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Model Code: Section #100 Subsection #1- Conflict of Interest
... director. Comment: The central point of an ethics code is that city officials and employees should not prefer, over the ... of his or her public duties or employment. However, most government officials and employees do, on occasion, have conflicting interests. ...
donmc - 2006-11-24 14:52 - 0 comments
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In NJ, Large Campaign Contributors Have a Conflicted Relationship
... rule. In fact, it is not a law, but a rule of the state ethics commission, and it only applies to state officials. §19:61-7.4(c) ... It goes straight to why campaign finance is part of government ethics: it's really about conflicts of interest. Beyond ... project goes through. In other words, like almost any government ethics law, this one too can be gamed. But I think it would backfire ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Professional Proselytizing As Political Activity
... supposed to be involved in local politics, according to the ethics code of their own professional association, ICMA. But this issue was not in the county government, although it was in the county. And the administrator considers ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A New Report and New Book on State and Federal Ethical Misconduct
... groups and public officials, promoting corporate and government accountability in economic development and smart growth for ... especially self-dealing. Extortion A government ethics book is big news this week. It is Peter Schweizer's Extortion: How ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Problem with Limiting Conflicts to Pecuniary Benefits
... where money is involved. When these people write ethics laws, as they often do, the law effectively says that where money isn't ... any conduct is acceptable. For example, Pennsylvania's ethics code, which applies to local officials, defines "conflict of interest" ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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EC Member Political Activity and the Perception of Fairness
Body: The perceived independence of an ethics commission is extremely important. This perceived independence has ... of members perceived not to be fair undermines a local government's ethics program. The solution to this aspect of the problem is ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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An Entertaining Film About the Mishandling of a Conflict Situation
... of conflicts of interest situations. But it is. Not in government (it's about a university admissions employee), but the situations ... if she were a government board member, not be considered an ethics violation, even though everything she did would be considered ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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County Attorney Conflicts and a Lack of Transparency in Maricopa County
... This is a good example of why transparency is so central to government ethics, even though it is not usually included in local government ethics ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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When One Side Might Be Harmed by a Conflict, So Might the Other
... party in a matter substantially related to the case. Government ethics tends to focus on one side of conflict of interest situation. That is, ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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EC Member Withdrawal in a Case Involving an Appointing Authority
... wrote this blog post, I erroneously assumed that the ethics commission member whose conflict situation I discuss was the only one ... of one's seat on an EC is exactly the sort of sacrifice a government official should be willing to make in the name of public trust. ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
