Ethics Essentials in the Municipal Sector
By Tim Duhamel
A 2-part ethics webinar series that provides a comprehensive review and understanding of ethics in the municipal world.
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Course Content
- The definition and basic understanding of ethics; the role of ethics in the municipal workplace
- Seeing the big picture – understanding ethics at the highest level related to municipal government
- Environmental forces and stakeholders
- Good municipal business means good ethics – link municipal business activity to ethical practices
- Levels of ethical reasoning and moral decision making; how to lead by example
- Ethical dilemmas and problem solving
- Accounting and finance professionals and managers as stakeholders
- Ethics and your team – foster an environment of ethical behavior developing a culture of positive behavior
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- The definition and basic understanding of ethics; the role of ethics in the municipal workplace
- Seeing the big picture – understanding ethics at the highest level related to municipal government
- Environmental forces and stakeholders
- Good municipal business means good ethics – link municipal business activity to ethical practices
- Levels of ethical reasoning and moral decision making and how to lead by example
- Ethical dilemmas and problem solving
- Accounting and finance professionals and managers as stakeholders
- Ethics and your team – foster an environment of ethical behavior developing a culture of positive behavior
Course Info
Price:$150.00
PD Credits: 4
Category: Leadership/Management
Day 1
Updated: Oct 28, 2020
Duration: 2:05:40
Day 2
Date:Oct 29, 2020
Duration: 2:08:21
Course Synopsis
Bloom Ethics Essentials – GFOA
Course Synopsis
Bloom Ethics Essentials – CAGFO
Course Info – On Demand
Regular Price:$250.00
Special Reduced Price:FREE
PD Credits: 4
Category: Leadership/Management
Day 1
Updated: Nov 29, 2021
Duration: 2:07:28
Day 2
Date:Nov 30, 2021
Duration: 2:02:14
Course Synopsis
Bloom – Ethics Essentials
Course Info
Price:$150.00
PD Credits: 4
Category: Leadership/Management
October 9 & 10, 2019
Day 1
Updated: Oct 9, 2019
Duration: 2:00:26
Day 2
Updated: Oct 10, 2019
Duration: 1:59:57
Course Synopsis
Municipal Ethics
October 28 & 29, 2020
Day 1
Updated: Oct 28, 2020
Duration: 2:05:40
Day 2
Updated: Oct 29, 2020
Duration: 2:08:21
Course Synopsis
Bloom Ethics Essentials – GFOA
Course Synopsis
Bloom Ethics Essentials – CAGFO
About the Author
Tim Duhamel is the founder and President of Bloom Centre of
Municipal Education.
He is a municipal veteran whose career has spanned over 21 years.
His passion is creating educational material and conducting lectures for municipal professionals. He has lectured as far away as Kiev, Ukraine for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.
About the Author
Stephanie Porter is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) and
external auditor with Metrix Group LLP.
She has a passion for education and is a course developer and instructor for the University of Alberta in addition to her work at Bloom.
She is the lead Associate of curriculum development and instruction for Bloom’s reporting and audit stream.
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Tim Duhamel is the founder and President of Bloom Centre of Municipal Education.
He is a municipal veteran whose career has spanned over 21 years.
His passion is creating educational material and conducting lectures for municipal professionals. He has lectured as far away as Kiev, Ukraine for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.
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Tim Duhamel is the founder and President of Bloom Centre of Municipal Education.
He is a municipal veteran whose career has spanned over 21 years.
His passion is creating educational material and conducting lectures for municipal professionals. He has lectured as far away as Kiev, Ukraine for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.
Stephanie Porter is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) and external auditor with Metrix Group LLP.
She has a passion for education and is a course developer and instructor for the University of Alberta in addition to her work at Bloom.
She is the lead Associate of curriculum development and instruction for Bloom’s reporting and audit stream.
About the Author
Tim Duhamel is the founder and President of Bloom Centre of Municipal Education.
He is a municipal veteran whose career has spanned over 21 years.
His passion is creating educational material and conducting lectures for municipal professionals. He has lectured as far away as Kiev, Ukraine for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.
