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1. The EC Selection Process and Recusal

   Body:  When an ethics commission and its staff are at odds, and the commission is dealing with ... those officials had nothing to do with the selection of the ethics commission's members or its staff. In other words, you never fully ... and Campaign Finance Commission (EC; formerly known as the Ethics Commission) began an investigation of the campaign of the state's ...

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

2. What to Do About "Machers"

   ... It's difficult to include machers in government ethics programs, because they don't fit the usual definitions of "lobbyist" or "consultant." One way is for ethics commissions to ask them to participate, to file disclosures and register ...

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

3. An Entertaining Film About the Mishandling of a Conflict Situation

   ... if she were a government board member, not be considered an ethics violation, even though everything she did would be considered ... A discussion of the film would be a good way to show that ethics provisions are the minimum that are expected of government employees, ...

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

4. Being Wrong II (Summer Reading)

   ... of Error (2010), as it applies to local government ethics. This post focuses on how to deal responsibly with one's mistakes, and ... protect them from punishment when they do. In the government ethics context, this means not only open discussions of the ethical aspects ...

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

5. A Rotten Crop of Oranges in Tamarac, Florida

   ... Body:  I talk a lot about poor ethics environments, probably the single most important element in unethical ... a great deal of work is done to hide the existence of poor ethics environments. After unethical conduct is discovered, it is rare for ...

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

6. Nepotism in Metro Atlanta

   ... coverage. So in many governments, especially those with poor ethics environments, nepotism is common. Kudos go to David Wickert of the ... of these familial relationships and provide it to the local ethics commission, if there is one. What makes this article truly special ...

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

7. A Few Interesting Conflict Issues Raised in a Western Suburb of Boston

   ... of possible acts of ethical misconduct to the state ethics commission. The request sought not enforcement, but clarification. I ... and for jurors. This is another way in which government ethics differs from judicial ethics. Confidential Information By Itself ...

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

8. Being Too Careful About Conflicts

   ... of the community and you miseducate them about government ethics. This is what happened this week in my own town of North ... if a conflict is itself bad. The whole point of government ethics is to deal responsibly with a conflict, not to nip it in the bud before ...

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

9. General Advisory Opinions Are Very Useful

   Body:  A couple of months ago, the Ohio Ethics Commission did something very wise and valuable:  it drafted an ... Some forms of indexing, for example, by both term and ethics code provision, facilitate the job of consulting relevant advisory ... "advisory opinion" or as information sheets that interpret ethics provisions and give examples of what situations they apply to and do not ...

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

10. High Flying in The Fallen

    ... the murder of an investigator for San Diego's "Ethics Authority," who falls from the sixth story of a hotel (must have been at ... highly improbable. The novel has great lines like "Ethics does its best work when people have just enough rope to hang ... city employees." Questions asked include, "Why would an Ethics Authority investigator rent a Testarossa at four-fifty a night?" For ...

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

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