Nevada Center for Public Ethics

NCPE Town Hall Meeting

Join us on June 28, 2008 for the Third NCPE Town Hall Meeting.

NCPE in the News: 2008

"Given $50,000 He Decides to Run" (Las Vegas Sun)

Acting President Julie Tousa on Jon Ralston's "Face to Face: Ethics Complaint"

Meet the Acting President of NCPE, Julie Tousa

"New Watchdog of Public Ethics Continues Enforcing Vital Unwritten Law" (Las Vegas Review Journal)

"Partying Away As Taxpayers Pay and Pay" (Las Vegas Sun)

Ethics Legislation 2007

NCPE at the 2007 Nevada State Legislature: Summary and Details

"Article 6 Commission" to study and recommend improvements in the Nevada judiciary
See Dr. Craig Walton's summary of May Meeting

NCPE statement about the danger of big donors contributing to Supreme Court justice election campaigns.

Judicial Ethics & the Complaint Processes

Craig Walton's letter, to the Las Vegas Business Journal in favor of the new plan for judicial selection

Candidate Pledge

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Email NCPE Treasurer

NCPE Townhall

Please Note! Due to the Special Session of the Nevada Legislature, the Town Hall Scheduled for Saturday, June 28, 2008, has been postponed.

We hope to reschedule the event for a time convenient to our panelists from the Nevada State Legislature.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Who we are

The NCPE is a non-partisan, non-profit center for research, education and recommendation in the field of public ethics. It seeks and will publish studies and confirmed information concerning good and bad uses of the public’s trust. Where an act or an existing standard of practice is honest, NCPE will develop ways to recognize and praise the persons and units involved.

The Nevada Center for Public Ethics (NCPE) will bring together former public officials, educators and scholars, the legal community, business leaders, clergy, policy experts and concerned citizens, in order to share ideas and provide information concerning high standards of ethics in Nevada’s public sphere generally, and particularly with respect to appointed and elected government officials at all levels. Influences brought to bear on public officials will also be considered as coming within the sphere of public ethics.

What we do

To Research public and governmental ethics issues through comparative analysis, from the perspectives of law, public administration, public policy, philosophy, and political science, through citizen feedback and comparisons of Nevada law and standards with those prevailing in other jurisdictions, with a view to improving law, regulations, procedures and norms in Nevada.

To Educate elected and appointed government officers and the general public about standards and procedures needed to preserve and protect integrity at every level of government in the State of Nevada, and to promote channels for active citizenship, as the Organization and its membership deem necessary.

To Advocate improvements in the moral culture of public service, both in statutes, legislation, and regulations, as well as by making recommendations for improvement in the standards of practice and accepted norms of public service, as the Organization and its membership deem necessary.

What is 'Public Ethics'?
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About NCPE

Mission

Principles of Public Ethics

Organizing Principles of the Nevada Center for Public Ethics

Organization

Committee Structure