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1. Three Personal Myths That Hamper Our Ethical Decision-Making, and a Fool-ish Solution

   ... Spots " (January 2012) provides a valuable new view on how our blind spots hamper our handling of ethical matters. Double ... in. In fact, we cannot act ethically until we recognize how much our thoughts and actions are affected by our superiors and ...

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

2. The Conflicts Behind Government Opacity

   ... Rarely do government officials so clearly show how much opacity involves conflicts of interest. Transparency is important not ... know, the more they can make my life miserable. "Look at how I'm attacked already!" they say to themselves. It could only get worse if ...

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

3. A Family of Elected Officials

   ... It appears from the article that the state senate controls how much county commissioners are paid. It also appears that the county board votes on how much is allotted to the board of education, but this isn't about one ...

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

4. EC Members Aiding or Supporting Political Candidates

   ... Official Involvement in EC Activities I talk a lot about how elected officials should have no involvement in EC activities. This provision presents a stark example of how bad such involvement can be. If EC members serve at the pleasure of the ...

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

5. Budget Games and Gimmicks

   ... town meeting to approve all budget transfers over $20,000. How did town officials get around this requirement? First, they decided that any transfers from the fund, no matter how large, did not need to be approved by the town meeting and were therefore, ...

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

6. Like Constitutions, Interpreting Ethics Codes Requires Understanding, Humility, and Transparency

   ... legal theory or footnote in a case book. It is also about how our laws affect the daily realities of people's lives." The president ... of judgment, which makes room for a candid consideration of how legal rules do affect the daily realities of people's lives. Far too ...

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

7. Summer Reading: Thirst for Growth

   ... Anyone who has seen the movie Chinatown has some idea how much ethical misconduct went into the ongoing battles over water ... into the government work of determining where and how water would be delivered. And it was the lack of transparency that allowed ...

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

8. A Pattern of Behavior Investigated, Secretly, as Distinct Acts

   ... dead, apparently of suicide. Here is an example of how instances of unethical conduct are usually part of a pattern of behavior, ... inform the appropriate authorities. It's interesting how each sort of unethical conduct was treated separately, so that no one could ...

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

9. Corruption Surrounding the Building of Barriers in Venice, Italy

   ... All with taxpayer funds. Estimates of how much money was misspent on the project range from one to three billion ... of alternatives and almost no ongoing discussion of how money is being spent (or raised through bond issues), how contracts and subcontracts are being bid, or how to deal with requests ...

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

10. Too Conflicted to Sit on an Ethics Commission

    ... officials his organizations have supported or opposed, how would this look? He should also see that his involvement in Civitas ... loss. But if it does discuss ethics matters, think of how conflicted its writers, reporting to an EC member, would be. A member of a ...

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

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