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1. Nepotism in Metro Atlanta

   ... coverage. So in many governments, especially those with poor ethics environments, nepotism is common. Kudos go to David Wickert of the ... of these familial relationships and provide it to the local ethics commission, if there is one. What makes this article truly special ...

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

2. A Few Interesting Conflict Issues Raised in a Western Suburb of Boston

   ... of possible acts of ethical misconduct to the state ethics commission. The request sought not enforcement, but clarification. I ... and for jurors. This is another way in which government ethics differs from judicial ethics. Confidential Information By Itself ...

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

3. Being Too Careful About Conflicts

   ... of the community and you miseducate them about government ethics. This is what happened this week in my own town of North ... if a conflict is itself bad. The whole point of government ethics is to deal responsibly with a conflict, not to nip it in the bud before ...

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

4. Responding to Arguments Against Significant Restrictions on Pay-to-Play

   ... a firm that represents officials and companies in government ethics matters, criticized the proposal's requirement that everyone from ... Ethics Commissions/Administration Ethics Reform Gifts Misuse of Office/Special Pay-to-Play ...

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

5. General Advisory Opinions Are Very Useful

   Body:  A couple of months ago, the Ohio Ethics Commission did something very wise and valuable:  it drafted an ... Some forms of indexing, for example, by both term and ethics code provision, facilitate the job of consulting relevant advisory ... "advisory opinion" or as information sheets that interpret ethics provisions and give examples of what situations they apply to and do not ...

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

6. High Flying in The Fallen

   ... the murder of an investigator for San Diego's "Ethics Authority," who falls from the sixth story of a hotel (must have been at ... highly improbable. The novel has great lines like "Ethics does its best work when people have just enough rope to hang ... city employees." Questions asked include, "Why would an Ethics Authority investigator rent a Testarossa at four-fifty a night?" For ...

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

7. How Candidates Should Deal Responsibly with Conflicts

   ... look at the intersection of candidates and local government ethics codes, outside of the more common campaign finance issues. ... that the candidate should seek an advisory opinion from the ethics commission, so that the interpretation came not from the candidate's ...

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

8. Summer Reading: Corruption and American Politics II - Mark Warren's Essay

   ... with two important sentences about the purpose of government ethics:  "A government viewed as corrupt cannot be trusted. And a ... that his identity is so thoroughly formed by the ethics of his office that an abuse of my trust would be inconceivable—as ... checks and balances; and auditors, inspectors general, and ethics commissions and officers. Trust in these, which cannot be taken for ...

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

9. Habits of the Heart III: The Obligations of Professionals in Local Government (Summer Reading)

   ... in American Life . Professional standards used to be ethics-oriented, but they have become predominately technical. "Being good ... conflicts. Not only the sort of conflicts dealt with in ethics codes, but other conflicts that cause the same sort of appearance ...

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

10. Selection and Oversight of Consultants

    ... foreclosures. One of the truisms of local government ethics is that a lot more happens during the good times, because there's a lot ... extra. They can't have it both ways. Consultants, Ethics, and Oversight According to the second Times article , a city ...

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

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