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1. Paper Tigers

   Body:  Local government officials often defend halfway ethics reforms by saying that they're just the beginning, and that something is ... a subpoena. There are a lot of paper tigers in local government ethics. Toothless ethics commissions. Ethics commissions without ...

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

2. Mayors and Post-Employment Restrictions

   ... legislative or executive branch, no matter what the form of government (strong mayor or mayor-council). A mayor has a special status that ... usually less than at the state level. An Appointee's Ethics Opinion One aspect of the Indiana situation shows how damaging this ...

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

3. [CityEthics] A Citizen Transparency Initiative

   ... 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 ... Ethics --- Source URL: http://www.cityethics.org/node/396 Click here to read this blog entry as it appeared on ...

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

4. John McCain and Me, and You

   ... is my first reaction: I’m a guy with integrity, a good government guy, and I wouldn’t misrepresent my work to Common Cause, or to ... in government, which is supposed to be what government ethics is all about. Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City ...

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

5. A Conflict of Interest Exam Question from Long Branch, NJ

   ... But it turns out the situation reads like a question on a government ethics exam. The commission member was a founder and is a director of a ...

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

6. Giving Voice to Values II

   ... Framing is central to acting on one's values. So often ethics matters have already, effectively, been framed (and justified) by ... is often very different from the way the word is used in the government ethics expression "an appearance of impropriety." Ethics ...

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

7. Transparency, Anonymity, and Moral Courage

   ... I referred to the problem of harassment and intimidation by government officials against other government officials and employees. I have ... argument and that they are people without sufficient ethics to be respected. But to assume that there will be harassment, that ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2010-06-27 05:52 - 0 comments

8. Applicant Disclosure, and the Difference It Makes

   ... dealing responsibly with a conflict are that the local government attorney told me it was okay, and I didn't know there was a ... getting the local government attorney out of the government ethics picture. But the second requires something few local government ethics ...

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

9. A Rotten Crop of Oranges in Tamarac, Florida

   ... Body:  I talk a lot about poor ethics environments, probably the single most important element in unethical ... politicians arrested in the past year. Getting Around Government Ethics Laws Mayo calls the scheme, which involved a 527 ...

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

10. Truth Is Too Slippery, and Too Precious, A Thing to Enforce

    Body:  The biggest thing missing from ethics codes is lying. Everyone agrees that a government official or employee who lies lacks integrity, but ethics codes ...

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

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