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1. Beyond the Criminal Enforcement Paradigm: Dealing with Unwritten Rules

   Body:  I have written about the need for ethics commissions to go beyond the criminal enforcement paradigm, which limits ... determining whether an individual respondent has violated an ethics provision or not. It is hard to find instances of a commission looking ...

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

2. Is It Right to Prohibit Conflicts?

   ... a developer or lawyer, should not generally be prohibited. Government ethics is not about preventing conflicts, but about dealing responsibly with ...

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

3. Leing (sic) Down a Gift Law

   ... , "Can Too Much Aloha Be a Bad Thing? Ask Hawaii's Ethics Commission." As in so many state and local governments, elected ... a gift from anyone seeking a special benefit from their government, nor should they take a gift from someone they have helped. Aloha ...

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

4. Lincoln, Nebraska Raises Interesting Questions Regarding City Contracts with City Officials

   ... result in a financial benefit. That’s why the City Ethics Model Code Project uses this language: “in a manner which he or she ... of how concerned the council is about disclosure and ethics matters in general is the fact that an ethics code has been tabled since ...

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

5. How Not to Run an Oversight Commission

   ... agencies subject to all city procurement laws and to ethics commission oversight. It is important that oversight agencies be ... board and employees should not be subject to independent ethics oversight. With independence comes responsibility, not disdain for ...

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

6. Suit Against Contractor Contribution Ban in Albuquerque

   ... article , four Albuquerque contractors sued the city's ethics board, claiming that a 2007 charter provision banning contributions from ... not include others who seek special benefits from the city government, such as grantees, permittees, lobbyists, associations, and ...

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

7. Abramoff on Lobbying, Gifts, and Campaign Contributions

   ... the relationship that is the goal. Abramoff called the ethics reforms aimed at his scandal a "faux reform effort," just a ... is amazing how often charitable donations are part of government corruption, one way or another. Robert Wechsler Director of ...

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

8. Dealing Responsibly with Contract Conflicts

   ... prevent officials from bidding for any contract with the government. With a law such as that, this individual would not have become an ... not put it in writing, as required. The article says that an ethics expert recommended that the state have a standard disclosure form, but ...

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

9. Understanding Ethical Failures in Leadership

   ... inclinations lead to ethical failure. This is one reason why ethics training is so important. Such awareness can lead them to question ... of conflicts of interest, leads to mistrust and undermines government effectiveness, requiring more manipulation to get anything done. ...

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

10. Conflicts and Money

    ... In other words, money is at the center of how many local government officials view conflicts of interest. This isn't really their fault. Many ethics codes refer only to "financial interests," as if money was all that ...

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

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