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  1. Summer Reading: The Righteous Mind I

    ... from its title, appear to have much value for government ethics. But Haidt's approach to morality, and his look at how people approach ... a lot of food for thought about government ethics, enough to fill nine blog posts. Moral Systems You can see ...

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

  2. Putting Government Officials and Employees into Conflict Situations

    ... with Jeanine DeLay of A2Ethics , an Ann Arbor-based ethics organization, talking openly, honestly, and intelligently about some local government ethics situations. The two situations he spoke about are situations that are ...

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

  3. A Miscellany

    ... in the Hartford Courant this week , a Newington, CT mayoral candidate, and council minority leader, who has made ethics allegations against the incumbent mayor has chosen not to file an ethics complaint because, she says, two of the four members of the ...

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

  4. Most Popular Blog Posts of 2008-2009

    ... hits. The Three Lies of Government Ethics An In-Depth Look at Unethical Leadership Government Ethics and the Clash Between Rules-Based and Ends-Based Ethical Approaches ...

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

  5. Logical Fallacies VI - The Slippery Slope

    ... actually will happen. It is true that no government ethics rule will totally prevent circumvention. But all government ethics professionals can accept this fact. One reason is that they understand ...

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

  6. List of Best Practices

    ... The greatly improved and expanded second edition of City Ethics' resource book Local Government Ethics Programs will be up on the City Ethics website this weekend. See ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2013-06-21 14:06 - 0 comments

  7. Carla Miller interviewed in Harvard Safra Center Podcast

    ... for a labcast recently. Here's the description from the Ethics Lab website: Can independent and local government ethics ... You can listen to it two easy ways: http://www.ethics.harvard.edu/lab/tools/378-podcasts -- this is the landing page for ...

    donmc - 2015-04-08 20:41 - 0 comments

  8. Quote of the Day

    Body:  “[With respect to ethics,] I always say the law is the floor, not the ceiling.” —Judy Nadler, senior fellow in government ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, and author of the Her Honor blog , quoted ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2012-09-23 08:52 - 0 comments

  9. Complicity Provisions: Dealing Responsibly with Conflicts

    ... problem that does not apply to him personally? Few ethics codes contain complicity provisions that deal with this problem. The ... in today's Connecticut Post , in Stratford, CT (not far from where I live), the fire chief has been accused of appointing ...

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

  10. Handling an Indefinite Conflict Before It Becomes Definite

    ... her council position. This seems extreme. In fact, the state ethics commission told the executive director that all she'd have to do is ... contract-oriented conflicts occur. Section 2-514(a) of its ethics code makes a violation of the contract provision "grounds for recall." ...

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

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