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Materials regarding ethical issues

Look to the  Erie County Code of Ethics for the professional ethics required of you as an Erie county employee.

Movies and Books That Address Personal Ethical Issues

Movies

Schindler's list

The Light Between Oceans

The Box

Awakenings

Sophie's Choice

The Help

The Social Dilemma

Philadelphia

The Absence of Eden

Patch of Blue

Loving

To Kill Mockingbird 

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Non-Fiction

ETHICS IN THE REAL WORLD by Peter Singer

THE POWER OF ETHICS by Susan Liautud

ETHICS FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE PROFESSIONAL, 2nd Edition by Aric W. Dutelle/ Randy S. Taylor

MORTAL QUESTIONS by Thomas Nagel

REASONS AND PERSONS by Derek Parfit

THE SCEPTICAL FEMINIST by Janet Radcliffe Richards

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Fiction

REVIVAL SEASON by Monica West

THE STORYTELLER by Jodi Picoult

THE SECRET OF RAVEN POINT by Jennifer Vanderbes

AMNESTY by Aravind Adiga

FALLING by T. J. Newman

OTHER PEOPLE’S CHILDREN by Jeff Hoffmann

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“No responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standards of ethical behavior by those who conduct the public business.

There can be no dissent from the principle that all officials must act with unwavering integrity, absolute impartiality and complete devotion to the public interest.

This principle must be followed not only in reality but in appearance. For the basis of effective government is public confidence, and that confidence is endangered when ethical standards falter or appear to falter.”

-John F. Kennedy

“The time is always right to do what is right ”

-Martin Luther King Jr.