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Narrow and Vague Ethics Code Definitions of "Doing Business"
... a course to drafters of local government ethics codes on how not to define "doing business" with a local government. The mayor's ... also its owner or director or executive or shareholder (of how much stock), etc. This leaves it unclear whether a particular individual is ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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Summer Reading: The Righteous Mind V: Relationships in a WEIRD Culture
... in terms of person and time. But that's not really how conflicts work, because they are based on relationships, and relationships ... people view the world (even without the vocabulary) and how they determine whether government officials are using their offices to ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Fundraising for a Political Convention: Pay to Play, Transparency, and a Blind Spot
... the same blind spot, so they don't want the public to know how much they're shelling out. This means that, adding insult to injury, the ... any transparency. That requires one big blind spot. How can someone who has spoken out so strongly against big money interests and ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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EC Jurisdiction Over Agency Procurement and Contractors
Body: How much jurisdiction need a government ethics program have over procurement ... have significant influence over rail project operations and how taxpayer dollars are spent, but have minimal accountability for their ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Problems Arising from a Bribery Case in Jefferson Parish, LA
... no transaction occurred. There was only a question about how things work, which could reasonably be construed as a conditional offer ("I ... that only the one employee was involved (one wonders how she knew this). But the ethics code is clear about whether the act of ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Local Government Association Board Member's Possible Conflicts
... conflict. But why is it not an actual conflict? And how should it be handled? A local government official's obligation is to ... but a member that helps determine what the services are and how much they will cost. By its very nature, a local government association ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Can an Assistant County Attorney Sit on the Council of a City in the County?
... a legal ethics matter. If so, this is yet another example of how much lawyers confuse the two, treating government ethics situations as they would a legal ethics situation, and how they favor legal ethics when a situation involves both types of ethics ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Ethics of Combining Charitable and Campaign Contributions
Body: It amazes me how many ways elected officials misuse charitable organizations to engage in ... to induce campaign contributions from their employees shows how willing companies are to ignore the ethics of doing this. They do this at ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Witch Hunt Argument Against Ethics Commissions with Teeth
... In Connecticut, for example, state laws seriously limit how much local ethics commissions can fine violators of an ethics code. ... on originally. One commission member now asks, "How do you legislate morality? What is ethics? What is right? What is true, and ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Hartford Mayor Says the Right Things Upon News of His Arrest
... crime, I have allowed the appearance of impropriety to color how those may view my administration. For this, I am truly sorry and take full ... do not remain a cloud over his city. But speedy is not how this problem was handled. News of the renovations came out in August 2007, ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
