Ethics & Professional Conduct
Public Officials / Employees
- Agencies / Organizations
- Wisconsin
- WI Ethics Commission
Administers Wisconsin's ethics code & lobbying law and investigates possible violations. - WI Legislative Audit Bureau
Assists Legislature in maintaining oversight of state operations.
- WI Ethics Commission
- Federal
- Ethics Data.gov
Provides access to lobbying disclosures, campaign finance information, and White House visitor records. - U.S. House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct
- U.S. Office of Government Ethics
Works to prevent conflict of interest on the part of executive branch employees and to resolve such conflicts. Offers information and U.S. Code citations regarding common ethics issues. - U.S. Office of Special Counsel
An independent federal investigative and prosecutorial agency. Protects federal employees and applicants from prohibited personnel practices.- Political Activity (Hatch Act)
Restrictions on political activity by federal government employees, and by employees of certain state and local government agencies.
- Political Activity (Hatch Act)
- U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics
- Ethics Data.gov
- Wisconsin
- Complaints
- File a Complaint on a State or Local Official (WI Ethics Commission)
- Fraud, Waste, and Mismanagement Hotline (WI Legislative Audit Bureau)
- U.S. Office of Special Counsel
- Wisconsin Attorneys
- Fee Arbitration Program (State Bar of Wisconsin)
"Alternative to litigation for lawyers and clients who are unable to agree upon a fee charged for legal services."
- Fee Arbitration Program (State Bar of Wisconsin)
- Forms
- Notice of Injury and Claim (WI Dept. of Justice)
Claims against state employees for injury, damage or death.
- Notice of Injury and Claim (WI Dept. of Justice)
- Oaths of Office
- Oaths Database (WI Secretary of State)
Oaths and bond filings for certain state officials from 1968. - WI Constitution. Art. 4, Sec. 28 "Oath of Office"
- WI Statutes: ch. 19, subchapter 1 "Official Oaths and Bonds"
- WI Statutes: s. 60.31 "Towns: Official Oath and Bond"
- WI Statutes: s. 755.03 "Municipal Court: Oath and Bond"
- WI Statutes: s. 757.02 "Justices and Judges and Municipal Judges; Oath of Office"
- Oaths Database (WI Secretary of State)
- Rules / Standards of Conduct / Ethics
- Wisconsin
- Ethics, Lobbying, Elections, and Campaign Finance - Briefing Book (WI Legislative Council)
- Standards of Conduct (WI Ethics Commission)
Covers state and local officials. Provides numerous guidelines under the categories: Standards of Conduct for Public Officials and Officials' Receipt of Food, Drink, Favors, Services, etc. - Ethics opinions (State Bar of Wisconsin)
- Pecuniary Interest FAQs (League of WI Municipalities)
- Federal
- Laws and Regulations (U.S. Office of Government Ethics)
Includes: Compilation of Federal Ethics Laws, executive orders, federal register issuances, agency supplemental standards, etc.
- Laws and Regulations (U.S. Office of Government Ethics)
- Wisconsin
The Law (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)
- WI Statutes: ch. 19 "General Duties of Public Officials"
- U.S. Code: 5 U.S.C. 7351-7353 "Gifts to Superiors, Excessive and Habitual Use of Intoxicants, Gifts to Federal Employees"
- U.S. Code: 5 U.S.C. 1501-1508 "Political Activity of Certain State and Local Employees"
- U.S. Code: 5 U.S.C. 2301 "Merit System Principles"
- U.S. Code: 5 U.S.C. 7321-7326 "Political Activities"
Search for more statutes, regulations & opinions.
Professions
- Wisconsin
- WI Dept. of Safety & Professional Services Boards, Committees, & Councils
Includes rules, etc. governing business and health professions. - Ethics Codes Collection
- WI Dept. of Safety & Professional Services Boards, Committees, & Councils
Related Topics
Law Review Articles
- Duties Owed to Vanished Client
82 Wis Lawyer 6 (June 2009) - Ethics and conflict of interest
The Municipality, Feb 2012