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Course Description
Day 1 – The meaning of ethics and the role of ethics in the municipal workplace, understand ethics at the highest level related to municipal government, key environmental influencers and stakeholders and how they interact and influence ethical decision making for municipalities, and how to link municipal business activity to ethical practices.
Day 2 – How ethics play a role in municipal leadership and how to lead by example, case studies of ethical dilemmas in municipal government will be reviewed and examples of ethical problem solving will be covered, accounting and finance professionals and managers as stakeholders, and how to foster an environment of ethical behavior developing a culture of positive behaviors.
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Day 1 – The meaning of ethics and the role of ethics in the municipal workplace, understand ethics at the highest level related to municipal government, key environmental influencers and stakeholders and how they interact and influence ethical decision making for municipalities, and how to link municipal business activity to ethical practices.
Day 2 – How ethics play a role in municipal leadership and how to lead by example, case studies of ethical dilemmas in municipal government will be reviewed and examples of ethical problem solving will be covered, accounting and finance professionals and managers as stakeholders, and how to foster an environment of ethical behavior developing a culture of positive behaviors.
Learning Outcomes
Learn the meaning of ethics and the role of ethics in the municipal workplace
Seeing the big picture – understand ethics at the highest level related to municipal government
Learn about key environmental influencers and stakeholders, and how they interact and influence ethical decision making for municipalities
Learn how to link municipal business activity to ethical practices
Learn how ethics play a role in municipal leadership and how to lead by example
Case studies of ethical dilemmas in municipal government will be reviewed and examples of ethical problem solving will be covered
Accounting and finance professionals and managers as stakeholders
Learn how to foster an environment of ethical behavior developing a culture of positive behaviors
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Learn the meaning of ethics and the role of ethics in the municipal workplace
Seeing the big picture – understand ethics at the highest level related to municipal government
Learn about key environmental influencers and stakeholders, and how they interact and influence ethical decision making for municipalities
Learn how to link municipal business activity to ethical practices
Learn how ethics play a role in municipal leadership and how to lead by example
Case studies of ethical dilemmas in municipal government will be reviewed and examples of ethical problem solving will be covered
Accounting and finance professionals and managers as stakeholders
Learn how to foster an environment of ethical behavior developing a culture of positive behaviors
Who Should Attend?
Any municipal financial professionals and senior executives from small, medium, or large municipalities.
Elected officials, CAO’s, planners, and finance officers will benefit from having a fundamental understanding of ethics in the municipal sector.
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Any municipal financial professionals and senior executives from small, medium, or large municipalities.
Elected officials, CAO’s, planners, and finance officers will benefit from having a fundamental understanding of ethics in the municipal sector.
BLOOM can customize courses for your needs.
Some topics include:
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- Municipal risk and opportunity reviews
- Financial condition assessments
- Budget process reviews and development
- Priority based budgeting
- Program and service costing
- Operating budget forecasting and financial solution development
- Asset management
- Capital budget development and prioritization
- Capital plan development and prioritization
- Capital plan funding strategies (debt, grants, reserves, operating budget)
- Long term financial plan development
- Municipal price inflation (MPI) development
- User fee and permit reviews
- Development levy plans
- Grant research and application support
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- Strategic plan facilitation and development
- Business plan facilitation and development
- Situational consulting and strategy development
- Facility project plans and feasibility studies
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- CAO mentorship and education
- Finance officer mentorship and education
- Council orientation and education
- Environmental education
- Communication and writing mentorship
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- Project plans
- Change management plans and facilitation
- Services reviews
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- Representation and negotiations
- Intermunicipal agreement reviews, frameworks and facilitation
- Intermunicipal negotiations
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- Communication plans and strategies
- Facility sponsorship packages
- Narrative process development (budgets, strategic plans, business plans)
- Business plan writing
- Budget communication support
- Media releases
- Media strategy
- Newsletter development
- Public survey development
- Business case development
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- Environmental education
- Environmental communication plans and strategies
- Climate change adaptation plan development
- Environmental strategic planning
- Environmental grant research and support