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1. Broward County Ethics Reform Passes, But Budget Concerns Remain

   ... Broward County (FL) voters embraced (3-1) two ethics questions on the ballot yesterday, which applied the new county code of ... program in reality. That certainly won't promote trust in government. To underline the need for ethics reform in Broward County's ...

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

2. Moral Clarity VIII - Transcending Our Limitations Through Ethics

   ... Immanuel Kant. What’s wonderful about Kant’s approach to ethics is that it not only focuses on the role of reason. It also shows how ethics allows us to transcend our ordinary limitations. Kant considered the two ...

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

3. Ethics Reform via Referendum, and Some Valuable Practices from New York City

   Body:  Referendum Requires Ethics Training and Increases Penalties I learned at the COGEL conference ... . Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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

4. Atlantic City Council Votes to Abolish the City's Ethics Board

   Body:  A city full of casinos has no need for an ethics board, right? Well, according to an article in yesterday's Press ... of Atlantic City. The resurrection of the city's Ethics Board was a campaign promise made by former Mayor Bob Levy that hung in ...

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

5. Trust and the Independence of Ethics Enforcement

   Body:  The way elected officials often think about government ethics enforcement, it's almost as if they weren't being investigated and ...

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

6. EC Jurisdiction Over Those Who Govern

   ... is a question that is not asked often enough in local government ethics. It is not enough for an ethics program to have jurisdiction over ...

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

7. A Judicial Decision Involving the Language of "Interest" and Non-Financial Benefits

   ... "interests," and this should be reflected in the language of ethics codes. The clash of these two kinds of language is the subject of a ... the distinction between an official sitting on a body as a government representative or as a private individual. A sloppily written ...

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

8. Above the Law Is Well Below Ethics

   ... How a big-city police chief responds to his commission of an ethics violation is more important than the violation itself. The worst thing ... surroundings of a luxury SUV. He has sent a message to every government official in Florida that ethical rules do not apply to him (and ...

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

9. The Jersey Sting

   ... federal sting operation which led to the arrest of dozens of government officials, most of them from local governments, on July 23, 2009 ... The actual sting operation is not really a local government ethics story, but rather a tale of an ethics environment that is so ...

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

10. Ethics Program Ideas from a Small Town in Vermont

    Body:  Ethics problems and the need for ethics programs are the stuff of cities and, ... lottery might not include everyone. Public requests for non-government volunteers could be made, and only those names would be considered ... from all the town's organizations, in and out of government, and an out-of-town facilitator to keep the meeting on track. An ...

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

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