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Slapping Down a Council Colleague with a Self-Regulated Ethics Program
... California that has already been the subject of a City Ethics blog post . One of the most striking things about the situation is ... against someone who appears to have been found guilty of an ethics violation in order to stop her criticism of council actions (that is, by ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Advantages of Having an IG Be Part of a Local Ethics Program
Body: In New Orleans, it is the ethics board that selects the city's inspector general . According to ... in many ways for an inspector general to be part of a local government ethics program. It is especially valuable when the EC's members are ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Problems with Santa Fe County's Aspirational, Yet Enforceable Draft Code of Conduct
... citizens group in a community that has lost faith in its government officials. The proposed code starts with a declaration of ... There's a big difference between "government ethics" and "ethical behavior" in the sense used here. This becomes clear in ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Folio Article: Miller's Crossing
... John Peyton decided to hire Carla Miller as Jacksonville’s Ethics Officer in 2007, the city was in crisis. A grand jury was investigating ... embroiled in scandal. City Hall cynics who believed local government operates on a system of patronage and paybacks got their proof when ...
donmc - 2012-01-22 21:52
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Legislators Fending Off Ethics Enforcement -- Who Needs Legislative Immunity?
... about the en masse resignation of the Jackson County (MO) ethics commission, and said that this was a sign that things were seriously ... applies them only to others, it undermines the very trust in government that ethics programs are supposed to support. All the constitutional ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Municipal Attorneys Should Stay Out of Ethics Proceedings
... a city or county attorney's office does not represent the ethics commission, should that office play any role in an ethics proceeding? I ... These are not civil proceedings against the local government that include individual officials as defendants. They are citizen ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Winter Reading: Switch V - Simplifying and Motivating
... to focus on complex instructions. With respect to government ethics, officials have trouble following ethics rules, especially those with ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Desire for Good Relations as a Conflicting Interest
... (CA) Press-Enterprise this week raises two interesting government ethics issues. One involves conflicts based on a business-related desire to ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Personal Side of Ethics
Body: So much of government ethics involves the contrast, and sometimes the collision, between ethics and law. Too often the personal aspect of government ethics is overlooked. All three get twisted together in a very ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Ethics Conversation
... ethical philosophy. What is relevant about this book to government ethics is Cavell's idea of "moral perfectionism," which isn't about being ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
