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1. Blind Spots VII — Indirect Blindness and Moral Compensation

   ... indirect conflicts are among the most problematic areas in government ethics. Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It ...

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

2. Financial Disclosure Requirements Are Minimal

   Body:  Update: May 14, 2011 (see below) An ethics controversy in Hartford presents a perfect opportunity to show the ... anything more here? First, there is a basic lesson in government ethics. If you have doubt about whether a transaction is covered by ...

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

3. Public Servants and Free Speech

   ... unsuccessfully seeking an injunction against his ethics proceeding. The decision on his motion for a preliminary injunction ... shows that this defense can be raised by other local government officials. Ethics Terms Constitutionally Vague? On the ...

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4. The Massachusetts EC Fixes a Poor Conflict Provision with an Exemption

   Body:  Ethics commissions are often stuck with one or more ethics provisions that they ... of interest, including a pre-existing contract with the government. Two months ago, I wrote a blog post about this provision , ... allow public employees who had business interests involving government before they entered public service to retain those interests, while ...

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5. Post-EC Obligations

   Body:  Does a former ethics commission member have a special obligation not to make misstatements with respect to government ethics matters? This question arose from a 2010 case in Florida I ... errors." Intent is not, or should not be, an issue in government ethics. There is no way for an EC to know whether an ...

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6. EC Members' Backgrounds and Misuse of Office

   ... There is no greater pleasure for some people than accusing ethics professionals and ethics commission members of unethical behavior. ... Commission on Ethics, which has jurisdiction over local government officials and employees. This week, New Times blogger Bob ...

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7. The Need for Institutional Checks on Mishandling Conflicts

   ... change. The lesson he provides is one that is important to government ethics, as well. A patient woke from an operation to find that the wrong ...

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8. Campaign Contributions by Those Doing Business with Local Governments

   ... perception of large campaign contributions from local government contractors is often that they are payments for contracts past or future, what is known in the government ethics business as "pay-to-play." For this reason, state and local ...

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9. A Miscellany

   ... Island Supreme Court to hear the appeal by the Rhode Island Ethics Commission of the decision upholding the old constitutional ... of the term, but this sort of decision muddies the water of government ethics, because the school board member's act had nothing to do with ...

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10. The Limitations of the Language of "Influence"

    Body:  Influence. It's a big word in a lot of government ethics laws, and a word that those who write such laws should think at least ...

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