Where: Willis Tower, 233 South Wacker Drive, 33rd Floor, Wacker Room in Chicago,
IL 60606
IDOT Central Office Auditorium, Districts 1-5, District 7-9 and JRTC 6th Floor
Offices.
District 6 and Aeronautics will attend in the IDOT Central Office Auditorium
Ethics in the Workplace is designed to guide and educate employees to the
benefits of making good ethical decisions and the consequences of making bad
decisions
Special guests this year will include members of the Chicago chapter of Tuskegee
Airmen which were highlighted in the recent George Lucas-produced movie Red
Tails.
SPEAKERS:
National Anthem performed by Milas J. Armour III
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VIDEO
Ann L.
Schneider, Secretary, Illinois Department of Transportation -
VIDEO
If you have any further questions please contact the office directly at:
217-558-4617 or Email
DOT.OQCR@Illinois.gov
2012 Ethics In the Workplace
Seminar Speakers
Tuskegee Airmen – DODO Chapter in
Chicago The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African-American military
aviators in the United States armed forces. During World War II,
African Americans in many U.S. states were still subject to the Jim
Crow laws. The American military was racially segregated, as was
much of the federal government. The Tuskegee Airmen were subjected
to racial discrimination, both within and outside the army. Despite
these adversities, they trained and flew with distinction. All black
military pilots who trained in the United States trained at
Tuskegee, including five Haitians.
On 19 March 1941, the 99th Pursuit Squadron was activated at Chanute
Field in Rantoul, Illinois. A cadre of 271 enlisted men were trained
at Chanute in aircraft ground support trades, beginning in July
1941; the skills being taught were so technical that setting up
segregated classes was deemed impossible. This small number of
enlisted men became the core of other black squadrons forming at
Tuskegee and Maxwell Fields in Alabama.
When the pilots of the 332nd Fighter Group painted the tails of
their P-47s and later, P-51s, red, the nickname "Red Tails" was
coined. Bomber crews applied a more effusive "Red-Tail Angels"
sobriquet.
The Tuskegee Airmen compiled the following combat
records:
261 aircraft destroyed
148 aircraft damaged
15,533 sorties
311 missions for the Fifteenth Air Force
179 bomber escort missions
66 KIA
84 killed in training and non-combat missions
95 Distinguished Flying Crosses awarded
450 pilots sent overseas.
Their operational aircraft were, in succession: P-40 Warhawk,
Bell P-39 Airacobra, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and North American
P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft.
Ann Calvaresi Barr, Deputy
Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Transportation
Ms. Calvaresi Barr is the Deputy Inspector General at the U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT). As the Deputy Inspector General,
Ms. Calvaresi Barr is responsible for providing executive level
leadership and direction of Office of Inspector General (OIG) audits
and investigations of transportation-related issues, as well as
oversight of OIG operational support activities.
Ann Calvaresi Barr came to DOT OIG as the Principal Assistant
Inspector General for Auditing and Evaluation. In this position, Ms.
Calvaresi Barr directed and oversaw all audit work on the
Department's air, highway, transit, maritime, and rail programs,
including implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act. She assumed her position in March 2009 after a 25-year career
at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).
At GAO, Ms. Calvaresi Barr served as a Director in the
Acquisition and Sourcing Management Team in Washington, D.C. As a
senior executive at GAO, Ms. Calvaresi Barr was responsible for
directing numerous engagement teams, producing reports and
delivering congressional testimony in the areas of technology
transfer, the defense supplier base and contract management. Ms.
Calvaresi Barr started her GAO career in 1984, working on healthcare
and intergovernmental relations issues. From 1988-1993, she
completed an overseas tour in GAO’s former European office in
Frankfurt, Germany, where she worked largely on defense,
international affairs and national security issues. Prior to her GAO
career, Ann worked for the City of Reading, Pennsylvania, and for
the City Manager of Rockville, Maryland.
Ms. Calvaresi Barr is a graduate of Dickinson College, Carlisle,
PA, where she earned a B.A. in Political Science in 1982. She also
holds a 1984 Master of Public Administration from American
University, Washington, D.C., is a graduate of Harvard’s Kennedy
School of Government Senior Executive Fellows Program, and holds an
MIT fellowship in Foreign Politics, International Relations and the
National Interest.
