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  1. Second Round of Chicago Ethics Reforms I - Good Ideas

    Body:  The second round of Chicago ethics reform recommendations , based on the ethics task force's second report (attached; see below), have been proposed by ...

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

  2. Louisville's Middling Ethics Reforms

    ... , Baltimore , and now Louisville have come up with ethics reforms in the past week or so. Baltimore's reforms were disappointing, ... spent two years working on, or fighting about, the city's ethics reforms. The city started out with a decent although minimal ...

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

  3. Yorba Linda's Proposed Ethics Ordinance Falls Short

    ... It's not an unfamiliar story. Council candidates promise ethics reform . They are elected, and actually fulfill their promises with a proposed ethics ordinance. But there's not really much to the proposed ethics ordinance, ...

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

  4. Misinformation and the Lack of Ethics Training in Mississippi

    ... Body:  Misinformation is rampant in local government ethics. And the less people understand it, the easier it is for the ... the mayor and another council member was to propose an ethics code so that officials would treat each other and the public with ...

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

  5. Philadelphia's "Ethics Agenda": Making Ethics Central to a Mayoral Campaign

    ... knows how to take a stand and make a difference. It has made ethics a central issue of the upcoming mayoral election by putting together a ... Agenda is part of a larger project called The Next Mayor ( www.thenextmayor.com ), which includes the Daily News and WHYY, the Public ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-16 12:29 - 0 comments

  6. Current Ethics Reform I - Orange County and Oakland, CA

    ... the second edition of the book Local Government Ethics Programs , there was a lot of action in the area of ethics reform. In the next few blog posts, I will summarize the action. ...

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

  7. The Way to Deal with Baltimore's Ethics Director's Conflict Situation

    ... questioned the fitness of Baltimore's government ethics director for his job, an opinion piece called for him to be fired, and a Sun article appeared under the headline "Ethics oversight board hasn't met in years," finally a rational voice has ...

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

  8. Ethics Attacks and Ethics Reform

    ... blog post yesterday about the upside of election time ethics attacks on opponents. "Current political thinking generally laments ... "if a politician is concerned about being accused of an ethics violation, he (or she) will do a better job at policing himself." This ...

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

  9. The Fort Worth Council, Mayor, and City Attorney Deal Irresponsibly With a Conflict Situation

    ... attorney has any business getting involved in the government ethics process, here's an example you can use of the mess they can make when ... to the ethics code, nor was there time for public review and comment. The mayor said the changes wouldn't be considered until after the ...

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

  10. Moral Clarity III - Ethics Environments

    ... each of us underestimates his or her vulnerability to bad ethics environments.  Becoming aware of this vulnerability is “the first ... rotten apples. We each need to focus on our own role in our ethics environment, what we do to enable others’ unethical conduct, what we ...

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

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