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1. Nonviolence and Government Ethics II – Teamwork and Leading By Example

   ... an inclusive community with shared values. Armies also know how to create inclusive communities with shared values. But those values are ... an alternative other than passivity or violent revolt. Think how many times those who topple a corrupt local government are, despite their ...

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

2. Orange County CA Supervisors Again Ignore Grand Jury Recommendations

   ... report did not provide any metrics or analysis to explain how ‘effectiveness’ of an ethics body is defined nor did they provide any ... There is no "metrics or analysis" that can show how effective an ethics body is. There is nothing that can measure a ...

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

3. The Need for a Taxonomy of Institutional Corruption in Local Government

   ... one on the inside would ever seek to change it, no matter how corrupt or sinister it became — though even to use words like 'corrupt' ... For example, I will soon be doing a blog post about how few local ethics codes consider in-laws to be relatives for the purpose of ...

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

4. CA Gov. Brown Points to 50-Year-Old Essay To Defend His Veto of Ethics Reforms

   ... the 1960s were minimal, and their enforcement was even less. How effective they may or may not have been has little to do with the reforms ... and programs rather than to call for educating people about how ethics programs can be most fairly and effectively administered. For ...

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

5. Dealing with the Potential Conflicts Involved in EC Board Member Selection

   ... under an EC's jurisdiction nominates its members. Think how it would look if a nominee was later to be involved in a matter involving ... equally. And this is the way people view the world and how they determine whether government officials are using their offices to help ...

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

6. Political Solicitation of Local Government Employees

   ... And he's right -- coercion cannot be assumed, no matter how common it is or what form it takes. But because only solicitation can ... Isn't political activity a protected constitutional right? How can the City tell me who I can't solicit? The prohibition on ...

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

7. The Dallas Council Facilitates Pay to Play In Secret Based on Questionable Legal Advice

   ... that it insists that it actually improved the ethics rules. How? By extending the prohibitions to include contributions to all council ... would consider shortening an already short period. How Far Can Citizens United Be Stretched? The council has created an ad ...

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

8. Blind Spots V — Informal Norms

   ... counterparts." Sometimes they are weak because that's how they were designed to be, either intentionally or not. Weak ethics codes ... ethical norms is not through what officials say or do, but how others respond to what they say and do. If an official blasts into a ...

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

9. Chicago Ethics Task Force Files First Report

   ... recommendations, 34 of them to be precise. Here's how the reports are divided up:  "Our first set of recommendations primarily ... further address complaints regarding ethics violations and how those complaints are investigated, adjudicated, and resolved." The second ...

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

10. The Lucifer Effect IV — Miscellaneous Observations

    ... Disssonance Zimbardo raises an important issue regarding how we participate in behavior that is difficult for us to do because it goes ... can either change the way we act or change the way we view how we act (rarely does it change our belief about the kind of person we are, ...

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

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