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1. The Problems with a New Report on Chicago's Level of Corruption

   ... I try not to use this word with respect to government ethics, because it is commonly thought of as having to do with criminal ... public trust. And right there in the middle is government ethics, which involves illegal but not criminal misconduct. All very confusing. ...

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

2. When a Job Is Given to an EC Member

   ... campaign financing program, I can once again write about ethics issues that arise in New Haven. An interesting issue arose when, ... in Monday's New Haven Register , a member of the city's ethics board took a part-time job with the city. The questions this raises are ...

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

3. Ethics Laws and Difficult Family Predicaments

   ... of his or her immediate family. The common approach to ethics is to assume that an official will favor a family member, but sometimes an ethics law can take an official out of the uncomfortable position of having to ...

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

4. Georgia's Aspirational Guidelines

   Body:  The City Ethics Model Ethics Code includes as an aspirational code the American Society for Professional Administration's (ASPA) Code of Ethics. This is highly unusual, but not unprecedented. One precedent is the ...

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

5. Developers and Ethics Reform

   ... Lamar , the local state attorney's call for "sweeping new ethics laws he said would limit the influence of developers and other special ... From philosophy we descend to what's really important in ethics reform: wording of ethics provisions. Any wording that allows a ...

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

6. Outside Auditors and Local Government Ethics

   ... for six years, I keep finding important areas of government ethics that I have not discussed. One such area involves dealing with the ... arisen with respect to last year's most famous government ethics scandal, the huge salaries of Bell, CA officials. According to ...

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

7. The Kingdom of Individuals II: Expediency vs. Ethics

   Body:  The principal problem with getting one's ethics from one's organization is that, according to Bailey, “Organizations ... do with a local government's guardian of trust, that is, its ethics commission. It would be refreshing to hear an elected official say ...

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

8. It's Not the Law, It's the Ethics

   ... behavior, but not the ability to distinguish law from ethics. Poor Judgment All Around The mayor of Phoenix admitted to a ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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

9. Fall Reading: Out of Character

   ... talk much in this blog or in my book Local Government Ethics Programs about character. However, there is another approach to government ethics that is sometimes referred to as "the character approach." For example, ...

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

10. Wanted: Old Toothless Pals Only - The New Office of Congressional Ethics

    Body:  The actual and perceived independence of an ethics commission is one of the most important aspects of a government ethics program. The U.S. House of Representatives finally decided to be ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2008-07-26 16:02 - 0 comments

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