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1. Law Firm Turns to Logical Fallacies to Defend Its Non-Compliance with Ethics-Related Subpoenas

   ... are once again insisting that they are an exception to ethics laws. The Moreland Commission, a special investigatory commission called ... Karl Sleight, a former executive director of the state ethics commission, employed three logical fallacies in his defense of ...

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

2. Judge Allows Employees to Vote for Boss as Mayor in Chicago Heights

   ... so the court could not act. More evidence that ethics can be enforced only as part of an ethics program. Good ethics training, a good ethics code, and ethical leadership in the city would ...

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

3. Summer Reading: Judith Shklar's "The Faces of Injustice"

   ... would not appear to have much to do with government ethics. But there turns out to be much relevant food for thought. The ... of the way high-level local officials deal with government ethics. They do not see their misuse of office as causing suffering. They say, ...

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

4. Eastern Oregon Takes on Government Transparency

   ... is required to be disclosed. It’s from the new state ethics guide . Annual Verified Statement of Economic Interest Form: ... unless disclosure is prohibited by a professional code of ethics. [ORS 244.070(3)] • Name of each lobbyist associated with any ...

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

5. An Excellent Description of an Unethical Environment, and a Proposed Pay-to-Play Rule That Is Relevant Locally

   ... setup of ceding control to an outside adviser not covered by ethics laws is often ignored in discussions of government ethics, which focus too much on government officials (I discussed this problem ...

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

6. Time Limits on Investigations

   ... after an editorial in that same paper. Alabama's state ethics laws apply to local officials. The big embarrassment was inserting into the ethics code a 30-day limit on investigations. The day the editorial came out, a ...

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

7. Embracing Friction

   ... suffer. Friction is an essential concept for government ethics. Corruption is often defended, especially in poorer countries, as the ... makes things more difficult and expensive. And government ethics is a part of the democratic process that especially gets in the way. In ...

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

8. Determining Whether Something Paid For Has Been Discounted and Is Therefore a Gift

   ... the extent of the research he must do, or should he ask the ethics officer or commission for advice? Of course, it could be argued ... the restricted source should be required to prove to the ethics commission that no discount was given. The restricted source could ...

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

9. Blind Spots IV — Egocentrism

   ... is at the heart of unethical behavior, in the government ethics sense. When the public interest conflicts with an offical's ... This is effectively an argument for independent ethics advice and enforcement. The official who has a conflict should not be the person who chooses how to handle the conflict. An ethics officer should do this. If by keeping a conflict a secret, an official ...

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

10. Signs of Institutional Corruption in Albany, NY (The City, Not the Capital)

    ... he did business with as an official. In fact, it has no ethics code at all. One was discussed in 2009 (see my blog post on it ), but ... Founder The Museum of Political Corruption, Albany. NY www.albanymuseumofpoliticalcorruption.org Log ...

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

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