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1. When Campaign Finance Oversight Sucks Up an Ethics Program's Resources

   ... points out a problem that is common to many ethics programs that have jurisdiction over both conflicts of interest and ... fines they impose. The editorial begins, "Louisiana's Ethics Board staff spends an inordinate amount of time processing campaign ...

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

2. City Ethics in the News ! Quoted in NY Times

   City Ethics was present at the Ethics and Leadership Camp sponsored by the Markkula Center for Ethics at Santa Clara University on June 27 and 28, 2006. Carla Miller ...

   donmc - 2008-04-17 07:26 - 0 comments

3. Ethics Commissions: Independence and Managing Staff

   ... are two important lessons to be learned here. One, ethics commissions should be as independent as possible, so that when such ... they are personal rather than political issues. And two, ethics commissions must manage their staff, as difficult as this might be both ...

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

4. Intimidation — The Worst Offense in Government Ethics

   ... the other day that the worst offenses in local government ethics do not involve money. The worst offenses in local government ethics involve intimidation, which causes people to lose their peace of mind, ...

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

5. COGEL Considers Certification Programs for Government Ethics Practitioners

   Body:  The Council on Governmental Ethics Laws (COGEL), an association of American and Canadian practitioners in ... law and campaign finance, corruption, and administrative ethics, but as far as I know, there are no courses in administering programs in ...

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

6. District Attorney Insists, "My Staff Has Been Following My [Ethics] Rules"

   ... Supreme Court decision invalidating a Montgomery County's ethics code to the extent it applied to the employees of independent agencies, ... know whether they even cover the same areas as the county ethics code. Second, it is disconcerting in a discussion of an area that ...

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

7. Boot camp for city officials teaches 'a culture of ethics'

   from the June 26, 2006 edition - http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0626/p02s01-usgn.html At a seminar in ... were elected to serve. The viewers' "counselors" were ethics specialists wearing "moral compasses" around their necks and putting ...

   donmc - 2008-04-17 07:22 - 0 comments

8. Form of Government Ethics Issues

   ... issues are not generally considered to be part of government ethics.  But they are intertwined in important ways. This can be seen ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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

9. Gwinnett County Ethics Reform I - The Failure to Follow Formal Processes

   ... But boom times are rarely good for local government ethics, and Gwinnett County appears to be no exception. A grand jury ... In three blog posts, I will look at what happened, at the ethics reforms recommended by a 2007 report and by the grand jury, and at how recommended ethics reforms have been greeted by the county commissioners. The ...

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

10. Government Ethics and the Clash Between Rules-Based and Ends-Based Ethical Approaches

    ... in government is the clash between government ethics' use of a rules-based (deontological) ethical approach, and government ... brother won't be happy about it, either). Government ethics is all about rules and means and process, doing the right thing, putting ...

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

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