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1. Scientists Lead the Way to Refusing Honoraria

   Body:  Many municipal codes of ethics, including the City Ethics Model Code (Section 100(15)) , contain a provision prohibiting the ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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

2. Jurisdiction Over a Mayor-Elect, and Misconduct Disclaimers

   ... , a former Forest Park public works director alleged in an ethics complaint that, in an e-mail message, the mayor had illegally ordered ... to remove him. If true, this would be both a charter and an ethics violation in Forest Park. Jurisdiction over Elected Officials Who ...

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

3. Attacking Instead of Asking

   ... the words of Colorado's Secretary of State after the state ethics commission found him in violation of an ethics provision, on account of using state funds to attend the Republican ...

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

4. Cities Indirectly Accepting Funding from Interested Parties

   ... be found in a complaint that was filed with Philadelphia's ethics board yesterday by a group called Parents United for Public Education ... city's lobbying law. This is an interesting way to get the ethics board to investigate this situation. If it were to find conflicts, ...

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

5. The Quid Pro Quo of Social Relationships

   ... looks at a proposal by the federal Office of Governmental Ethics (OGE) to limit two exceptions to the prohibition on accepting gifts ... obtain a more sympathetic hearing for clients. Government ethics is not about bribes, with their quid pro quos, but about special ...

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

6. Gifts: Prohibition, Disclosure, or Both?

   ... One of the most contentious topics in local government ethics is prohibition vs. disclosure of gifts to officials. As with so many government ethics issues, the best answer is both, but reaching the best answer requires a ...

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

7. Ethical Obligations Do Not End at the Line Drawn By Jurisdictional Language

   ... morals to the following story. One involves law, the other ethics. Last August, the Nevada Policy Research Institute ran a long ... not filing financial disclosure statements with the state ethics commission, something required of all the state's "public officers." ... But the request enabled the EC to submit a bill to the legislature to amend the definition of "public officer" to ...

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

8. Trash Talk in Tulsa

   ... his knowledge, is turned by a competing vendor into an ethics issue. The result so far is that the trash board member was passed ... by the mayor's office (even though the city does have an ethics advisory committee, which is intended to provide ethics advice). ...

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

9. A County Attorney At War with the County: The Conflicts Fly in Maricopa County

   Body:  The Council on Governmental Ethics Laws has great instincts for meeting where the ethics problems are greatest. Last year it met in Chicago. This year it will be ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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

10. Declaration of Policy, Purpose, and Obligations

    ... that can usually be found at the beginnning of municipal ethics codes. Most declarations are very short and often ignored, since they ... certain they can act impartially. The purposes of this ethics code are: (a) To establish standards of ethical conduct - ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2006-11-30 14:53 - 1 comment

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