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1. Seattle's Newly Expanded Whistleblower Protection Code

   ... local whistleblower code, it deserves a look from any local government seeking to draft or improve whistleblower provisions. The major changes to the code, according to the ethics commission's (SEEC) website, are: Employees who report wrongdoing to ...

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

2. Gifts to Officials' Family Members

   ... gifts from those seeking special benefits from the city government (restricted sources) to family members of city officials. Such a ... or parent. And yet in a search through local government ethics codes, I found some important jurisdictions with good ethics programs, ...

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

3. Our Nation's Trust Deficit

   Body:  The federal government's trust deficit today is in worse shape than our federal budget and current account deficits. Government leaders better jump on the government ethics bandwagon quick, or there could be a serious trust crisis. Here's ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2008-10-29 17:41 - 0 comments

4. Book Review: Emil "Bud" Krogh, Integrity

   ... psychiatrist. For years he has been giving lectures on ethics, a program he calls the Integrity Zone (and his book is entitled ... ). Krogh's book has two central lesson for local government ethics, one about loyalty, the other about certainty. Click ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments

5. An Obligation Not to Be Complicit in Misconduct at Other Governmental Levels

   ... arguably, that misconduct financially benefits one's own government? According to the article, when Bayonne, NJ was in deep ... for the community (this is an ends-based, "consequentialist" ethics approach). But in this situation, it is clear that even though the ...

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

6. Caring About Process

   ... health care bill), this topic, which is central not only to government ethics, but to our legal and political system, is worth focusing on. ...

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

7. Shaking Down or Institutional Corruption?

   ... from two sources:  those seeking special benefits from the government and those who work for the government (and their unions). If both of ... do, but which are legal and common nationwide. He proposed ethics reforms, but created a scandal relating to his opponent rather than ...

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

8. Participatory Budgeting as Solution to Council District Discretionary Fund Problems

   ... One of the most damaging aspects of ethical misconduct in government is that it decreases the amount of citizen participation ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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

9. Scientists Lead the Way to Refusing Honoraria

   Body:  Many municipal codes of ethics, including the City Ethics Model Code (Section 100(15)) , contain a provision prohibiting the ... in the article as under “intense scrutiny.” Municipal government, sadly, is not. Click here to read the rest of this blog ...

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

10. Handling an Indefinite Conflict Before It Becomes Definite

    ... her council position. This seems extreme. In fact, the state ethics commission told the executive director that all she'd have to do is ... contract-oriented conflicts occur. Section 2-514(a) of its ethics code makes a violation of the contract provision "grounds for recall." ...

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

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