Blog Posts on Ethics Commission Independence
For Independence Day, here's a blog post that pulls together all
past blog posts on ethics commission independence. EC independence is
essential to an effective and respected ethics program, and yet a small
minority of ECs are truly independent. Those individuals seeking to
make their city or county's EC independent or to set up an independent
EC need all the ammunition they can get. That is, they need to know
what the options are, what the advantages are, and how ineffective and
unrespected non-independent ethics advice and enforcement are. The
posts are roughly in chronological order, starting with the most recent
posts.<br>
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<a href="http://www.cityethics.org/content/ec-selection-nonpartisanship-and-inde…; target="”_blank”">EC Selection: Nonpartisanship and Independence</a><br>
<a href="http://www.cityethics.org/content/guaranteeing-ethics-commissions-budge…; target="”_blank”">
Guaranteeing an EC's Budget</a><br>
<a href="http://www.cityethics.org/content/miscellany-20" target="”_blank”">Electing EC
Members</a><br>
<a href="http://www.cityethics.org/content/miscellany-19" target="”_blank”">EC
Independence Is More Than What's on Paper</a><br>
<a href="http://www.cityethics.org/content/bellevue-council-cant-get-grip-ethics…; target="”_blank”">Bellevue
Council Can't Get a Grip on an Ethics Investigation</a><br>
<a href="http://www.cityethics.org/content/independence-ethics-administration-sh…; target="”_blank”">Independence
of Ethics Administration Should Trump Independence of Agencies and
Districts</a><br>
<a href="http://www.cityethics.org/content/regional-ethics-commissions-interloca…; target="”_blank”">Regional
ECs via Interlocal Cooperation Agreements</a><br>
<a href="http://www.cityethics.org/content/one-commissioner-two-conflicts-and-no…; target="”_blank”">One
Commissioner, Two Conflicts, and No Ethics Program in Moore County, NC</a><br>
<a href="http://www.cityethics.org/content/council-controlled-ethics-process-can…; target="”_blank”">A
Council-Controlled Ethics Process Can Be a Real Battleground</a><br>
<a href="http://www.cityethics.org/content/centralized-vs-disbursed-ethics-progr…; target="”_blank”">Centralized
vs. Disbursed Ethics Programs</a><br>
<a href="http://www.cityethics.org/node/694" target="”_blank”">The Need for an
Independent Ethics Commission in San Bernardino County</a><br>
<a href="http://www.cityethics.org/content/opposition-independent-ethics-enforce…; target="”_blank”">Opposition
to Independent Ethics Enforcement in Washington Will Echo Locally</a><span><br>
</span><a href="http://www.cityethics.org/content/fort-worth-council-mayor-and-city-att…; target="”_blank”">The
Fort Worth Council, Mayor, and City Attorney Deal Irresponsibly With a
Conflict Situation</a><br>
<a href="http://www.cityethics.org/content/solution-problems-local-government-at…; target="”_blank”">A
Solution to the Problems of Local Government Attorney Ethics Advice</a><br>
<a href="http://www.cityethics.org/content/cincinnati-situation-vii-who-should-a…; target="”_blank”">Cincinnati:
Who Should Administer and Enforce Government Ethics</a><br>
<a href="http://www.cityethics.org/content/moral-clarity-vi-independent-ethics-e…; target="”_blank”">Moral
Clarity: Independent Ethics Enforcement</a><br>
<a href="http://www.cityethics.org/content/ec-member-political-activity-and-perc…; target="”_blank”">EC
Member Political Activity and the Perception of Fairness</a><br>
<a href="http://www.cityethics.org/content/independent-offices-vs-independent-et…; target="”_blank”">Independent
Offices vs. Independent Ethics Enforcement in Palm Beach County</a><br>
<a href="http://www.cityethics.org/content/proposal-make-new-york-citys-conflict…; target="”_blank”">A
Proposal to Make NYC's Conflicts of Interest Board More Independent</a><br>
<a href="http://www.cityethics.org/node/770" target="”_blank”">The Selection of EC
Members by Community Organizations</a><br>
<a href="http://www.cityethics.org/content/maricopa-county-2-perjury-charges-eth…; target="”_blank”">Maricopa
County: Officials' Trust in
the Public<br>
</a><a href="http://www.cityethics.org/content/appearance-impropriety-and-citizen-ba…; target="”_blank”">Citizen-Based
ECs</a><span><br>
</span><a href="http://www.cityethics.org/node/227" target="”_blank”">City Attorney's
Advice re Conflicts of Interest: A New California Supreme Court Decision</a><br>
<a href="http://www.cityethics.org/node/768" target="”_blank”">The Need for EC
Independence</a><span><br>
</span><a href="http://www.cityethics.org/node/727" target="”_blank”">Municipal Ethics
Task Force in CT Bows to Town Officials</a><br>
<a href="http://www.cityethics.org/node/744" target="”_blank”">ECs: Independence and
Managing Staff</a><span><br>
</span><a href="http://www.cityethics.org/node/755" target="”_blank”">In Dependence:
Ethics Directors, Their Commissions and Politicians</a><br>
<a href="http://www.cityethics.org/node/462" target="”_blank”">Starving ECs of Resources</a><br>
<a href="http://www.cityethics.org/node/402" target="”_blank”">Parties and the Selection
of EC Members</a><span><br>
</span><a href="http://www.cityethics.org/node/279" target="”_blank”">Who's in Charge? -
An Introduction to Writing and Revising An Ethics Code</a><br>
<a href="http://www.cityethics.org/node/213" target="”_blank”">Clear Air in Manhattan:
Independence of ECs 2</a><br>
<a href="http://www.cityethics.org/node/212" target="”_blank”">Clearing the Air?: The
Independence of ECs</a><br>