Cherry Hill Fire Department Ethics Policy Created On
3/24/08 Board of Fire Commissioners
We believe working at the Cherry Hill Fire Department is a public trust. The vitality and stability of an organization like ours rely on the public's confidence in the integrity of our members. Whenever the public perceives a conflict between the private interests and the public duties of an appointed government employee or staff personnel in a public organization, that confidence is imperiled.
Ethics and integrity are the cornerstones of the Department's ability to serve the public interest. They are also the cornerstones of developing, earning and maintaining the trust and respect of the citizens of Cherry Hill.
The Cherry Hill Fire Department has the duty both to provide the citizens they serve with standards by which they may determine whether public duties are being performed and to apprise their employees and members of the behavior which is expected of them while conducting their duties.
Our goal is to provide a method of assuring a standard of ethical conduct for the Cherry Hill Fire Department members and employees that is clear, consistent and uniform in its application, and to provide its members and employees with advice and information concerning possible conflicts of interest which might arise in the conduct of their public duties. Further, it requires its members and employees to be independent, impartial, and responsible to the public.
The attached document below will be liberally construed in favor of protecting the public's interest in full disclosure of conflicts of interest and promoting ethical standards of conduct for Department members and employees.
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We believe working at the Cherry Hill Fire Department is a public trust. The vitality and stability of an organization like ours rely on the public's confidence in the integrity of our members. Whenever the public perceives a conflict between the private interests and the public duties of an appointed government employee or staff personnel in a public organization, that confidence is imperiled.