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1. Ethical Behavior As a Team Endeavor

   ... to say that politics is a team sport, like football, while ethics is an individual sport, like tennis. But this simply isn't true. Both ... from the way the team aspect of politics works on personal ethics, including the way compromising one's personal ethics over time tends to ...

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

2. High-Level Officials and Agencies Where Their Family Members Work

   ... where a family member works. This is, as the council and ethics board have agreed, too strong a prohibition. There's an important ... way it is, and require officials to seek a waiver from the ethics board relating either to each family member in the government or, where ...

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

3. Maricopa County 1 - Local Government Association Officer-Campaign Contributions

   ... NPR station KJZZ yesterday, to provide a government ethics view on issues relating to the latest battle in the uncivil war among ... Of course, if there are good gift provisions in the county ethics law, such contributions from those doing business with the county would ...

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

4. A Miscellany

   ... Good Discussion of a Possible Conflict It's good to see ethics discussions where both sides have good arguments to make. According to ... inspectors. The chair suggested asking the state ethics commission, but it appears that the selectmen chose to make the decision ...

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

5. A Miscellany

   Body:  Targeting Ethics Reform In May, I wrote a blog post about ethics reforms proposed by a Cook County (IL) commissioner. I felt they didn't ... evening says, "The phrases 'Cook County Board' and 'ethics reform' don't trip off the tongue … or often share a sentence in this ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment

6. Even Face-Value Tickets Can Be Preferential

   ... Body:  Last month, I wrote about how the Green Bay ethics board hadn't met much more than the Packers had won Super Bowls. Well, now that the Packers have won another, it's time for the ethics board to meet again (the last time it met was in 1999). One thing ...

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7. Abuse of Citizen Ignorance in an Ethics-Related Referendum

   ... The thinking goes that those who favor the improvement of ethics programs also favor such things as term limits, referendums ... but in practice it is sometimes disastrous. Yes, some ethics programs have been initiated or approved through referendums, although ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments

8. The Art of Making People Skittish

   ... movie stars, and models. Welcome a local government ethics officer to your ranks. Yes, at last a local government ethics officer's picture is on the cover of a magazine. The ethics officer is ...

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

9. A Florida Legislative Committee Calls for the Suspension of the Palm Beach County EC

   ... I have seen in seven years of following local government ethics matters nationwide. From about 20 minutes into the video, the ... of Palm Beach horse shows is seeking to reopen a government ethics investigation of the mayor of Wellington and a financial backer." Who is ...

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10. The Anti-Corruption Political Strategy. And an Alternative.

    ... principal reasons I have devoted myself to local government ethics is that the ethical habits of government officials and politicians are ... level. Politicians who become accustomed to a poor local ethics environment bring their values to state and federal government. The ...

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

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