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Terry L. Price's new book, <i>Understanding Ethical Failures in Leadership</i> (Cambridge University Press, 2006), provoked in me a great deal of thinking about what is behind the ethical failures of elected and appointed municipal officials. I will be talking in terms of officials, but Price speaks only in terms of leaders in general, with an emphasis on governmental leaders.

<H2>Creating ethics code takes time, expert says</H2>
<P>Carla Miller, an ethics officer for Jacksonville, Fla., and a former federal prosecutor, tells city officials, "You are in the upper echelon because you are at least struggling with it."</P>
<P>01:00 AM EDT on Friday, May 19, 2006</p>
<P><B>BY CATHLEEN F. CROWLEY<BR>Journal
Staff Writer</B></P>

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<h1>COGEL Task Force -- Local and Municipal Ethics Initiatives</h1>
<h3>Members</h3>
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<strong>CHAIR</strong>: Carla Miller, Ethics Officer, City of Jacksonville, Florida
<strong>VICE-CHAIR</strong>: John Steiner, Austin, TX Ethics Commission
<strong>Mark Davies</strong>, New York City Conflict of Interest Board
<strong>Helen Valkavich</strong>, City of San Antonio, TX
<strong>Robert Meyers</strong>, Miami/Dade Ethics Commission