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1. Winter Reading: Switch V - Simplifying and Motivating

   ... on complex instructions. With respect to government ethics, officials have trouble following ethics rules, especially those with numerous exceptions. At best, they put all ...

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

2. Time and the Drafting of Conflict of Interest Provisions

   ... from doing work for the institute. The way the city's ethics code is written, there would not be a conflict. Section 2-358. ... could be adverse to the public interest. The City Ethics Model Code conflict of interest provision takes a different approach, ...

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

3. A Debate About the EC Selection Process

   ... is having a debate on how to select its three-member ethics board and its alternates. Unfortunately, it's a debate that is being ... typical. Currently, the three members of the county's ethics board are selected as follows, according to a July 22 article in the ...

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

4. Dating, Marrying, and Gifts

   Body:  Government ethics is dangerous to dating and weddings. That's the message of an article ... Because the proposed amendment to the Palm Beach County ethics code 's gift provision, just like the current provision (§2-444), does ... is no general waiver provision in the Palm Beach County ethics code, which would allow, say, a county employee dating the president of ...

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

5. A Miscellany

   Body:  Model Ethics Code Promotion As Community Service I promise you that I did not write the City Ethics Model Code in order to shorten my prison sentence. According to ... Connecticut Post , that is effectively what a Shelton, CT developer offered to do to shorten his sentence for lying in court about ...

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

6. Disgorgement of Gains or Civil Forfeiture

   ... interest law (to my knowledge, the nation's only aptly named ethics code). The current conflicts of interest section of the city charter ... to see officials keep ill-gotten gains. See the City Ethics Model Code provision on this, which is referred to as "civil ...

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

7. The Conflicts of Local Government Associations

   ... and laws such as the new Michigan model local government ethics code and the Michigan law that requires charter township board ... to a township office? In other words, in the government ethics context, do local government association members act for the ...

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

8. Does Recusal Require Action and/or Words?

   ... to establish a definition for the purpose of government ethics. According to an article in the Santa Fe New Mexican ... Defining Recusal The Santa Fe code of ethics provisions reads as follows: Any public official shall recuse ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2010-10-05 16:11 - 3 comments

9. When an EC Is Dependent

   Body:  The Colorado ethics commission matter that I discussed in my last blog post points to yet another reason why ethics commissions must have their own counsel, and a sufficient budget to pay ... fund, through either transparency or a blind trust. The ethics commission's draft opinion opts for transparency. A blind trust in this ...

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

10. Lessons from Mistakes Made in a Connecticut City

    ... can learn a lot from the mistakes made in local government ethics matters in cities and towns other than your own, there is a great deal ... been turned into a big issue in the city of Torrington (CT; pop. 36,000). There's also a lesson to be learned about the confidentiality ...

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

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