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1. An Ethics Emergency in Corpus Christi?

   Body:  Update below An ethics emergency was declared in Corpus Christi on Tuesday, according to ... changes post-election, the lame-duck council declared an ethics emergency in order to amend the ethics code (click and go to pages 47ff) in order to prevent council members, ...

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

2. Gwinnett County Ethics Reform II - Recommendations by the Vinson Institute and the Grand Jury

   Body:  In this second of three blog posts on ethics reform in Gwinnett County, Georgia, I will look at recommendations for ethics reform made by a grand jury in its October 2010 report , and by the ...

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

3. An Odd Ethics Commission in Oakland

   ... Oakland, CA's odd nepotism ordinance. Well, its Public Ethics Commission is also odd, and worthy of a look. I was alerted to some of ... Oakland blog post entitled "Does Oakland Need a Public Ethics Commission?" An odd question from someone who does not have an ax to ...

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

4. Ethics Practice vs. Ethics Law

   ... One of the biggest problems people have with government ethics is acknowledging the difference between ethics enforcement and ethics practice. Ethics enforcement is legal. You cannot ...

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

5. Ethics in Congress III - Independent Advice and Enforcement (Summer Reading)

   ethics in congress.jpg Body:  Looking at government ethics through the appearance standard, as Dennis Thompson did in his book Ethics in Congress: From Individual to Institutional Corruption , reveals ...

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

6. The Carrigan Oral Argument: How to Deal with Vagueness

   ... Supreme Court in the Carrigan v. Nevada Commission on Ethics case, which I have been following over the past year, was the last ... might be. Can I get out of all that stuff?" The latter comment is a reference to calls for Justice Scalia to recuse himself with ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 5 comments

7. Second Round of Chicago Ethics Reforms IV - The Failures

   Body:  In one of my blog posts on the ethics task force's second report , I identified areas that the ethics task force ignored. The first was the low limits on fines. The mayor, in ...

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

8. Kansas City (MO) Takes a Big Step Toward Ethics Reform

   ... Kansas City, MO's mayor , Sly James, the KC Commission on Ethics Reform will be holding a public hearing tomorrow on its draft ethics code. It's clear from the draft that the commission made ...

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

9. Definitions

   ... the Code, where they usually appear, but at the end of the Ethics Provisions section. The reasoning behind this choice is that definitions ... or employee has direction, supervision. or control. Comment: Subsection 3 ("customer or client"): An employee of a large ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 10:04 - 1 comment

10. A New Report on the Ethics Programs of Florida Counties

    ... a report entitled "Florida Counties Bridge the Ethics Policy Gap" , which analyzes the results of a survey of government ethics programs and reforms in 45 of Florida’s 67 counties. Besides a lot of statistics of the sort lacking in local government ethics, this report looks closer into the actions taken in certain counties ...

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

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