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Section 1: Conflict of Interest
... and to not act where there is such a conflict, no matter how impartial they feel they can be. What matters is not whether one can still ... they should at least be included by reference. Please say how your municipality deals with this problem, or how you think it should be ...
donmc - 2006-11-23 22:28 - 0 comments
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Human Rights Watch Report on the Effects of Probation Company Conflicts
... report entitled " Profiting from Probation ," which shows how the privatization of probation has led to conflicts of interest that have seriously harmed many individuals, and how probation companies have not been sufficiently supervised by the criminal ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Ethics Code ≠ Ethics Program
... of a government ethics code is meaningless. What matters is how the ethics program actually works. Take Bridgeport, CT for example. It ... and steering employees to city resources like how to file confidential complaints with the commission." The supervisors ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments
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Two Case Studies
... job from someone with business before the council, no matter how unrelated the job is. It's better to work for people with no ... The burden should not be exclusively on the official. How to Determine Whether Staff Research Was Intended for Election Purposes ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Real-Life Results of a Lack of Independence and Transparency in an Ethics Program
Body: Last week, I wrote blog posts about how Chicago's ethics program needs more independence and more ... on Public Ethics (JCOPE). The goings-on there show how a lack of independence combined with too much secrecy can make an ethics ... program is toothless. So why have one at all? This is how important independence is. When the head of Common Cause New York says , ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Total Gift Bans and Legal Defense Funds
... would normally give them a substantial gift (and how many people is that?!). If the official is not certain that the gift is not ... defense fund to solicit contributions from others. How to Deal with a Total Gift Ban The ethics commission is put in an ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Transactional Disclosure
... recuse oneself, when to allow others to insist on recusal, how open and detailed transactional disclosure should be, and how much to take into account the appearance of impropriety. Please share ...
Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 09:10 - 1 comment
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An Alternative to Punishment
... to get rid of misbehavior, or do we want officials to learn how to behave properly? The Problems with Punishment In dealing ... all, it doesn't work, and the punisher is not in control of how it works or doesn't work. Second, when it doesn't work, the usual ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Florida League of Cities' Ethics Reform Proposals I - Preventing the Filing of Complaints
... were filed against local government officials. No one knows how many would have been filed without the current penalties on complainants. ... the last impression an ethics code should make, but that is how it would be if the League of Cities has its way. Nastiness Need Not ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Miscellany
... and are impartial." I don't know if the mayor realizes how radical this idea is, or how difficult it can be to implement. Impartiality is an important goal, but it ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
