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1. My Book Is Finally Available (and it's free)

   ... even providing a glossary of terms. It is also a how-to book, explaining how to achieve ethics reform, how to recognize damaging ethics code language, ...

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

2. Complicity and Knowledge

   ... Times ran a follow-up article on this. It showed how easily lawyers and others can be intimidated into silence, no matter how horrible the circumstances. Things were different in the ...

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

3. Dealing Responsibly with Contributions from Individuals Convicted of Crimes

   ... in whether to return a contribution should include: 1. How long ago was the last arrest? 2. How many arrests and convictions have there been? 3. How serious have the ...

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

4. Logical Fallacies I: The Ad Hominem Attack

   ... over the next few weeks that look at logical fallacies, how they are used in government contexts, and how people can recognize and respond to them. I will start with one of the ...

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

5. A Miscellany

   ... council as a whole could vote on which groups qualify and how much they should receive. This would remove any speculation of conflict or ... interest on the part of any individual council member. How to Get an Ethics Fine Paid Ethics commissions often find it hard to get ...

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

6. Lobbying, Influence, Bribery, and Gift-Giving in Alabama

   ... and the gift provisions in the old and new statutes, and how this has been dealt with, or ignored. State senator Bryan Taylor, chair of ... the constitutional provision was last amended in 1901, how have lobbyists done business in Alabama since then? Easy: their ...

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

7. The Swords of Politics and the Shield of Government Ethics

   ... with government ethics. And they will happen no matter how a government ethics program is set up. If attackers cannot file an ethics ... not about nastiness nor is it about power. But it is about how things are perceived by the public. When EC members and staff are selected ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment

8. Managing Risk and Tracking Unethical Companies

   ... offices do on a regular basis. But it is worth looking at how corporate compliance offices and corporate executives deal with other ... the entire government. If this one instance has come out, how many others are there? people will reasonably wonder. And they are right. ...

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

9. The Government Attorney-Client Privilege in a Local Government Investigatory Context

   ... invocation of privilege, it is difficult to conceive how substantial compliance with the Shakman decree could ever be ... other rights, and obligations. These four words show how emotional the issue of attorney-client privilege is to lawyers, how prejudiced they are in its favor, and how blind it makes them to public ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment

10. Blind Spots III — Ethics Training, Ethics Fading, and Ethical Reasoning

    ... If we do not recognize a situation's ethical aspects, how can we apply ethics laws, not to mention go beyond ethics laws to consider ... of this emotion involves empathy, the ability to understand how others will feel about our conduct, which is an important element in our ...

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

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