U.S. Office of Government Ethics
1201 New York Avenue, NW.
Suite 500
Washington, DC  20005-3917


                             	February 23, 2005
                              DT-05-003


MEMORANDUM

TO:         Designated Agency Ethics Officials

FROM:       Carolyn W. Chapman
	    	Associate Director for Education

SUBJECT:    Employee Training Video


	The Office of Government Ethics (OGE) is pleased
to announce its newest training video for
employees entitled Get Advice or Pay the Price.
OGE is shipping each designated agency ethics
official a free, complimentary, closed-captioned
copy of the video.  Please feel free to make as
many additional copies as you need.  A description
of the video appears below.

	Get Advice or Pay the Price (2005).   Have you
ever had an employee who tried to do the right
thing and have that very thing be wrong – so wrong
that he violated the ethics rules?  Sometimes good
intentions can get employees into trouble.  This
7-minute video shows how an employee ended up
being investigated by the Inspector General’s
office even though his actions saved the
government money.  The video challenges employees
to recognize some warning signs of unethical
behavior and reminds them to seek ethics advice if
they need help sorting through a situation.
Designed to be shown as part of an instructor-led
annual ethics training session, viewers get a
chance to discuss the facts of this case as the
situation unfolds.

	If you have any questions or concerns regarding
the video, please contact Kaneisha Cunningham at
ktcunnin@oge.gov.