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1. Nepotism and Withdrawal

   ... a nepotism situation in Valparaiso, IN. The city's ethics commission found that the hiring of the fire chief's son would be ... Codes Ethics Commissions/Administration Ethics Reform Family Members/Nepotism Recusal/Withdrawal ...

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

2. Irresponsible Handling of a Possible Conflict by Four Local Government Officials

   Body:  One problem in government ethics is that when conflict situations are dealt with responsibly, there is ... They pass quietly, failing to end up in the newspaper, at an ethics commission, or in court. So generally we're stuck learning from the ... Size van de yacht decision 101309.pdf 0 bytes Robert Wechsler's blog ...

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3. The Enforcers or the Perpetrators?

   ... occasions, criticized the criminalization of government ethics. But are Delay and I talking about the same thing? I don't think ... crimes undermines "our very system." (Note that government ethics professionals similarly talk about unethical conduct undermining our ...

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4. Why Hilary Krieger Is Wrong About City Machines

   ... misconduct should be dealt with by the District's government ethics program or by District or federal law enforcement. That is why they have greatly improved the ethics program in recent years. I think the right question is, Is it ...

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5. Local Government EC Director Shows How It's Done

   ... yesterday's Philly.com website , the Philadelphia Board of Ethics fined its executive director $500 for violating the confidentiality rules of the city's ethics code. The story is instructive in how to handle such difficult matters. ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment

6. Summer Reading: Government Lawyers and Confidentiality

   ... decision-making authority." This is true, for example, of ethics commission directors, in certain situations. It is appropriate for these ... Clark doesn't say is whether "the government" includes an ethics commission, that is, whether alerting an ethics commission, at least ...

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7. A Miscellany

   ... in yesterday's Business Journal Daily , the Ohio Ethics Commission, which has jurisdiction over local government ethics, is investigating the Western Reserve Port Authority's lease of property ... this investigation that should be of interest to government ethics professionals. The most interesting is something one rarely sees:  ...

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8. 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 ... But it so happens that "interest" is often defined in ethics codes in terms of "benefits" and "relationships." That's one reason why ...

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9. Summer Reading: The Righteous Mind IV: Accountability

   ... why it is the principal indirect goal of local government ethics. This can be more clearly seen in the results of Phil Tetlock's ... would be nothing like they are. In a government ethics context, the three conditions of accountability can be met when ...

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10. Blind Spots V — Informal Norms

    Body:  Government ethics involves itself primarily with the formal norms set forth in ethics codes. But as the authors of the new book ... of the organization." The authors note that formal ethics systems "are the weakest link in an organization's ethical ...

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