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Government Ethics in a Nutshell
... as a encapsulated version of what is essential to a local government ethics program, is the statement of Mark Davies , executive director of the ...
Robert Wechsler - 2012-04-26 13:19 - 0 comments
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It Should Come As No Surprise When Government Counsel Advises the Individual (Joseph Bruno) Rather Than the Office
... is what any attorney would tell an individual client. Only a government attorney is not an attorney for an individual. Senate counsel ... advising a senator, someone who is not supposed to look at ethics laws as maximum, but as minimum requirements. A senator should not be ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Miscellany: Misuse of Government Employees and Legislative Immunity
Body: A Clever Use of Government Employees for Political Purposes According to an article in ... is playing a clever little game that involves the use of government employees for political purposes. The administration "excused ... is a difference or two between this situation and government ethics. First, look at this situation. The conduct was physically violent, and ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Gwinnett County Ethics Reform II - Recommendations by the Vinson Institute and the Grand Jury
Body: In this second of three blog posts on ethics reform in Gwinnett County, Georgia, I will look at recommendations for ... October 2010 report , and by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia in its 2007 report commissioned ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Government Ethics for Citizens
... Personal interest vs. public interest is central to government ethics. We tend to think, however, that it's central to them (officials) not to ...
Robert Wechsler - 2007-03-27 09:35 - 0 comments
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Zygmunt Bauman on Responsibility, Trust, Self-Deception, and More
... Body: Despite the title of his essay "What Chance of Ethics in the Globalized World of Consumers?" Zygmunt Bauman has some valuable things to say that are relevant to government ethics (the essay appears in his 2009 book, Does Ethics Have a ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Conflicts of Local Government Employees Running for or Holding Elective Office
Body: When a government employee holds or runs for elective office, there can be conflict of interest problems. The principal problem occurs when the government employee has to participate in a matter that directly or indirectly ... an article in the Lowell (MA) Sun , the Massachusetts ethics commission advised a police dispatcher who is a selectman for the town ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Another Local Government Official's Charity Mess. And Why Golf?
Body: Once again, a local government official's attempt to use a charity to get around campaign finance ... filed, and there are taxes outstanding, as well as a current ethics commission investigation into the council member's use, with respect to ... to be employed by so many charities closely associated with government officials? Is it just a lack of imagination? Or do these officials ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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An Instructive Local Government Ethics Matter in a Recent French Film
... Body: There's an instructive local government ethics situation in the 2008 French film The Class (Entre les murs) , ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Circuit Judge in Chicago Gets the Government Attorney-Client Privilege Wrong
... This most likely applies to the board of ethics, as well. Whose Privilege Is It? The attorney-client ... employees involved in illegal hiring practices." How Government Lawyers Differ from Other Lawyers According to the Sun-Times ... This is what a normal lawyer would say. But a local government attorney is not a normal lawyer. She does not work for the ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
