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1. An Excellent Description of an Unethical Environment, and a Proposed Pay-to-Play Rule That Is Relevant Locally

   ... setup of ceding control to an outside adviser not covered by ethics laws is often ignored in discussions of government ethics, which focus too much on government officials (I discussed this problem ... and Vendors Ethics Environments Ethics Reform Pay-to-Play In the news ...

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

2. Time Limits on Investigations

   ... It's amazing how quickly a legislature can move when a bill is so embarrassing, the state's major newspaper calls it "Great for ... after an editorial in that same paper. Alabama's state ethics laws apply to local officials. The big embarrassment was inserting ...

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

3. Embracing Friction

   ... suffer. Friction is an essential concept for government ethics. Corruption is often defended, especially in poorer countries, as the ... makes things more difficult and expensive. And government ethics is a part of the democratic process that especially gets in the way. In ...

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

4. Determining Whether Something Paid For Has Been Discounted and Is Therefore a Gift

   ... the extent of the research he must do, or should he ask the ethics officer or commission for advice? Of course, it could be argued ... the restricted source should be required to prove to the ethics commission that no discount was given. The restricted source could ... Vendors Disclosure Ethics Codes Ethics Reform Gifts ...

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

5. Blind Spots IV — Egocentrism

   ... is at the heart of unethical behavior, in the government ethics sense. When the public interest conflicts with an offical's ... This is effectively an argument for independent ethics advice and enforcement. The official who has a conflict should not be the person who chooses how to handle the conflict. An ethics officer should do this. If by keeping a conflict a secret, an official ...

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

6. Signs of Institutional Corruption in Albany, NY (The City, Not the Capital)

   ... he did business with as an official. In fact, it has no ethics code at all. One was discussed in 2009 (see my blog post on it ), but ... Contractors and Vendors Ethics Codes Ethics Reform Post-Employment/Revolving Door ...

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

7. Holding Local Government Associations Accountable

   ... example, local government associations opposing government ethics laws and required ethics training . In a third blog post , as well as the first one in the ...

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

8. Government Lawyers: Function or Membership?

   ... A. Green, Director of the Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics at Fordham Law School, as quoted in the New York Times yesterday ... bank's involvement in the Madoff case. For government ethics, the most important question here isn't the strategy of using ...

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

9. Another Obligation That Comes With Seeking or Holding Public Office

   ... on the WLTX website yesterday relating to local government ethics in South Carolina: Naked Woman Creates Ruckus on Delta ... is on the way? What the article is about is the state ethics commission trying to collect late filing fees, mostly from local ...

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

10. Is Motive Relevant to Lobbying?

    ... a non-politician celebrity the subject of a local government ethics matter. So with David Beckham the subject of a Miami-Dade County ethics commission investigative report last week, and with important issues to ...

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

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