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Guidelines for Transparency in Local Government Legislative Redistricting
... an advisory board of experts and representatives of good government groups got together to articulate principles of transparency in the ... (attached; see below, especially pages 11-15). For the ethics of local redistricting, see an earlier blog post . Robert ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Ethics in Congress IV - The Damaging Individual Corruption Paradigm (Summer Reading)
ethics in congress.jpg Body: In his book Ethics in ... they are involved in similar conduct, and ignoring the local government's ethics environment. Those who are charged, and their ... it may seem, because it is common and acceptable inside the government. This sends the message that institutional corruption is not as ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Importance of Publicizing Ethics Programs
Body: If the governmental ethics community had a publicity program, the headline of a front-page ... obligation to publicize the essential elements and values of government ethics programs. For example, when reporters bring up enforcement, ... Educating the public is nearly as important as educating government officials and employees. Local government ethics commissions ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Interesting Ethics Issues in Santa Fe
... interesting issues have arisen with respect to Santa Fe's Ethics and Campaign Review Board . A Majority of Lawyers on an Ethics ... board). What is in doubt is whether lawyers understand government ethics better than laypersons. From my experience, the opposite may ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Couple of Good Local Government Approaches to Transparency and Citizen Feedback
... One way, which I pointed out recently , is for local government officials to have blogs that allow them to present their news and ... 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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Florida League of Cities' Ethics Reform Proposals I - Preventing the Filing of Complaints
... Bill 606 (attached; see below) is one of the worst ethics reform bills I have ever read. But it is far worse than the words it ... It is work like this that leads me to question whether local government associations should be permitted to lobby on matters involving ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Local Government Post-Mortems
... per se 'bare-knuckled confrontation would alienate the government'but to remind public servants that someone is watching them, and ... when people want to do a public post-mortem involving local government decisions, more often than not public officials say, 'Let's put it ...
Robert Wechsler - 2007-07-16 17:04 - 0 comments
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Ethics in Congress II - The Principles of Legislative Ethics and the Appearance Standard
ethics in congress.jpg Body: In my first post on ... offense. ... A former director of the [federal] Office of Government Ethics [said], ‘our attitude is, when there is an appearance ... Thompson shows that much of what we consider to be basic government ethics rules are actually forms of the appearance standard. He ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Good Government A Principal Factor in Improving the Environment
Body: Good, open government does more than give people reason to trust those who spend their tax ... best interests). The most important aspects of good government, when it comes to pollution, are accurate data, transparency, lack ...
Robert Wechsler - 2008-02-02 08:24 - 0 comments
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How Not to Deal with Sunshine and Ethics Matters
... Body: I also write a blog relating to my town's government . One purpose for starting the blog, and its sister information ... it doesn't even include town ordinances, the town's code of ethics, or the town charter), was to create a model that could be used by ...
Robert Wechsler - 2007-10-05 12:27 - 0 comments
