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The EC Appointment Process: Watchdog or Lapdog?
... Update below The only thing worse than stacking ethics commissions with politically active, and apparently loyal, members is ... term of a member who has been a vocal advocate of government ethics, in other words, a thorn in the side of officials who do not follow the ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Local Government Attorneys' Conflict re Conflicts
... in yesterday's Joliet Herald-News , he rejected an ethics complaint regarding village trustees who campaigned against a ... have been the one to reject it. Why? Because he is also the ethics adviser to the village board, and board members had asked him if it was ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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How Massachusetts Handles Favors and Favoritism
... of not following formal processes is a serious government ethics problem, but is often not covered by ethics codes. The Massachusetts Ethics Commission has recently entered ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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EC Members Should Respond Constructively, Not Destructively to Criticism of the EC
... The actions of one member of Kentucky's state legislative ethics commission has undermined the public's view of the EC and of the ... system. This case shows why it is inappropriate for ethics commission members to respond in destructive rather than constructive ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Miscellany
... Rules? According to an article in the Stamford (CT) Advocate last week , Stamford's Board of Representatives voted to ... is usually provided by a waiver process, under the ethics commission's authority (Stamford has an active EC). It is hard to ... include both? One Council Member Can Help Improve an Ethics Program When a city council won't give the city's ethics commission ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Orange County CA Supervisors Again Ignore Grand Jury Recommendations
... in a year, which recommended the creation of a county ethics program "to monitor and enforce campaign finance and reporting and lobbyist reporting laws as well as other ethics laws and policies." The county board of supervisors wants to turn ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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"Perception of Impropriety"
... Glenn H. Reynolds'' The Appearance of Impropriety: How the Ethics Wars Have Undermined American Govt, Business, and Society (Free Press, ... looking how ethical or unethical things appear ('appearance ethics'): on appearances (of conduct and of enforcement) and procedures; ...
donmc - 2006-05-03 11:40 - 1 comment
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Disclosure of Gifts -- Really Just from Companies?
... scenes." Here is the language in the Baltimore ethics code : The [disclosure] statement must include a schedule of ... entity" would have been used. In any event, the ethics code more clearly prohibits accepting such gifts (something the city ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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An Alternative to Punishment
... Body: This is a follow-up to yesterday's blog post on ethics fines. This week, I've been reading Karen Pryor's bible on positive ... first step is to consider what is the goal of government ethics. Do we really just want to get rid of misbehavior, or do we want ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Summer Reading: The Righteous Mind III: The Social Nature of Moral Judgment
... Righteous Mind.jpg Body: The Ethics of Gut Reactions According to Jonathan Haidt's book ... The best way to see how important emotions are to ethics is through people whose emotions are limited, for example, psychopaths ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
