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1. A Solution to the Problem of Government Aides Involved in Political Campaigns

   ... with a cap. Once this setup has been established, ethics commissions (and prosecutors, where such misconduct is treatly ... There is nothing more damaging to government ethics than for there to be prohibited conduct that is actually the norm, not ... Ethics Environments Ethics Reform Misuse of Office/Special Political Activity/Patronage ...

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

2. Taking Responsibility for Planting Rats

   ... ways to undermine it. Second, there is the matter of ethics laws being minimum requirements. Just because something is not expressly prohibited by an ethics law doesn't mean you can do it. In fact, it is often best to stop ...

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

3. The Other Side of Nepotism

   ... that other side is often ignored in drafting a government ethics code. The other side of the nepotism coin came up recently in an ethics proceeding in Stamford, CT. According to an article this week in ...

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

4. Memphis: At the Top of the Bottom

   ... per-capita lead. With scandals like this, can effective ethics laws be far behind? All the city has now is an aspirational code, but it ... City Related County Related Ethics Reform Local Government Attorneys Misuse of Office/Special ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2012-10-03 09:16 - 0 comments

5. Is the Principal Cause of Ethical Misconduct Within Us?

   ... moment, due to very distinct causes." In government ethics situations, a lot of people's energy is wasted trying to determine how ... the others at the meeting. And yet while enforcement of ethics laws is common, procedures like the one described above are not. This is ...

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

6. An Undisciplined Nevada Supreme Court Legislative Immunity Decision

   ... But the Supreme Court also ignores the possibility that the ethics commission could make a finding of violation, recommend a penalty, and ... Size Nevada Order of Affirmance 052109.pdf 0 bytes Robert Wechsler's blog ...

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

7. Grand Jury Lays Into Broward County (FL) School Board

   ... You know you're doing a pretty poor job with government ethics when a grand jury recommends that you be all but abolished. This is the ... and Vendors Ethics Environments Ethics Reform Misuse of Office/Special Pay-to-Play Transparency ...

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

8. Top EC Officials' Obligations Relating to Discussions of Their Personnel Matters

   Body:  Ethics commission leaders are falling like flies in Hawaii. I recently wrote ... exception to sunshine laws for personnel issues, do an ethics commission (including FOI and campaign finance commissions) and its top ... Another way to phrase the question is, does a high-level ethics official have an ethical obligation to refuse an executive session to ...

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

9. Unpaid Advisers and the Misuse of Inside Information

   ... others. Thus, she falls through the cracks of just about any ethics program. And yet there is a clear conflict situation here. The ... special counsel to the President for ethics and government reform. The fact that he presumably found this kind of relationship acceptable, ...

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

10. Covering Political Party Officers

    Body:  Who is covered by an ethics code can be very important. In Baltimore, for instance, as I wrote in ... recent blog entry , the city solicitor has interpreted the ethics code to require disclosure of gifts only from companies doing business ... And yet I don't know of a single local government ethics code that covers party officials. After all, where is their conflict? ...

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

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