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Conflict of Interest
... Comment: The central point of an ethics code is that city officials and employees should not prefer, over the ... of his or her public duties or employment. However, most government officials and employees do, on occasion, have conflicting interests. ...
Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-16 20:59 - 9 comments
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Ethics Settlements and Admissions of Wrongdoing
... with several of the accusations against him." Ethics settlements require an admission of wrongdoing. Outside of an ethics context, many forums allow wrongdoers to pay a fine in return for not having to admit to wrongdoing. But fines are not what ethics is about. Nor is an ethics settlement about fighting for your name. ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Good Ethics Settlement in Ohio
... Here is the story of a good settlement reached in an Ohio ethics proceeding involving a council member from a very small city. According ... not to seek ethics advice and, therefore, better for a government attorney in the room not to say anything when a conflict situation ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Kingdom of Individuals II: Expediency vs. Ethics
Body: The principal problem with getting one's ethics from one's organization is that, according to Bailey, “Organizations ... The principal thing that is different is that local government officials owe their fiduciary duties not to owners, or to numerous, ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Ethics Commissions: Independence and Managing Staff
... are two important lessons to be learned here. One, ethics commissions should be as independent as possible, so that when such ... director, trust will be undermined not only in state government, but in the ethics program, as well. An ethics program cannot ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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EC Members and Ethics Advice
Body: Is it too much to ask that an ethics commission member lead the way, set an example, with respect to the single most important aspect of a government ethics program: ethics advice? According to an article last week in ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Winter Reading: Robert Dahl's "Who Governs?"
... is a question that is too rarely asked by those involved in government ethics. It is assumed that the only individuals who should be under an ethics ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Not Withdrawing As a Responsible Way to Deal with a Conflict in Stamford, CT
... article , the board of finance member against whom two ethics complaints were filed has begun a federal court proceeding claiming ... and give its members a little lecture on the purposes behind government ethics, including withdrawal. And the finance board's counsel should ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Involving Criminal Authorities Extends the Run of an Ethics Drama
... and two counts of conflict of interest under the town's ethics code (there is no ethics commission; instead, violations ... of time and money, but also undermines people's trust in government. The new mayor and council should get to work on a new ethics code ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A County Ethics Program Run by a Non-Independent Ombudsman
Body: Although in 2008, Orange County, Florida's Ethics and Campaign Finance Reform Task Force recommended (report attached; see ... . That is, the county took an inspector general approach to government ethics (and fraud and waste). Not only is that not what was ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
