Ethics Officer Jacksonville has a strong commitment to ethics in city government. Ethics is defined as the study of the general nature of morals and moral choices to be made by the individual in his or her relationships with others.
Ethics is more than the avoidance of criminal behavior.
It is a commitment for public servants to take individual responsibility in creating a government that has the trust and respect of its citizens. This code was proposed by the Mayor's office and endorsed by the Jacksonville Ethics Commission. The Ethics Code establishes, for the first time, aspirational goals for the conduct of city employees. It establishes proactive goals for the development of ethics in city government. Therefore, the concept is not just avoidance of criminal behavior but the creation of a government that has the trust and respect of its citizens.