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  1. The Effect of Ethics Violations on Job Prospects

    Body:  Should an ethics violation be an impediment to future jobs? In general, I don't think so, ... investigation and hearing process. But sometimes ethics violations involve much more than the failure to deal responsibly with a ... director for another school district. This isn't an ethics issue, but theft. However, he was fined by the state ethics commission. ...

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

  2. Why Local Party Leaders Should Be Part of a Local Ethics Program

    ... portrayed in the article center on a basic government ethics problem:  the confusion between person and office. What makes this ... is outside the jurisdiction of the great majority of local ethics programs. Until the sexual harassment allegations became public, ...

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

  3. The Ethics Elephant in the Press !

    ... Thursday, Carla Miller revealed her plans as the City's new Ethics Officer: 'In a very large city like Jacksonville you can't say that ... PDF format] on the Daily Record website. See http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=48372 for the complete story by ...

    donmc - 2007-09-07 00:09

  4. Some Things We Can Take Away from Rep. Rangel's Ethics Proceeding

    Body:  Although the ethics proceedings involving Rep. Charles Rangel (NY) are at the federal level, ... of a meeting of the adjudicatory subcommittee of the House ethics committee, insisting that he could not afford a lawyer and asking for an ... is not guaranteed to make an elected official feel an ethics proceeding against him is constitutional. In other words, the grass ...

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

  5. Rhode Island Oral Arguments: On Inherent Conflicts in the Ethics Process

    ... (Speech in Debate in R.I.) in the context of government ethics. ( click on attachment below to see the photo ) Due Process ... arguments involves due process. One of the justices asked an ethics commission attorney, “Does it trouble you that [the official] ...

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

  6. Municipal Ethics Codes: General Discussion of Their Importance, Types, and Their Role in a Municipal Ethics Program

    City Ethics' Model Code Project assumes that an ethics code is central to municipal ethics programs. But this raises several issues. How important is an ethics ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2006-11-30 15:10 - 0 comments

  7. The Wrong Kind of Ethics Reform in Park Ridge, IL

    Body:  Ethics reform can take the oddest forms, especially when those doing it put on ... of any other jurisdiction. This is the kind of ethics reform that recently happened in Park Ridge, IL, a suburb of Chicago ... an article in the Chicago Tribune , someone filing an ethics complaint must henceforth cite a law that the respondent has ...

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

  8. Local Government Ethics Conference To Be Held This Week in Miami

    ... day that there is an all-day conference on local government ethics. It's not even every year. So I'm happy to be able to share with you the ... be such a conference in Miami, convened by the Center for Ethics at St. Thomas University (a center about which there appears to be no ...

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

  9. The Political Use of Ethics Complaints, and the Manipulation of the Press

    ... columnist Jason Embry this week on the political use of ethics complaints. The instances of abuse of the ethics process is what has led many jurisdictions to prohibit any mention of ...

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

  10. Ethics Pledges -- Make Them Stick

    ... Salt Lake City Tribune about the state of the state's ethics laws. I've read editorials like this before, but this one sounds ... to go about getting politicians to make the right sort of ethics pledges. Ethics reform: If at first you don't succeed ... ...

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

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