April 2010 Newsletter
Upcoming Events
July 2010
Please plan to attend our May luncheon. Luncheon tickets will be available for purchase beginning on Monday, April 26th.
Topic: Installation of Officers and Member Open Forum
**Please join us to see the installation of Officers, hear from each committee chair about upcoming events and learn how you can get more involved. Members are encouraged to attend and discuss how the chapter can better serve your professional needs**
Date: Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
Time: 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Location: TAT Ristorante Di Famiglia (1210 South James Road, 43227)
Menu: Choose one – Baked Lasagna, Beef or Cheese Manicotti, or Fettuccini Alfredo. Each entrée comes with a side salad. Soft drinks or iced tea will also be provided. You must choose your entrée at the time you purchase your ticket.
Member Price: $9.00
Non-Member Price: $15.00
Note: Please contact Jessica Carse (3-9607) or Jennifer Hurles (3-0990) if you should have any questions or special dietary needs. Also, luncheon tickets are non-refundable.
Tickets can be purchased from Monday, April 26th until noon on Monday, May 3rd from:
BLDG 21:
Jessica Carse (693-9607, cube 6C-268)
Barb Bail (693-0657, cube 2C-284A)
Joyce Maleski (693-1334, cube 6A-270)
BLDG 10:
Jennifer Hurles (693-0990, Building 10, Section 10-cube 57)
AGA, in conjunction with the National Association of State Auditors,
Comptrollers and Treasurers (NASACT) and the Association of Local
Government Auditors (ALGA), is pleased to announce a new and
increasingly important topic to our audio conference schedule – cases of ethical lapses.
During this audio conference, the presenter will recount some recent
ethical lapses in government and examine the causes and effects. By
examining a series of ethical lapses, we find that a pattern emerges.
That pattern allows us to think about this question: What is it in the
culture of an agency that allows obvious ethical breaches to occur and
continue? Once we understand the culture, we can think about putting the detection methods, as well as antidotes, in place.
The compliance training, the codes, and all those easily measurable
components of ethical culture may not tell the full story. Without the
full story, we can never be sure that we are catching all those gradual
slips. The full story requires consideration of factors that are not
easily placed into dashboard measures. The presenter takes a look at
some of the faint signals which appear long before the ethical troubles emerge.
To share her expertise in ethical behavior and its ramifications is Marianne M. Jennings, JD, Professor in the Department of Management in the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University (ASU). At ASU, Marianne teaches graduate courses in the MBA program in business ethics and the legal environment of business. Professor Jennings has authored hundreds of articles and has six textbooks and monographs in circulation.
Marianne’s latest book, The Seven Signs of Ethical Collapse, was published by St. Martin’s Press in July 2006. She has conducted more than 300 workshops and seminars in the areas of business, personal, government, legal, academic and professional ethics. Among her many awards and honors, Marianne was inducted into the AGA Speakers’ Hall of Fame and also received a writers’ award for best article in AGA’s Journal of Government Financial Management.
Please join us for two hours of lively discussion about this important and timely topic. In addition to the speaker’s commentary, there will be approximately 20 minutes for Q & A so that the participants can ask the speaker questions and share their own experiences.
Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Time: 2 – 3:50 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)
Location: DFAS Columbus
Building 21
Conference Room – C138
CPE: Two credits
Cost: FREE to members, $25 for non-members
Please RSVP to Gene Petropavlovskiy at gennadiy.petropavlovskiy@dfas.mil