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1. Current Ethics Reform II - Phoenix

   ... Body:  In June, the Phoenix council took a step toward ethics reform, based on the recommendations of a task force (I critiqued the ... not the issue. The issue is, Do these policies create a government ethics program? The answer is, No. Nothing is said about ethics ...

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

2. Officials' Personal Opinions and the Separation of Aspirational and Enforceable Ethics Provisions

   Body:  Many local government ethics codes have a provision that, when officials publicly give personal opinions rather than the government's position, requires them to clearly state that they are not ...

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

3. Chicago Compliance and Integrity Survey

   ... that its Office of Compliance commissioned from the Ethics Resource Center , a primarily corporate ethics and compliance research ... findings of the survey. Comparisons are to the local government portion (pages 31-35) of the ERC's 2007 National Workplace Ethics ...

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

4. Independence of Ethics Administration Should Trump Independence of Agencies and Districts

   ... Two types of independence often clash when it comes to government ethics. It is important that government ethics programs be administered by ...

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

5. Ethics Reform in Niles (IL): Don't Try This at Home

   ... I wrote about the self-serving nature of attempts at ethics reform in the village of Niles, outside Chicago. A lot has happened ... says something that not only shows little understanding of government ethics, but is also patently false, considering the many hundreds of ...

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

6. A Contentious Conflict Situation in Kansas City, KS

   ... an issue in this week's mayoral primary in the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, KS ("UG"). The conflict ... was paid, at least partially, out of those funds. Ethics Advice The commissioner did the right thing by quickly seeking ...

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

7. The Effects of an Inadequate Ethics Code

   Body:  There are many perils of an inadequate local government ethics code, as can be seen in Colorado Springs, which passed an ethics code in ...

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

8. Palm Beach Council Sneakily Opposes County Ethics Reform

   ... in the Palm Beach Daily News , Florida law "forbids government bodies from advocating for voters to vote yes or no in a referendum ... The subject of the referendum? Yes, it's giving the county ethics commission and inspector general jurisdiction over the town's officials. ...

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

9. The Collateral Damage of No Ethics Program

   ... money to spend and contracts to enter into, require not just ethics policies, but a comprehensive, independent ethics program. This rarely ... ethics programs. This is the collateral damage of local government ethics problems in the U.S. A lack of ethics training leads to no ...

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

10. Fighting Last Year's War Is Not the Way to Draft an Ethics Code

    Body:  Type "ethics" into the search line at utah.gov, and all that comes up is Archery Ethics Course Online. In response to what are referred to in Utah as last ... bill has been drafted. What is interesting for local government ethics is how focused the new bill is on fighting last year's war, ...

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

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