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1. The Many Problems with Ethics Proceeding Confidentiality Rules

   ... fining of the executive director of Philadelphia's board of ethics for violating confidentiality rules. That blog post focused on dealing responsibly with a possible violation of an ethics code provision (although not actually an ethics provision, but instead a ...

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

2. Arguments Against Having City or County Attorney as Ethics Officer

   ... Body:  The role of the city or county attorney in an ethics program continues to be a major bone of contention, despite the fact that government ethics professionals generally take the position that the city or county ...

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

3. Ethics Camp - Christian Science Monitor

   ... from the June 26, 2006 edition - http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0626/p02s01-usgn.html Boot camp for city officials teaches 'a culture of ethics' At a seminar in California, municipal leaders learn how to ...

   donmc - 2008-04-17 07:17 - 0 comments

4. Good and Bad News from Three Cities

   ... is that newly-elected mayor A. C. Wharton, Jr. issued an ethics executive order last week (attached; see below). The order's provisions, ... right than as a prod to the council to improve the current ethics code . The order's provisions are to be enforced by the city's ...

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

5. Palm Beach County Business Coalition Gets Government Ethics

   ... Beach County (FL) really gets it. One reason is that City Ethics' Carla Miller has provided advice. The coalition consists of Leadership ... of those values." Toward that end, they developed an Ethics Pledge very loosely based on the ancient Athenian Oath . The goal ...

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

6. Deception About Ethics Commission Approval and Another Problem with Ethics Self-Regulation

   ... involvement with Bruno had been cleared by the Legislative Ethics Panel when, in fact, they had not." What makes this so serious is ... that at a state level would amount to no larger than an ethics fine or misdemeanor charge." But isn't the federal involvement due to ...

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

7. Current Ethics Reform III - Prince George's County, MD and Kenosha, WI

   ... back in 2010. The new county executive vowed to make serious ethics reform a priority, and did some valuable things in 2011, according to an article in the Washington Post . He created an ethics review panel to draft a blueprint for ethics reform; he limited ...

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

8. Ethics Creativity

   Body:  A favorite ploy in local government ethics is for a council to vote for an ethics code that includes an ethics commission, and then either not actually ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2010-11-05 19:59 - 0 comments

9. A New, But Very Weak Regional Ethics Program in Connecticut

   ... idea of yours becomes a reality. My pet idea is the regional ethics program, whose biggest successes have been of the countywide variety, ... and emergency management. The COG in southeastern CT consists of 20 cities, towns, and boroughs, with a total population of ...

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

10. My Book Is Finally Available (and it's free)

    ... With the exciting title Local Government Ethics Programs , this is the first comprehensive resource book on the ... hints at the audience for this book:  A Resource for Ethics Commission Members, Ethics Reformers, Local Officials, Attorneys, Journalists, and Students . But ...

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

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