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More Bad Consequences of Gubernatorial Selection of EC Members in Georgia
... that aides to Georgia's governor contacted a prospective ethics commission executive secretary before the position was even open, and ... can happen when an appointing authority comes before an ethics commission. Any high-level official who chooses to select EC members (he ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Join the Club?
Body: When people support ethics programs that feature toothless enforcement, reel off the names of the ... are just the sort of people who do not really want ethics enforcement. Ask those who oppose effective, independent ethics enforcement if they are that sort of people, too. Robert ...
Robert Wechsler - 2009-11-20 09:13 - 0 comments
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Against the Whole Thing
... It's refreshing when an elected official attacks government ethics head-on. This is what Tennessee state representative Willie ... Press report . He wants to do away with the state ethics commission altogether, arguing that it isn't necessary since the ...
Robert Wechsler - 2010-11-05 14:56 - 0 comments
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Summer Reading: Corruption and American Politics IV - Wayne Le Cheminant's Essay
... a good picture of his fascinating approach to government ethics. Le Cheminant begins by noting that "corruption is generally seen ... or even drafted the law, or failed to create or improve an ethics program (an alternate version is, "I was not found guilty," even when ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Trust and the Us-Them Mentality
... more. In other words, one could argue that local government ethics seeks to increase the release of oxytocin in the brains of people when ... apply equally to any us-them division. While government ethics tends to focus on the public's trust in government, which is essential ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Settlement Agreements
Body: Most local government ethics codes do not explicitly deal with settlement agreements, but most state ethics codes do. I left settlement agreements out of my first draft of the City ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Making Use of Expertise
... professional experience. With what is now required by the Ethics Commission, these same professionals are feeling they can't run the risk ... County, where many municipal officials have opposed the new ethics code. These mayors, quoted in an article yesterday in the ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Process vs. Substance
... about one of the most important problems in government ethics: process vs. substance. A quick recap: this evening, the Venice ... there. Someone who stands up for progressives who break ethics or freedom of information laws (assuming they believe in these) is ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Kingdom of Individuals I: Three Duties and the Organizational Contract
... of interest that is ordinarily dealt with in government ethics. But what the author says about the conflicts of interest in ... wrote that, in formal organizations, “the pattern of ethics that is imposed, emphasizing duty, puts the organization in a privileged ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Drastic Proposals to Disassemble the Dream Machine
... That's got to be the first time government ethics and city housing have come together in a law, not to mention a ... of it, ultimately they are responsible for local government ethics. This definitely seems like a better method than a ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics: ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
