March 31

Forum

"Partnering Between The Public and Private Sector for Good Government: Can We Restore Trust by Ethics Reform?"
 
A forum at Prudential Dryden Hall in Newark, sponsored by Rutgers Business School - Newark and New Brunswick, featured:

Welcomes by Oliver Quinn, Chief Ethics Officer of Prudential and Wayne Eastman, Acting Director, Prudential Business Ethics Center at Rutgers
 
Lecture by Paula A. Franzese, ESQ., Peter W. Roding Professor of Law at Seton Hall University and Chair of the State Ethics Commission
 
Respondents:
Ray Bramucci, former NJ Labor Commissioner
William Kearns, General Counsel, NJ League of Municipalities
Elizabeth Mason, President, NJ Foundation for Open Government
 
Moderator: Ingrid Reed, Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers
 
Discussion with questions and comments from an audience of 200 included topics such as the status of pay-to-play and campaign finance reform, the need for eliminating dual office holding, responsibilities of citizens, a redefinition of public service, and the renewal of ethical values for good government and family and business life.