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Why Nepotism Is Relatively Unethical
Body: Nepotism is often left out of ethics codes because it does not seem all that unethical. Another reason for ... common, especially in the uniformed departments, that local government officials are afraid to touch it. When nepotism rules do appear, ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments
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Family and Conflicts in Broward County (FL)
... involve the spouses and other close family members of local government officials, as can be seen in Broward County (FL, home of Ft. ... available. And local government attorneys as well as ethics commissions (limited by the codes they administer) are happy to come ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Law + Character Do Not = Ethics
... these issues due to the appearance of impropriety. The ethics law in Fort Worth apparently says there is no conflict, and the city ... blush, they both seem to have made good arguments. But ethics is not just about laws -- ethics laws provide minimum requirements. And ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Transparency and Confidential Information Issues in Clackamas County, OR
... Transparency, although not generally part of a local ethics code, is central to a local government's ethics environment. A lack of transparency is both a tell-tale ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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Three Preventative Approaches to the Legislative Immunity Defense
... legislator insists that he does not have to appear before an ethics commission, and that the commission cannot consider evidence even of the ... but it is possible that, in a strong mayor form of government, executive branch officials could try to use a separation of powers ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Complaints and Investigations
... a complaint; whether complaints must be sworn; whether an Ethics Commission may file its own complaints; whether it may file a complaint based on others' allegations, anonymous, or not; whether an Ethics Commission may make a settlement with the respondent; reimbursement of ...
Robert Wechsler - 2011-09-06 10:25 - 0 comments
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Process vs. Substance
... not yet written about one of the most important problems in government ethics: process vs. substance. A quick recap: this evening, the Venice ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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How to Deal with a Conflict at the Center of a Conflict of Interest Program
... in the Concord Patch , a state representative filed ethics complaints against Concord's mayor and one of the city's council ... and city manager had not selected members for the city's ethics board, which was established pursuant to a September 2011 ordinance, ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments
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Disgorgement of Gains or Civil Forfeiture
... interest law (to my knowledge, the nation's only aptly named ethics code). The current conflicts of interest section of the city charter ... that the proceeds of civil forfeiture be given to the local government, not used to fund the ethics program. One of the most serious areas ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Summer Reading: Judith Shklar's "The Faces of Injustice"
... and injustice would not appear to have much to do with government ethics. But there turns out to be much relevant food for thought. The ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
