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1. Signs of the Times

   ... source of apparent impropriety and corruption in local government. And this is an important time for them, because things are changing ... lobby Los Angeles city officials, according to Los Angeles Ethics Commission records. This time period corresponded with the drafting of ...

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

2. Institutional Corruption Conference III: Cultures of Loyalty and Mutual Trust

   ... UC Berkeley, pointed out that the permeable boundary between government and business (and, I would add, business law) brings into government many individuals who have a different concept of ethics. That is, in the business world, loyalty to one's supervisors (or ...

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

3. Carla Miller interviewed in Harvard Safra Center Podcast

   ... for a labcast recently. Here's the description from the Ethics Lab website: Can independent and local government ethics commissions reduce political corruption? Journalist Gregg ...

   donmc - 2015-04-08 20:41 - 0 comments

4. Miscellany of a Hundred Eyes

   ... Let's Not Drink to It Yes, it has happened. Local government ethics has been compared to Prohibition. According to an article in the ...

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

5. Disclosure of the Names of Those Whose Benefit Creates a Conflict of Interest

   Body:  The word is out:  if local government officials don't want to file financial disclosure statements, all they have to do is resign en masse and whoever wrote the ethics code will not only rewrite it, but will say all sorts of warm, wonderful ...

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

6. California's Contract-Oriented Conflict of Interest Provision

   ... little about this section, which stands outside the state's ethics code (known as the Political Reform Act), I did a little research into ... agency or, if they are high-level officials, with their government. The Definition of "Contract" The training materials ...

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

7. A Miscellany

   ... Car towing is one of the biggest temptations in local government. A police officer goes to the scene of an accident, and one or ... to have the council member's actions found to violate the ethics provision. The council member is arguing that he should have ...

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

8. A Miscellany

   ... to an article this week on the TribLive website , an ethics complaint was filed against an Allegheny County, PA council member for ... a constituent matter, is he doing it for the county or state government? Which hat is he wearing? Also, considering that his time is ...

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

9. Differing Views on Corruption and Campaign Finance

   ... or trying to maintain, special benefits from the government, including contractors (especially professional contractors and ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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

10. Nepotism

    ... hire members of one's own family, but many people feel that government is like business, and in business people do this all the time. What ... What are your thoughts on including nepotism in a municipal ethics code, and what are your experiences with such provisions and with the ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 08:55 - 3 comments

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