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Proximity Rules
... too many detailed guidelines, because this complicates an ethics code and makes it hard to read and remember. It is not good to limit ... not take upon himself the responsibility for knowing the ethics rules and acting ethically, when he does not consider himself ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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Conflict Over a Gift in Poughkeepsie
... a conflict situation makes you take a fresh look at common ethics provisions. This is true of a matter that has arisen in Poughkeepsie, ... of the minority party's town committee has asked the town's ethics board to review the developer's gift. He feels there is an appearance of ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Why It Is Important To Ensure That Legislators Show Up to Work
... not be something that can be enforced by a local government ethics program, but it is certainly a conflict of interest issue. And the ... by legislators to abuses, is an indication of a poor ethics environment. Take the case of a state assemblywoman from Queens (a ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Using Local Government Employees for Private Purposes
... employees for private purposes is one of the most common ethics code violations. This violation is especially bad because it ... public and private, which is the heart of government ethics. And three, this violation is usually the tip of an iceberg. When ...
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Is Helping One's Industry Really Different from Helping One's Employer?
Body: The ethics rules of the Minnesota State Senate limit conflicts of interest to ... Star Tribune , a Minnesota senator brought to the ethics committee two bills she had sponsored that some argued involved a ... But since they would help all sheriffs’ offices, the ethics committee found that there was no conflict. But is there any ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Quote of the Day
... from the village website and googling that, although an ethics code was passed in 1995 requiring the formation of a board of ethics, there is no such board. Mayor Jasmin should explain to the public ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Big-City EC That Won't Meet or Stay Out of Politics
Body: The Kansas City, MO ethics commission situation is a mess. Last month, I wrote about the problem ... And Kansas City is a big enough city to have a full-time ethics officer or EC executive director so that no chair can drop the ball and ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics: ...
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The Problems with a Mayoral Booster Organization
... charity (see the section of my book Local Government Ethics Programs on pet charities). Large contributions to CONY were made ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics: ...
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Moral Clarity V - The Categorical Imperative and Exceptionalism
... of human dignity, something that is lost in many poor ethics environments, where government employees are frightened or ordered into ... unethical conduct. This is the principle behind such ethics provisions as prohibiting officials from dealing financially (or ...
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Summer Reading: The Righteous Mind IX: Moral Capital, Blind Spots, and Asking
... system." In doing so, he recognizes the importance of an ethics environment, which is too often ignored: [W]e must look not just at ... and make cooperation possible." A government ethics program is, therefore, a kind of moral capital, both as an institution ...
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