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  1. Conflicts and Fraud

    ... a company owned by the wife of the fire marshal of Hamden, CT filed a complaint with the local court, seeking payment for services ... short, non-disclosure of a conflict is, in the government ethics context, an ethics violation, but in other contexts it is fraud. And ...

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

  2. Subcontractors and Indirect Benefits

    Body:  Ethics provisions dealing with contracts often ignore subcontractors. This ... week in St. Louis County, which does not have a government ethics program (the state ethics commission has jurisdiction over county officials). St. Louis ...

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

  3. A Convicted Council Member Tells His Story — On Stage

    ... Body:  One of the most effective ways to create a good ethics environment is by telling the full story of the bad ethics environment that preceded it. If someone or, better, a number of people, ...

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

  4. Who Should Decide re Reimbursement of Legal Fees?

    ... discretion to reimburse their colleagues for legal fees in ethics proceedings? This question is raised by a decision of the Wellington, FL ... Online , Wellington's mayor was found by the county ethics commission to have accepted an illegal gift to his defense fund, was ...

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

  5. The Messages Sent by an Ethics-Related Legal Defense Fund

    ... caught taking inappropriate gifts or violating the company's ethics policy, I might be fired, suspended without pay or forced to open my ... funds, one for each of three investigations, by the city ethics commission, the state ethics commission, and the district attorney. ...

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

  6. Apology Revisited

    ... apology . I even included apology in 107(1) of the Model Ethics Code , as a stated option for officials, so that their municipality ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2007-03-28 13:37 - 0 comments

  7. Quote of the Day

    ... government corruption from Rushworth M. Kidder, from his Ethics Newsline (which you can get as a weekly e-newsletter with links). ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2008-08-04 22:04 - 0 comments

  8. Conference Attachments...

    ... - RISC - May 2007 Conflicts of Interest Ethics Guidelines for Board and Commission Members Federal Sentencing ...

    donmc - 2015-05-15 14:26

  9. Why Are Council and School Board Seats Incompatible?

    ... offices” is a form of conflict that is usually left out of ethics codes. One reason is that there is a common law prohibition against ... But whether or not the conflict is common law or in an ethics code, this is an important kind of conflict that should be included in ...

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

  10. Responsibility for a Subordinate's Misconduct

    ... chief deputy sheriff is being investigated by the state ethics board for apparently having used deputies to collect rent for properties ... here ). The sheriff has been interviewed by the state ethics board, as well as by the television reporter, but he is not himself ...

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

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