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1. Gifts from National and State Associations

   ... Many of the most difficult situations in government ethics involve relationships that are not direct. For example, situations where ... or whatever such a relationship is called in the relevant ethics code. An interesting indirect relationship arose in a case in Rhode ...

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

2. A Crippling Case of Ethics Self-Enforcement

   ... often written about the problems with self-enforcement of ethics laws. In the Wisconsin case of a state supreme court justice's ... were willing to read the judicial conduct provision as the ethics law it is, that is as a minimum requirement, rather than as a criminal ...

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

3. The Ethics of Teachers and Politicians

   ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  Ethics Environments Misuse of Office/Special In the news ...

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

4. Officials' Inaction and Anger

   Body:  Usually, in government ethics situations, local officials can get away with doing nothing, especially when the conflict isn't theirs. Few ethics codes have provisions prohibiting complicity in and requiring the reporting of others' ethics violations (see the City Ethics Model Code's provision for a ...

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

5. Ethics Advice and the Importance of Being a Daddy's Boy

   ... Shooting is not what people should do when it comes to ethics advice. According to an NPR feature that ran today , Bopp ... administer a public campaign financing program in New Haven, CT, and I emphasize in my training sessions with campaign committees that the ...

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

6. North Carolina Legislature Is About to Pass a Nearly Worthless, and Possibly Dangerous, Local Government Ethics Law

   ... North Carolina was soon to require local governments to pass ethics codes. I've now found out more about the proposed law, and it is ... have taken a variety of approaches to local government ethics. Some have a state local government ethics law that is administered ...

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

7. A Very Short Rant on Financial Disclosure and Ethics Self-Regulation

   ... to see politicians provide evidence for the argument that ethics self-regulation doesn't work, but it's rare for it to happen in so ... The pot calling the kettle black is a common theme in ethics self-regulation. It brings no credibility to government. Rangel ...

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

8. Ford's Pardon of Nixon: The Importance of Thoughtful Ethics Enforcement

   ... because it shows two important things about government ethics enforcement. First, how ethics rules are enforced is more important than the rules themselves. If rules ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-16 12:57 - 0 comments

9. Law + Character Do Not = Ethics

   ... these issues due to the appearance of impropriety. The ethics law in Fort Worth apparently says there is no conflict, and the city ... blush, they both seem to have made good arguments. But ethics is not just about laws -- ethics laws provide minimum requirements. And ...

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

10. Chief Legal Officers, Local Government Attorneys, and Ethics Officers

    ... but it's stupid" is a corporate version of what government ethics professionals say, "It might be legal, but it will appear improper and, ... person for the job, or the government seriously needs a good ethics program with an ethics officer to say "No" and have enforcement powers ...

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

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