County (MD)
Ethics Commission
Ethics Law (Anne Arundel County Code, Article 7)

Chicago
Board of Ethics
Ethics law (Municipal Code Ch. 2-156)

Cook County (IL)
Board of Ethics
Ethics law (Cook County Ethics Ordinance)

District of Columbia
Board of Elections and Ethics
Ethics law (District of Columbia Official Code, Div. I, Title 1, Ch. 11)

Honolulu
Ethics Commission
Ethics law (Revised Charter, Art. VI, §6-1112.2, 6-1112.3, 6-1112.6; Art. XI; Art. XII, §13-101; Revised Ordinances, Art. 6 & Art. 8)

Jacksonville
Ethics Commission
Ethics Law (Jacksonville Ordinance Code Ch. 602)

King Conty (WA)
Board of Ethics
King County Code of Ethics

Los Angeles
City Ethics Commission
Ethics law (Govermental Ethics Ordinance; Conflict of Interest Code; City Charter §700-712; Admin. Code §24.1.1, 24.1.2)

Miami-Dade County
Commission on Ethics and Public Trust

Philadelphia
Board of Ethics
Ethics law

San Francisco
Ethics Commission
Ethics law (Charter § 15.100-15.107; Campaign & Governmental Conduct Code, Art. III)

Seattle
Ethics & Elections Commission
Ethics law (Municipal Code Ch. 4.16)

International

Anti-Corruption Gateway for Europe and Eurasia
An Anti-Corruption Gateway for Europe and Eurasia.

Canadian Ethics Laws

EthicsWorld

Europe and Eurasia

IFES

Transparency International

Freedominfo.org

United Nations

Global Integrity

Council of Europe (GRECO)

World Bank

Ethics Organizations

Council on Governmental Ethics Laws
(Non-profit) - Umbrella organization of government ethics agencies in the U.S. and Canada

National Conference of State Legistlatures

Center for Public Integrity

Ethics Resource Center

CREW

Sunlight Foundation

 



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