Does Montana Have Better Municipal Ethics Training Than It Realizes?

I just ran across this brief article from the Bozeman, Montana Daily Chronicle in which the author rightfully is shocked that a recent study found only 7% of Montana's cities appear to have provided any kind of ethics training to their employees. Is that a horrible problem? Absolutely! The article goes on to describe a variety of employee ethical issues noted recently.

Here is what's far more disturbing to me, though. In many states, that level of ethics training - especially if it is, in fact, well-conceived and delivered - would be a huge step forward. There are many states where ethics training isn't provided to nearly that many folks or, in the alternative, is provided but is so minimal that the likely impact isn't much greater than if no training had been offered at all.

So, readers, please do catch me up. How much ethics training is happening for officials and employees where you live? If there's hard evidence of the amount, please let me know. If it's just your impression, that's fine too - just let me know so I know that there may not be specific data to back your comments up.