John Hauser, Special Agent, Federal Bureau
of Investigations John Hauser joined the FBI as a Special Agent in 1998 and in
2001 he was assigned to Public Corruption investigations where he
served as the Case Agent for the Hired Truck investigation, which
began in the fall of 2002 and continued until 2010. A discrete,
single defendant bribery case soon grew into what the Chicago Sun
Times described as possibly "the most significant investigation of
City Hall corruption ever in Chicago." In all, 49 individuals were
charged, including over 20 city employees and officials. In 2008,
Mr. Hauser became an Assistant United States Attorney for the
Northern District of Illinois. While there, he prosecuted various
violent, narcotics, and fraud cases, in addition to a 35-defendant
Eastern European Organized Crime case. In 2010 Mr. Hauser returned
to the FBI and participated in an FBI-led task force investigating
fraud and corruption in Afghanistan. He has recently accepted a
supervisory position in the FBI's Cyber Division. Mr. Hauser
graduated from the University of Illinois, cum laude and Phi Beta
Kappa, with a double degree in Political Science and History. He is
also a cum laude graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School.
Margaret McLean, Chief Ethics Officer,
CH2M Hill
As CH2M HILL Chief Ethics Officer Ms. McLean oversees the ethics and
compliance function for a $6.5B global engineering and construction
company with 30,000 employees in 70+ countries around the world. The
Ethics function includes a comprehensive education, training and
assurance function for enterprise business practices, including
conflicts of interest oversight, domestic and international
anti-corruption programs, multi-lingual 24/7 global hotline program,
ethics concerns investigations and education, the global Ethics
Ambassador program, supply chain ethics management program,
political contributions and gifts & entertainment program, and a
special program focused specifically on the ethics requirements
unique to working for US and other national government clients.
Robert S. Rivkin, General Counsel,
U.S. Department of Transportation
Robert S. Rivkin was sworn in on May 18, 2009 as the 21st General
Counsel of the U.S. Department of Transportation, following
unanimous confirmation of his appointment by the United States
Senate.
Rivkin is counsel to Secretary Ray LaHood and serves as
the Department’s Chief Legal Officer, with authority to resolve all
legal questions concerning the Department’s policies and programs
and its over 55,000 employees and $78 billion budget. Rivkin
oversees the activities of more than 500 lawyers in the Department
and its ten operating administrations, safeguarding the integrity of
the decision making process and promoting compliance with all
applicable laws. He is responsible for the Department’s regulatory
program, including airline consumer protection, its litigation and
enforcement activities, and the preparation of transportation
legislation. In addition to his other duties, in August and
September of 2009, Rivkin directed the $3 billion Cash for Clunkers
(“CARS”) auto rebate program. He is a member of the Administrative
Conference of the United States, the Obama Administration’s
Regulatory Working Group and General Counsel Forum, and the DOT
Credit Council. In 2010, Rivkin received the Secretary’s Gold Medal
Award for Outstanding Achievement.
Before becoming General Counsel, from 2004 to 2009, Rivkin was
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of Aon Corporation, a
Chicago-based global risk management and insurance brokerage firm.
In that capacity, he was responsible for the business counseling,
litigation, regulatory affairs, employment law and government
affairs functions that supported all of Aon’s businesses across the
Americas. From 2001 to 2004, Rivkin served as General Counsel of the
Chicago Transit Authority, America’s second-largest transportation
system, with over 4,000 buses and rail cars serving Chicago and 40
suburbs. Previously, Rivkin practiced law as a partner at the
Chicago law firm now known as Schiff Hardin, L.L.P., served as
Director of Programs and Policy for the City of Chicago’s Law
Department, and prosecuted federal criminal cases as an Assistant
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. Rivkin
also has worked at the British Parliament and at the European
Commission in Brussels, Belgium. He graduated magna cum laude from
Harvard College, received his J.D. from Stanford Law School, where
he was an associate editor of the Stanford Law Review, and clerked
for Judge Joel M. Flaum of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th
Circuit.
Mr. Rivkin previously served on the Transportation Committee and
as a Director of the Chicago-based Metropolitan Planning Council. He
was also a director of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, City Year
Chicago, and Leadership Greater Chicago. Rivkin is a member of the
Chicago Inn of Court, the Economic Club of Chicago, and the Chicago
Council on Global Affairs. He and his wife, Cindy Moelis, have two
daughters (Stephanie and Claire) and a son (Alexander).
Robert Stanek, Special Agent, U.S.
Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General Robert Stanek has been a special agent with the United States
Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General, New York
field office, for over eleven years. During that time, Special Agent Stanek has conducted a wide range of investigations in the areas of
grant fraud, public corruption, and fraud against government. Prior
to joining US DOT/OIG, Special Agent Stanek was employed by the
United States Customs Service for four years as an Inspector and
worked at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.
Special Agent Stanek graduated from St. John's University in 1997,
with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice.
Noel Watson, Chairman of the Board - Jacobs
Engineering Group Inc.
Noel Watson serves as Chairman of the Board of Jacobs Engineering
Group Inc., a technical, professional, and construction services
company. The firm was founded in 1947. Noel was recruited by company
founder, Dr. Joseph Jacobs, in 1960. He left for a few years but
returned in 1965 and has been with the Company ever since. With a
degree in chemical engineering from the University of North Dakota,
Noel’s early focus was mining and minerals processing projects. Over
the years, he’s worked in several locations and in several roles for
the company. First a process engineer and then a project manager, he
assumed
successive senior management positions until ultimately becoming
president in 1987 and CEO in 1992. As CEO, Mr. Watson was
responsible for the Company’s operations. During his tenure,
revenues grew from $1.1 billion to well over $7.0 billion, with a
corresponding increase in profits. In that time, Jacobs’ backlog
grew from $1.8 billion to over $10.0 billion, transforming the
company from a mid-sized construction and professional services
company. In 2004, Noel was elected Chairman of the Board. Today,
Jacobs is one of the world's largest and most diverse providers of
technical, professional, and construction services, with
2009 annual revenues exceeding $11.0 billion.
Dennis M. Wilt, General Counsel - Waste Management
Counsel, Waste Management Dennis Wilt is the Midwest Group Vice President and General
Counsel for Waste Management, Inc. Mr. Wilt is responsible for legal
and compliance matters in twelve Midwestern states in which Waste
Management does approximately $3 billion of business annually. He
began his career at Waste Management in 1990 as Region Vice
President and General Counsel. Mr. Wilt earned his B.A. from Alfred
University and graduated summa cum laude from the University of
Detroit School of Law. With over 45,000 employees serving over 20
million residential, industrial, municipal and commercial customers,
Waste Management is North America’s leading provider of integral
environmental solutions. Waste Management has been recognized by the
Ethisphere Institute, the leading business ethics think-tank, as one
of the 2012 World’s Most Ethical Companies. This is the fifth year
the company has been honored for promoting the highest of ethical
standards.
A.Responsibilities of Agencies, Directors and Employees
1.Reporting of Information
Every state officer or employee in an Agency shall report promptly
to the Inspector General any information concerning waste,
corruption, fraud, conflicts of interest or abuse by another state
officer, employee or vendor relating to his or her employment. The
knowing failure of any officer or employee to so report shall be
cause for discipline, up to and including discharge. The knowing
provision of false information to the Inspector General by any
officer or employee shall be cause for discipline, up to and
including discharge. Any officer or employee who in good faith acts
pursuant to this paragraph by reporting to the Inspector General
improper governmental action shall not be subject to dismissal,
discipline or other adverse personnel action.
2.Duty to Cooperate
a.Each Agency and every officer and employee, shall cooperate with,
and provide assistance to, the Inspector General and her or his
staff in the performance of any investigation. In particular, each
Agency shall make its premises, equipment, personnel, books,
records, and papers readily available to the Inspector General. The
Inspector General or his/her staff may enter upon the premises of
any Agency at any time, without prior announcement, if necessary to
the successful completion of an investigation. In the course of an
investigation, the Inspector General may question any officer or
employee serving in, and any other person transacting business with,
the Agency, and may inspect and copy any books, records, or papers
in the possession of the Agency, including those made confidential
by law, taking care to preserve the confidentiality of information
contained in responses to questions or books, records, or papers
that is made confidential by law.
b.The Inspector General may compel any employee in an Agency to
truthfully answer questions concerning any matter related to the
performance of his or her official duties. If so compelled, no
statement or other evidence derived therefrom may be used against
such employee in any subsequent criminal prosecution other than for
perjury or contempt arising from such testimony. The refusal of any
employee to answer questions if compelled to do so shall be cause
for discipline, up to and including discharge.
Protection from Retaliation
No officer, employee or appointee in any Agency shall retaliate
against, punish, or penalize any person for complaining to,
cooperating with, or assisting the Inspector General in the
performance of her or his duties. Any officer, employee or appointee
who violates this provision shall be subject to disciplinary action,
up to and including discharge.
