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Where Ethics Provisions Should Appear and Not Appear
... clear that a state constitution is not the right place for ethics laws. Last November, an amendment to the state constitution was ... amendment, but to a law. An advisory opinion of the state ethics commission found that a scholarship is not a gift, because it is earned, ...
Robert Wechsler - 2007-06-18 14:09 - 0 comments
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Maricopa County 2 - Perjury Charges as Ethics Enforcement, and Officials' Trust in the Public
... when there are specific penalties in the campaign finance or ethics laws for falsifying or omitting information, officials do not think that ... forms, without penalty of perjury. This is something every ethics commission and campaign finance board should consider. Otherwise, you ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Campaign Ethics Pledge
Body: Usually an ethics pledge is something required of a town official or something requested by a good government organization. But sometimes an ethics pledge is an election strategy. This is the case in Bridgeport, ... and his Citizens for Real Change slate of candidates took an ethics pledge earlier this month. Click here to read the rest of this ...
Robert Wechsler - 2007-09-26 14:22 - 0 comments
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Zygmunt Bauman on Responsibility, Trust, Self-Deception, and More
... Body: Despite the title of his essay "What Chance of Ethics in the Globalized World of Consumers?" Zygmunt Bauman has some valuable things to say that are relevant to government ethics (the essay appears in his 2009 book, Does Ethics Have a Chance in a ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Risk and Government Ethics
... consequences, that underlie the philosophy of a government ethics program. The reason government ethics is rules-based is that the obligations of government officials derive ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Vague, Character-Based Ethics Rules Give More Power Than Guidance
... day is a good time to consider how vague, character-based ethics rules can be misused. According to an article in the October 27 ... of integrity? What is important is recognizing that when ethics rules are vague, more power is placed in the hands of whatever ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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How to Bring Power Brokers into a Government Ethics Program
... or transparency, and without participating in any way in the ethics program. Assuming that it cannot be determined that a power broker ... role, such as lobbyist or restricted source, how can an ethics program deal with an individual such as this? You have to think outside ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Republican Party Stands Against and Ignores Government Ethics, All in One Day
... the Republican Party took a strong stand against government ethics and, in its most important statement in years, totally ignored it. ... , a 48-page document that has nothing in it about government ethics, except for the use of the word "transparency," which is hard to believe ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Speaking of Ethics
Body: Ethics is a funny thing. So is character. If you violate a law, ... It's so worthless, that you have no right to talk about ethics or character, even though you've been through the ethics grinder and have thought about it far more than the average person. ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Mayor of City with Self-Regulating Ethics Program Arrested for Bribery
... it have helped if Charlotte had had a good, independent ethics program, with training, independent advice, and disclosure? Possibly. It ... had considered it important to have a good, independent ethics program. If these issues were openly discussed and if gifts, not to ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
