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1. Chicago Task Force Second Report IV — Confidentiality and False Information

   ... 2.jpg Body:  Although the Chicago Ethics Reform Task Force, in its first report , came out strongly in favor ... strongly in favor of what it calls "confidentiality" in the ethics program. I call it what the public calls it: "secrecy." When an ...

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

2. Winter Reading: Switch IV - Ethics Reform

   ... Body:  Why Scandals Lead to Poor Ethics Reform In their book Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is ... thought out. Negative emotions can also be harmful to ethics reform after the reforms have been accomplished. Ethics programs that ...

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

3. New Wayne County, MI Ethics Code Falls Short

   ... in Wayne County, MI (which includes Detroit) passed a new ethics ordinance (attached; see below), following multiple scandals. ... many good provisions, but it does not create a government ethics program. By this, I mean that it does not provide an independent ethics ...

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

4. Arguments Against Centralized Ethics Advice Argue for It

   ... County (FL) inspector general's recommendations for ethics reform. A principal recommendation was to require all local officials, who are under the county ethics program's jurisdiction, to seek ethics advice from an ethics ...

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

5. An Arrogant Response to an Ethics Report

   ... is what happened this week in Colorado. Colorado Ethics Watch published an Ethics Roundup this week, giving examples of the good, the bad, and the ugly ...

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

6. Carrigan Decision: Seeking Ethics Advice Is Due Process

   ... that, if a council member chooses not to seek ethics advice and votes on a matter involving someone with whom he has a ... and that the state provision he was found by the state ethics commission to have violated is constitutional (to see the entire ... that goes to a fundamental problem of local government ethics programs in the U.S. The Nevada conflict provision's language is ...

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

7. The Effects of an Inadequate Ethics Code

   ... There are many perils of an inadequate local government ethics code, as can be seen in Colorado Springs, which passed an ethics code in 2007. Last week, I wrote a blog entry about the new ethics ...

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

8. Restorative Justice in Government Ethics

   Body:  Government ethics proceedings are usually not very satisfying for those involved. ... saw the situation or experienced the events. The format for ethics proceedings is similar to the criminal justice system, with charges, a prosecution, witnesses, documents, and the ethics commission as jury. Or a settlement is reached, the equivalent of a plea ...

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

9. Trying to Do Too Much in an Ethics Code

   ... Body:  One problem local governments have in drafting ethics codes is that they want it to be too many things, to serve too many ... be placed above the public interest. The proposed ethics code in Amherst County (VA) does exactly this (the code is attached ...

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

10. Online Ethics Training and Information Materials

    ... List Updated May 24, 2013 More and more government ethics information and training materials are available online, so that they ... no reason to recreate the wheel each time a local government ethics commission, with a small or non-existent budget, needs to put together ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment

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