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1. The Gap Between Advice and Enforcement, and The Isolation of Independence

   ... a panel this week as part of the annual Citywide Seminar on Ethics in New York City Government, co-sponsored by the New York City Conflicts ... The panel was called "Challenges & Solutions in Government Ethics in Other Municipalities." I want to share two ideas that were ...

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

2. Legislative Immunity Goes Local: The Defense Was Just Used in an Ethics Matter in Baltimore

   ... immunity defense has been used in a local government ethics matter, albeit in a city where violations are criminally prosecuted. I ... the criminal nature of the charges (yet another reason why ethics matters should not be criminalized). The legislative immunity ...

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

3. Nonviolence and Government Ethics I – Disrespect

   ... and practices of nonviolence to the field of government ethics. This provides me with an opportunity to consider some of the ... philosophical and practical questions in government ethics. Nonviolence and government ethics have a lot more to do with each ...

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

4. The Holiday Spirit and the Spirit of Ethics Laws

   Body:  It's pop quiz time. Read the following ethics code provision and hypothetical, and answer the question that follows ... violated their diets, but have they violated the above ethics provision? Okay, this isn't quite a hypothetical. It's a provision ...

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

5. Supermajority Votes in the Probable Cause Phase of Ethics Enforcement

   Body:  Requiring supermajority votes by ethics commissions to find probable cause or a violation is probably the best obstacle elected officials can place in the way of effective ethics enforcement. This is especially true of the probable cause phase, if ...

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

6. Hiring Experts and Giving Ethics Waivers: The Henry Paulson, Jr. Story

   ... provides valuable material relevant to local government ethics. This time it's former Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, ... his firm and was working for a competitor. Technical Ethics Violations But since no one knows the content of Paulson's ... no one knows whether he was already in violation of the ethics agreement he signed in 2006. At first blush, one would think he was, ...

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

7. Jacksonville Ethics Officer Budget Hearing Saturday

   ... committee will consider the budget for the city's ethics office, a big $95,000. There has been talk of using the city's budget crisis to get rid of the ethics office, but the newspapers and the city's civic organizations want to ... . Minutes will be available a few days later at http://www.coj.net/City+Council/BudgetHearings.htm . Robert ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2009-08-28 10:27 - 0 comments

8. Working Definitions

   ... tune, (in collective sense) law; akin to lay, lie] ETHICS Ethics is a major branch of philosophy that involves analysis of right conduct. ...

   donmc - 2015-05-15 14:30

9. County Commissioner Ethics Authority Over D.A. and Sheriff's Offices

   ... out of the daily business of government. “We need more ethics and less politics in the courthouse." According to another of the ... the commissioner's top deputy) said, “They called it an ethics law, but the truth is their law had nothing to do with ethics. It stunk ...

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

10. A New State Integrity Index Report

    ... can have the best laws on the book, and have no government ethics program whatsoever. Effective enforcement, which is one of the ... to good laws. The other three most important elements of an ethics program are not included in the Index:  training, advice, and an ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 4 comments

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