Despite new CPS scandal, governments reluctant to establish
zero-tolerance policy
By Joel Hood, Chicago Tribune reporter
Concerned over a rash of ethics violations by city employees in 2010,
Inspector General Joseph Ferguson urged Mayor Richard M. Daley to
implement a citywide ban on gifts from businesses who contract with
the government.
The city's Board of Ethics quickly rejected the idea, saying that
while a zero-tolerance gift ban might make sense for some departments,
