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1. Officials Soliciting Charitable Contributions from People Doing Business with Local Government

   ... doing business before them is unethical conduct too many ethics codes allow, often expressly. Miami-Dade County has in its ethics code what appears at first to be a very reasonable exception to the ...

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

2. California Limits Local Government Officials' Access to Free Tickets

   ... Sports and other event tickets are a constant issue in local government ethics. Yes, mayors are often expected to attend major events, but who else is? ...

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

3. Apology - The Canary in the Mine of Local Government Organizations

   ... I consider to be one of the most important topics in local government ethics. I wrote about apology in local government in July 2006, and ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2008-05-22 17:13 - 0 comments

4. The Responsibilities of a Local Government Official's Spouse

   Body:  Ethics codes do not generally have rules about the involvement of spouses of government officials in citizen groups. But this can create serious appearance ... toward the husband. The acting director of the Better Government Association is quoted as saying that the wife's involvement "creates ...

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

5. Using Local Government Employees for Private Purposes

   Body:  Using government employees for private purposes is one of the most common ethics code violations. This violation is especially bad because it ... boundary between public and private, which is the heart of government ethics. And three, this violation is usually the tip of an ...

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

6. Local Government Dependency on Drug Asset Forfeiture in Texas

   ... is also what powers the drug war, at least in Texas. Local government agencies, and often local governments themselves, are dependent on ... for one's personal interest. With respect to government ethics, the law is every bit as nasty as heroin. Robert Wechsler ...

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

7. Local Government Consultants and Conflicts - New York Lawyers and Their Pensions

   ... However, in this case, it was done not by government officials, but by government consultants. Click here to read the rest of this blog entry. Government consultants are often left out of ethics codes, but even the City Ethics Model Code, which has a separate ...

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

8. Blogging by Local Government Officials - A New Kind of Transparency

   ... time, it's blogs by mayors, city managers, and other local government officials (for list, click here ; not all of these are government officials' blogs, but many are and it's not hard to tell them ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2008-06-11 11:26 - 0 comments

9. A Good Example of a Bad Government Organizational Culture

   ... aren't extreme, such as Chicago. Even Enron had an excellent ethics program, and its misconduct appears to have been limited to high-level ... Inspector General, Earl E. Devaney. Devaney told the House Government Reform subcommittee (as reported in a 9/14/06 New York Times ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-16 12:18 - 0 comments

10. A Six-Year Legal Battle Between a County Ethics Commission and a Former County Attorney

    ... about a judicial case involving the Anne Arundel County (MD) Ethics Commission, which has been going on for six years. A decision of the ... a look. There's a lot of interesting material for local government ethics professionals. Two of the issues the case raises are the ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment

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