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1. Vote Buying, A Different Sort of Gift

   ... focuses on an unusual feature of an unhealthy local government ethics environment. This feature is payment for votes, something we think of in ...

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

2. The Obstacles to and Goals of Citizen Participation

   ... Body:  Although citizen participation is not part of government ethics, it's important to keep reminding ourselves that it is central ...

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

3. Recusal Involves Participation in Any Forum

   Body:  One of the most common mistakes government officials make is to see recusal as involving only a decision ... the location of the freeway." Page 14 of the Phoenix Ethics Handbook is clear about what recusal is, although it doesn't use the ...

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

4. Signs of Institutional Corruption in Albany, NY (The City, Not the Capital)

   ... he did business with as an official. In fact, it has no ethics code at all. One was discussed in 2009 (see my blog post on it ), but ... company's fundraising parties says a great deal about the government's attitude toward perceived conflicts of interest: ''As far as ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment

5. Lessig on the Effects of Elected Officials' Dependency Problem

   ... has some valuable things to say that are relevant to local government ethics. Lessig, who is director of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center ...

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

6. Problems with the "Throw the Bums Out" Approach

   ... The headline of a New York Times article today is, "Ethics in Play, Voters Oust Incumbents Under Inquiry." One's first impression ... to be working very well. I was in New Orleans for a government ethics conference the day a congressman was re-elected after $90,000 ...

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

7. Federal Gift Prohibition Applies to Most Local Governments

   ... or reward." This is somewhere between a gift provision in an ethics code and a bribery provision in a criminal code. The local government must have received federal funding, but this is true of most local ...

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

8. Summer Reading: The Righteous Mind III: The Social Nature of Moral Judgment

   ... Righteous Mind.jpg Body:  The Ethics of Gut Reactions According to Jonathan Haidt's book ... control once the elephant has leaned. This is why many government ethics professionals try to get officials past their immediate ...

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

9. Palm Beach County Update

   ... Things are moving along well with the Palm Beach County ethics initiative, which I've written about in earlier blog posts ( 1   2 ... general, selected by the ethics commission and two state government attorneys, started work on June 28, according to an article in the ...

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

10. The Appearance of Independence and a Monopoly On Advice

    Body:  Two of the most important elements of a government ethics program are the appearance (and reality) of independence and a monopoly ...

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

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