Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Cotton, David L

Titel

The New 2018 Ethics Handbook: What Every AGA Member and CGFM Needs to Know

Ist Teil von

• The journal of government financial management, 2019-07, Vol.68 (2), p.52-54

Ort / Verlag

Alexandria: Association of Government Accountants

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Quelle

Business Source Ultimate

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Retention of Records Certainly, every AGA member and every CGFM is expected to have a working knowledge of Part I. The details of Part II are probably only of interest to members who are considering or are already involved in volunteering on AGA's Professional Ethics Board (PEB). Because PEB service requires a fair amount of effort, it should not be undertaken without a full understanding of the commitment and expectations required. The 2018 Handbook also stipulates that AGA may publicize any disciplinary actions taken. [...]the 2018 Handbook was issued, a hearing panel would review any conclusion in an ethics investigation to sanction a member, either by suspension or termination of membership and/or CGFM certificate. Decisions of the PEB are final." Since the hearing panel effectively duplicated an investigation already performed by the PEB, and since the PEB could overrule the hearing panel's decisions, AGA concluded that the hearing panel process was not beneficial. [...]the 2018 Handbook no longer contains hearing panel procedures (Part VI of the old Handbook) or suggested hearing panel procedures (Appendix A of the old Handbook).