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1. Ethics Proceeding Confidentiality Takes a Hit in Utah, Logically Enough

   ... Let me take a logical approach to the topic of government ethics proceeding confidentiality before I look at what has been happening in Utah this last week. Government ethics is intended to protect the public from officials acting in their own ...

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

2. The Conditions for Ethics Reform

   ... only in the first of these three groups. With respect to ethics reform, the same is true in the United States. It is not enough for politicians or lawyers alone to support ethics reform. Click here to read the rest of this blog entry. ...

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

3. Opening Up Access to Ethics Disclosure

   ... States can make life difficult for local government ethics programs. For example, according to an article in the Baltimore Sun ... local governments have to use the same rules for access to ethics disclosures as the state does. And the state's rules are designed to ...

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

4. Alert: Government Ethics Will Not Make Politicians Honest

   ... resolution to let the legislature regulate its own ethics. The legislature failed to pass a resolution to let the people of Rhode Island decide whether to let the state ethics commission have full jurisdiction over legislators, so effectively they ...

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

5. Two Explanations of Why Ethics Laws Provide Only Minimum Standards

   Body:  There is little in government ethics that is more important than recognizing that, unlike other laws, an ethics code provides only minimum standards. That is, a public servant is required to fulfill the letter of an ethics code, but this is just the start. In this way, ethics laws are not like ...

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

6. A Primer for Government Lawyers Faced with Officials' Conflicts

   ... to know about. It includes a page of links to sample local ethics codes , a page on Washington state laws governing local government ethics , including the consequences of violating each law, and a ...

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

7. Is a Jackson County Ethics Compromise For Real?

   ... that Jackson County (MO) legislators will allow the county ethics commission to have jurisdiction over them, after a very ugly series of incidents, including the resignation of the entire ethics commission and the false presentation of the jurisdiction issue at ...

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

8. Chicago's Mayor Replaces Entire Ethics Board

   Body:  When a mayor replaces an entire ethics commission, it usually means that he is taking over control of the city's ethics program, to protect himself and his allies. This doesn't appear to be ...

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

9. The Effect of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Open Meetings Decision on Local Government Ethics

   ... Court majority, a state legislature does not have to follow ethics laws, even ethics laws expressly designed to meet constitutional requirements. This ...

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

10. Government Ethics and the Limits of Mental Bandwidth

    ... that does not fit on many Americans' plates is government ethics reform. When there is not a scandal, the public doesn't care too much, ... It can also be applied to academia. When public sector ethics is seen to include a huge range of personal and policy issues, conflicts ...

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

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