Despite the many differences between corporate and government ethics,
sometimes the corporate ethics world has a lot to teach the government
ethics world, especially considering that corporate ethics has a zillion times
the personnel and budget to work with.<br>
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One example of this appears in <a href="http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/03/talking_about_ethics_how_we.html&quot; target="”_blank”">a
<i>Harvard

On February 10, 2008, Bobby Jindal, the newly elected governor of
Louisiana, said in <a href="http://www.gov.louisiana.gov/index.cfm?md=newsroom&tmp=detail&catID=3&a…; target="”_blank”">a
big speech</a>:<ul>

Cook County assessor Joseph Berrios is becoming a regular character in
this blog (see below for prior posts on him). This time he is declaring
unconstitutional a law passed by the county to limit his fundraising
from lawyers who appeal property tax assessments. And he has the

I had a conversation with a developer the other day, which got me
thinking in what I think are interesting ways about unwritten land use rules.<br>
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I don't usually turn over an entire blog post to someone else, although I would like very much to do it. <a href="http://www.timesleader.com/golackawanna/people/Kavulich_legislation_on_…; target="”_blank”">This
letter

<b>Let's Not Drink to It</b><br>
Yes, it has happened. Local government ethics has been compared to
Prohibition.<br>
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According to <a href="http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x945638644/Ashland-selectmen-see…; target="”_blank”">an
article in the Metro West <i>Daily News</i> on Friday</a>, the Ashland (MA)
board of selectmen sent two reported allegations of possible acts of ethical
misconduct to the state ethics
commission. The request sought not enforcement, but clarification. I hope by

Here's a curiosity relating to local official legislative immunity.
According to <a href="http://statehousenewsonline.com/2011/02/25/legislators-sponsor-unusual-…; target="”_blank”">an
article in statehousenewsonline.com on Friday</a>, Virginia state

<b>Conflicting Employment Is Nothing to Rave About</b><br>
Some forms of conflicting employment are wrong to the extent that the
only way to handle the conflict responsibly is to resign from one of
the jobs. If this is not done, even a minor conflict can be very
damaging, especially when there are already other problems. This is the
case with an administrator at the Los Angeles Coliseum who worked on
the side as a consultant for a company that annually produced a rave at
the Coliseum.<br>
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It's nice to see conflicts of interest being opposed by political party
leaders, but not when they're taken out of context. The opposition this week
has been limited to public sector unions. The conflict involves
public sector unions making contributions to candidates who will be in
a position to deal with union compensation.<br>
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