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SPIDERWEB
... based upon the research of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University. These materials will be the foundation ... Fellow Harvard University Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics ...
cmiller - 2013-10-28 22:15
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Contract Avoidance Provisions -- Still in Stratford
... to have a contract avoidance provision in a local government ethics code. Here is the one in the City Ethics Model Code : Any contract, agreement, or other business ...
Robert Wechsler - 2009-01-05 14:18 - 0 comments
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Vive Les Differences!
... took a gift in return for certain conduct. In government ethics, taking a gift beyond a certain value is all that needs to be proven to ... and he insists she never told him about it, it's still an ethics violation. What about knowledge concerning the subject of a vote? ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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How Much Needs to Be Disclosed?
Body: Maryland has a rule that local ethics ordinances must require the disclosure of all an elected official's real ... the ordinances as insufficiently strict. This year, a bill was introduced that would require local elected officials to disclose only ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Cincinnati Situation III - Indefinite Benefits and Proximity
... like indirect benefits, are often not dealt with by ethics codes, and this means that they can cause confusion and controversy. ... of benefit, for determining whether a conflict exists, many ethics codes set a specific number of feet from a property or project being ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Budget Games and Gimmicks
... for unethical conduct, very little of it dealt with in ethics codes. I raise this issue because of what the Obama Administration ... recognize them. But what's important, from a government ethics point of view, is the fact that this is yet another example of a ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Cleaning Up a Political Culture - Don't Necessarily Do the First Things That Come to Mind
... discussed in the most recent blog entry, is not the only ethics case in Massachusetts that has drawn a lot of attention. The result of a ... with an inapt plumbing metaphor in its title, "Drain the Ethics Cesspool." The problem seems to me more that Massachusetts' ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Actual Use of "Benefit" and "Interest" Language in Conflict Provisions
Body: In my book Local Government Ethics Programs , I have argued for the language of "benefit" instead of the ... eye-opening research. Here are the results, based on the ethics codes in my computer's database (in other words, the information is not ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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In Baltimore County, A Chinese Wall Is Not the Answer
... and Approvals. 'I am bound by the lawyer's canon of ethics. ... I take that very seriously.' ... He said he would recuse himself ... wall is solid rock, not a Chinese screen. Legal Ethics and Government Ethics One problem here is that the canon of ethics ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Recusal Involves Participation in Any Forum
... the location of the freeway." Page 14 of the Phoenix Ethics Handbook is clear about what recusal is, although it doesn't use the ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics: ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
