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1. The Rotten Tree Known as Parliament

   ... trust in a public institution. Too often, government ethics is seen as dealing with bad apples. But the biggest problem in government ethics is not the bad apples, but the bad ethics environments, the environments ...

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

2. A Michigan Law Requiring Local Government Legislators to Vote

   ... As the American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics proposes, a township board member should 'be prepared to make decisions ... Topics:  City Related Conflicts Ethics Reform Legislative Immunity Recusal/Withdrawal ...

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

3. A County Attorney Disbarred for Ethical Misconduct

   ... attorneys are rarely held to account for providing poor ethics advice, or poor advice on any topic. They are rarely held to account for ... it is wrong to bring criminal enforcement into government ethics, and this is a good example of what can happen when you do. Here is what ...

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

4. Disclosure by Lawyer-Legislators

   ... is to have the client lists given confidentially to an ethics commission or officer, which would be required to check each ... But let's face it:  this is an almost impossible task. The ethics officer or commission staff simply has too little information, and ...

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

5. EC Jurisdiction Over Those Who Govern

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

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

6. He Zones, She Sells, and It's Legal (in Chicago)

   ... (I should try my hand at such a provision in the City Ethics Model Code ). As it turns out, Chicago's ethics laws do not consider an official to have an economic interest when it is ...

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

7. A Miscellany

   ... Ontario, like New York City, chose not to use the word "ethics" in its code). Perhaps a new ethics requirement should be that any official who wants to be involved in any ...

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

8. A Proposed Procurement Review Task Force in Miami-Dade

   ... those of government. The values of government ethics and transparency, and other values such as diversity, do not clearly ... States Buying Smarter , which focuses on procurement reform in Minnesota and Virginia. Here are links to state procurement ...

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

9. Local Government Regulation of Political Robocalls

   ... , here is the first of two examples of local government ethics matters involving anonymity outside of an internet context. An ... Enforcement/Penalties Ethics Codes Ethics Reform States and Municipal Ethics Transparency ...

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

10. Conflicts of Interest Go Beyond Financial Benefits to Officials

    Body:  Many local government ethics codes define a conflict of interest as existing only when an official ... gets lots of money from the city. A council member filed an ethics complaint, and the city's ethics board dismissed the complaint because the officials themselves received ...

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

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