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1. Being Indirect -- A Gift Loophole to Watch Out For

   ... this week, I wrote about an application of Louisiana ethics law that I felt was too severe. Today I'm going to write about a Louisiana ethics provision, a fairly typical gift provision that applies to local ...

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

2. A Miscellany

   ... The Charter's the Answer In Jacksonville, where City Ethics' president, Carla Miller, is the ethics officer, the charter revision commission unanimously voted to give the ...

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

3. The Effect of Making a Legislative Immunity Defense

   ... a legislative immunity defense in the local government ethics context can be seen from reading the recommendation of the investigating panel of the Stamford (CT) board of ethics. In the section that provides reasons for dismissal of a ...

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

4. The Lucifer Effect IV — Miscellaneous Observations

   ... ideas in the book that have relevance to local government ethics. An Ethics Commission With Lips Zimbardo raises an interesting thought ... behavior? One of the unfortunate aspects of government ethics programs is that, while ethics commissions are usually given the ...

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

5. Nevada Legislative Immunity Appeal: A Sigh of Relief Regarding Institutional Waiver, and a Legislator's Neverneverland

   ... for those interested in the intersection between government ethics enforcement and legislative immunity, an intersection where, in the last ... been a few collisions harmful to the cause of government ethics. Although this case involves a state legislator, it is in some ways ...

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

6. The Problem with Limiting Conflicts to Pecuniary Benefits

   ... where money is involved. When these people write ethics laws, as they often do, the law effectively says that where money isn't ... any conduct is acceptable. For example, Pennsylvania's ethics code, which applies to local officials, defines "conflict of interest" ...

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

7. A Miscellany

   ... don't think the film is ever going to make it to the City Ethics Top Ten Ethics Film list . You heard it here first. Ethics Programs Save More ...

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

8. Prestige of Office Provisions

   Body:  Some jurisdictions have an ethics provision entitled Prestige of Office that, among other things, limits ... district, the issue is moonlighting. I don't think that ethics programs should regulate moonlighting. I think this is a personnel ...

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

9. Summer Reading: Corruption and American Politics - Michael Johnston's Essay

   ... I discuss at length in my book Local Government Ethics Programs ). Blind spots regarding corruption lead to "misguided ... conduct constitutes abuse (and therefore leave it out of the ethics codes they pass), while the public does. This can allow damaging ...

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

10. The Need for a Revolving Door Provision, and More, in Hartford

    ... Advocate , a complaint has been filed with Hartford's ethics commission by a council member against the former corporation counsel on ... dealings with the local government. That creates the legal ethics problem of being on both sides of a case. This situation does not ...

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

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