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Many citizens and government officials see the need to strengthen ethics programs in their cities, towns, and counties. But how do you get ... environment. Workshops and seminars in the various areas of government ethics, as well as in ethical leadership, are also required. Our ...
donmc - 2015-05-15 13:28
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Summer Reading: Corruption and American Politics VI - The Final Three Essays
... cited in the next essay, half of those polled felt that government corruption is part of the way things work in the U.S. And in another ... But she does not take into account the value of an ethics program to train, advise, and require disclosure, so that enforcement ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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How Much Needs to Be Disclosed?
Body: Maryland has a rule that local ethics ordinances must require the disclosure of all an elected official's real ... acquired from someone who has done business with the local government. The bill did not pass. According to the state EC, 62 out of ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Rules for Officials "Dating" Lobbyists
... the Fair Political Practices Commission, California's state ethics commission, which has jurisdiction over local officials and employees ... the public trust. It sometimes appears that even government ethics professionals lose track of what government ethics is for, ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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What Is the Role of a Definition of "Lobbying"?
... . Late last week, the Bulldog published an article about an ethics complaint filed by the president of the Austin Neighborhoods Council ... directly or indirectly seeking special benefits from the government. There has to be a balancing of expertise with conflict of interest, ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Memphis: At the Top of the Bottom
... and contractors have been found guilty of various sorts of government-related crimes. In a city of only 650,000 people, that puts Memphis ... per-capita lead. With scandals like this, can effective ethics laws be far behind? All the city has now is an aspirational code, but it ...
Robert Wechsler - 2012-10-03 09:16 - 0 comments
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A Cure for Transparency Problems: A Model Website and Blog
... goes on at night. At its heart, transparency is just another ethics issue: putting personal interests ahead of the public interest. That ... any town, but my town has a New England town meeting form of government. That means that there is only one legislative body in town: the ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Public-Interested Argument for Recusal
... to discuss it enough is a serious problem. When a government official has a conflict of interest, he or she is forced to choose ... public interest ahead of their personal interests. What do ethics laws have to offer to the good guys, to those who favor the public ...
Robert Wechsler - 2007-03-26 09:15 - 0 comments
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A Possible Cause of Action When an Official Retaliates Against a Citizen
Body: What can a citizen do when a local government official falsely impugns her reputation and retaliates against her ... her opposition to a matter the official supports? The City Ethics Model Code has a provision that deals with an official falsely ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Miscellany
Body: City Attorney Ethics Enforcement in San Francisco An article in the San Francisco ... provision "is routinely ignored and enforcement is rare. The Ethics Commission ... has dismissed 12 of the 15 complaints for unregistered ... Commissions/Administration Jurisdiction Local Government Attorneys Lobbyists Post-Employment/Revolving Door ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
