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1. Conflicts and Fraud

   ... extent they know what his wife does. It is not in the local government's interest for its officials to be seen as "concealed agents," or ... short, non-disclosure of a conflict is, in the government ethics context, an ethics violation, but in other contexts it is fraud. And ...

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

2. An In-Depth Look at Unethical Leadership

   Body:  It is rare for the news media to look at government ethics any more deeply than a particular scandal, usually one involving ...

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

3. EC Members Should Respond Constructively, Not Destructively to Criticism of the EC

   ... The actions of one member of Kentucky's state legislative ethics commission has undermined the public's view of the EC and of the ... itself, and it is apt. A lack of transparency in government leads to the impression that something is being hidden, that someone ...

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

4. Officials Accepting Tickets to Events Where They Have a Ceremonial Function

   ... function" is one of those terms that is found in many local government ethics codes (but not the City Ethics Model Code ). However, it is rarely ...

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

5. Report on Annual Reports II

   Body:  Because local governments' annual ethics reports serve so many purposes -- publicizing the ethics program's ... possible. And that means putting them up on the local government's website. My first report on annual reports focused on big ...

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

6. Officials Requesting Police Investigations of Political Opponents: A Serious Misuse of Office

   ... Which is the more troubling misuse of office? A local government official having a citizen arrested for criticizing him, or a ... should be required to report them to the local or state ethics commission. And city attorneys, asked by officials to pay off those ...

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

7. Lobbying City and County Attorneys

   ... office they just left, as well as their former "clients" in government agencies and the legislature. The question is, are city and ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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

8. Budget Games and Gimmicks

   Body:  Agreeing on the local government budget is the most important thing that the government does every year, because it affects every department and agency. But ... for unethical conduct, very little of it dealt with in ethics codes. I raise this issue because of what the Obama Administration ...

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

9. Moral Clarity IV - Self-Interest

   ... 2008). One problem Americans have with respect to government ethics is that one of our society’s principle ideologies is that everyone ...

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10. The Enforcers or the Perpetrators?

    ... on several occasions, criticized the criminalization of government ethics. But are Delay and I talking about the same thing? I don't think ...

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

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