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1. The Perils of Prohibiting Officials from Having Conflicts of Interest

   ... the most frequent mistakes in the drafting of a government ethics code is prohibiting officials from having conflicts of interest. ... who can be an official, turns officials against government ethics, and prevents the open discussion of ethics issues. Officials ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

2. Officials Accepting Tickets to Events Where They Have a Ceremonial Function

   ... is one of those terms that is found in many local government ethics codes (but not the City Ethics Model Code ). However, it is rarely defined except, occasionally, in ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

3. The Lucifer Effect II — Situational Forces

   ... Effect applies the situational approach to government ethics programs, and looks at the situational forces at play with respect to ... of those who are responsible for the preservation of a poor ethics environment to keep an ethics program focused on individuals. This ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

4. Cases from the Salkin Roundup I

   ... roundup of what's been happening recently in the ethics of land use . Her focus is on cases that have gone to court. I will be ... Such a conflict would be unlikely to be dealt with in an ethics code, but there could be situations where it would be best for an ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

5. Local IG Makes Charges About Campaign Treasurer Acting As Auditor

   ... New Orleans' Inspector General, who works for the city's ethics board, sent off two letters relating to the auditor for the Orleans ... sheriff's office. One letter was sent to the state's ethics board , which has jurisdiction over local officials, requesting that it ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

6. Voting For or Against Is Not the Question; Independence Is the Answer

   ... What is odd is to see this position taken by an ethics commission. This is what happened in a June 14 advisory opinion from the Mississippi Ethics Commission . The situation was that six state legislators worked for ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

7. In NJ, Large Campaign Contributors Have a Conflicted Relationship

   ... rule. In fact, it is not a law, but a rule of the state ethics commission, and it only applies to state officials. §19:61-7.4(c) ... goes straight to why campaign finance is part of government ethics:  it's really about conflicts of interest. Beyond disclosure, campaign ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

8. Allegations Based on Unenforceably Vague Standards

   ... in the Washington Post last week describes an operatic ethics matter, with several twists and complications, with dramatic cries of ... issues. Benefiting a Business Associate The D.C. ethics code has one of the broadest basic conflict of interest provisions, with ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

9. A Miscellany

   Body:  Electing EC Members Is electing an ethics commission a good idea? I had never heard of an elected EC until this ... analyst is calling for the formation of an ethics board consisting of non-parliamentary members to handle the house of representatives' ethics matters. “We need an Ethics Board with strong authority whose ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

10. Municipal Governments Can Grow Up, Too

    ... essay “The Ethical Professional,” which appears in The Ethics Edge , ed. Jonathan P. West and Evan M. Berman (ICMA Press, 2006). ... in Public Management (Jossey-Bass, 1991) and Teaching Ethics and Values in Public Administration Programs (SUNY Press, 1998), takes ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2008-01-11 16:39 - 0 comments

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