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1. How to Deal with a Conflict at the Center of a Conflict of Interest Program

   ... in the Concord Patch , a state representative filed ethics complaints against Concord's mayor and one of the city's council ... and city manager had not selected members for the city's ethics board, which was established pursuant to a September 2011 ordinance, ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments

2. Update on Oklahoma Ethics Commisson Funding

   Body:  I recently reported that the Oklahoma Ethics Commission was considering suing the legislature for more funds, on the ... House Budget and Appropriations Committee came before the Ethics Commission and essentially threatened them with a serious downside to ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2008-07-12 13:37 - 0 comments

3. ELEPHANTS, ETHICS AND ENIGMAS

   A PRACTITIONER’S ANALYSIS OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ETHICS AND ANTI-CORRUPTION PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES The ... This will be shown to be the case with government ethics programs based on a study of twelve municipalities of varying ... This article explores various models for anti-corruption and ethics programs that have evolved in the U.S. and suggests avenues for research ...

   donmc - 2012-01-23 14:02 - 0 comments

4. Government Ethics in a Nutshell

   ... version of what is essential to a local government ethics program, is the statement of Mark Davies , executive director of the ... York City Conflicts of Interest Board, gave to the Chicago Ethics Reform Task Force, which will soon be making recommendations for reforms ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2012-04-26 13:19 - 0 comments

5. Soliciting Funds for a Conference and an Arts Center

   Body:  There are some interesting ethics issues being raised in Madison, Wisconsin. The mayor of Madison was ... the two questions, phrased by the city attorney (who is the ethics board staff), is as follows: Would the solicitation of funds by the ...

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

6. Winter Reading: Switch VI - Mindsets, Free Space, Humor, and Failure

   ... switch.jpg Body:  You Can't Teach Ethics In their book Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard ... can be developed with exercise." When government ethics reform becomes an issue, many politicians respond that you can't teach ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments

7. The Ethics of Municipal Pension Plans Revisited

   ... Four years after I wrote a blog post entitled The Ethics of Today's Municipal Pension Plan Problems , according to an op-ed ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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

8. The Lawyer Discipline System and Its Effects on Municipal Ethics

   ... Municipal attorneys are a keystone of municipal ethics program. In many cases, they write and interpret ethics laws, are involved in ethics training, and act as important ethical role ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-06-25 07:01 - 0 comments

9. Innocence and the Difference Between Criminal and Ethics Enforcement

   ... point to an important difference between criminal and ethics enforcement. One juror is quoted as saying, "If I could convict a ... wrong. Cluelessness is not a defense in government ethics enforcement, nor should it be. A government official has an obligation ...

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

10. Václav Havel on Government Ethics

    ... from his work that are relevant to government ethics: "The prerequisite for everything political is moral. Politics really should be ethics put into practice." “Even a purely moral act that has no hope of ...

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

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