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1. A Miscellany

   ... there are no complaints to or advisory opinions by their ethics commissions, their town or city government does not have ethics problems. Actually, it's the other way around. ...

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

2. A City Land Sale That Requires a Broader Investigation

   ... that made his participation in the matter problematic, as an ethics complaint asserts? According to the auditor, the council member did no ... favor of a damaging land sale. He did not alone prevent the government from following formal processes. And he did not benefit from the ...

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

3. The Effect of Ethics Violations on Job Prospects

   Body:  Should an ethics violation be an impediment to future jobs? In general, I don't think so, ... investigation and hearing process. But sometimes ethics violations involve much more than the failure to deal responsibly with a ... director for another school district. This isn't an ethics issue, but theft. However, he was fined by the state ethics commission. ...

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

4. Book Review: Jane Jacobs' Systems of Survival: A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics

   Body:  Not one of the recent books in my ethics library cites Jane Jacobs’ 1993 work, Systems of Survival: A ... . The citations I found on-line do not include any about government ethics. This is a big loss for the government ethics community, ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2008-01-10 13:10 - 0 comments

5. Circled Wagons: Loyalty and Municipal Ethics

   ... was inspired to take a different point of view of municipal ethics while reading Charles Taylor's review of Jonathan Lear's new book, ... to make it more ethical. Think of Chicago. Its government culture has long been very simple. Its principal activity is ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-04-09 09:33 - 0 comments

6. Ethics Charges as a Beginning

   Body:  Ethics charges are often not the end, but rather the beginning of a process to improve government ethics. Take a recent instance in Los Angeles. According to a ... in an agency is misusing his office. Not only should government officials responsibly handle conflicts, but they should also ...

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

7. The State-Local Obstacle to Ethics Reform

   Body:  One of the biggest obstacles to ethics reform in some U.S. states and Canadian provinces is the possibility of ... That comes with the territory," When the mayor sees government ethics as about him, it does seem time to ship ethics enforcement ...

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

8. The EC Selection Process and Recusal

   Body:  When an ethics commission and its staff are at odds, and the commission is dealing with ... those officials had nothing to do with the selection of the ethics commission's members or its staff. In other words, you never fully ... Atlanta Journal-Constitution , the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission (EC; formerly known ...

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

9. Municipal Ethics Codes: General Discussion of Their Importance, Types, and Their Role in a Municipal Ethics Program

   City Ethics' Model Code Project assumes that an ethics code is central to municipal ethics programs. But this raises several issues. How important is an ethics ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2006-11-30 15:10 - 0 comments

10. Donations FAQ

    ... Your financial support will be invested in current City Ethics projects, in marketing and support initiatives. Your contributions will directly support City Ethics where help is needed most, in keeping the City Ethics.org running ...

    donmc - 2008-08-26 18:06

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