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Corrupting a State Via Good Ol' Self-Interest
Body: The big news this week on the government ethics front is Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens' conviction on seven counts of ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics: ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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An Advisory Opinion Gambit in the Big Apple
... A few months after conduct begins, seek advice from the ethics commission. After the EC tells you it's okay, increase the amount of ... but in the long run it's a good way to undermine trust in government. In 2007, a deputy mayor helped New York's billionaire mayor ...
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Don't Underestimate the Effects of Conflicts of Interest II - Oversight by Friends and Those You Trust
... independent at Citigroup." The same thing goes for government. Conflicts of interest can be extremely damaging when they involve ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics: ...
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San Diego: A Great Case Study in Conflicts of Interest
... her warning. For her trouble, she was charged by the city's ethics commission with disclosure of confidential information (she was cleared ... This view was underlined by the leader of the city's largest government union, who called the Report "a validation of everything we've been ...
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Corruption Surrounding the Building of Barriers in Venice, Italy
... canceled at the last second due to pressure from the Italian government, because it would have discussed problems with the Consorvio's ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics: ...
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Proximity Rules
... too many detailed guidelines, because this complicates an ethics code and makes it hard to read and remember. It is not good to limit ... not take upon himself the responsibility for knowing the ethics rules and acting ethically, when he does not consider himself ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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Conflict Over a Gift in Poughkeepsie
... a conflict situation makes you take a fresh look at common ethics provisions. This is true of a matter that has arisen in Poughkeepsie, ... of the minority party's town committee has asked the town's ethics board to review the developer's gift. He feels there is an appearance of ...
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Quote of the Day
... from the village website and googling that, although an ethics code was passed in 1995 requiring the formation of a board of ethics, there is no such board. Mayor Jasmin should explain to the public ...
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Does the Constitution Truly Require Pay-to-Play? The New Campaign Finance Lawsuit in New York City
Body: Campaign finance is an area of municipal ethics that is often treated as a separate field entirely. But they’re ... with the city and those whose developments they aid, that government is one big pay-to-play machine? If what Bopp says is true, then ...
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A Big-City EC That Won't Meet or Stay Out of Politics
Body: The Kansas City, MO ethics commission situation is a mess. Last month, I wrote about the problem ... And Kansas City is a big enough city to have a full-time ethics officer or EC executive director so that no chair can drop the ball and ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics: ...
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