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1. Text Messages as Public Records (i.e., Government Property)

   ... technology. That's common, of course. But from a government ethics point of view, what is most important is how the issue is approached. ... Its then chair happens to now sit on the Jacksonville ethics commission. In the most infamous case involving local government ...

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

2. Treating Institutional Problems as Institutional Problems

   ... (NJ) Life , a Parsippany school board member filed an ethics complaint against himself with the state's School Ethics Commission. Is this odd course of action the best way to bring ...

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

3. Mayors and Post-Employment Restrictions

   ... usually less than at the state level. An Appointee's Ethics Opinion One aspect of the Indiana situation shows how damaging this ... can be at the local level. The governor asked the IG for an ethics opinion (the EC does have to approve the IG's opinion to make it count, ...

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

4. Privatization and Transparency

   Body:  I've written a little about ethics issues involving quasi-governmental entities and private entities doing ... Contractors and Vendors Ethics Codes Ethics Reform Jurisdiction Nonprofits/Charities States and ...

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

5. Telling Local Government Officials About Honest Services Fraud

   ... One argument rarely made for effective government ethics programs is that they will prevent government officials from being ... of federal prosecutors’ (or federal courts’) creating ethics codes and setting disclosure requirements for local and state officials. ...

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

6. The Conflicts of Boards Acting in a Quasi-Judicial Manner

   ... , as well as the absolute immunity given to the Philadelphia ethics board due to its quasi-judicial activities in another recent blog post . But the only mention of an ethics law relating to quasi-judicial activities is in a comment to ...

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

7. Cincinnati Situation VI - Frequent Conflicts

   ... its competitors. One of the biggest mistakes many ethics codes make is to make it a violation of the code to have a conflict. ... projects, crime-fighting approaches, even government ethics reform without actually being government officials. They act on their own, ...

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

8. Definitions

   ... the Code, where they usually appear, but at the end of the Ethics Provisions section. The reasoning behind this choice is that definitions ... It is better to have officials focus on the plain meaning of ethics provisions, knowing that no extra duties will be imposed in the ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 10:04 - 1 comment

9. Quote of the Day - Admissions in Settlements

   ... quoted in all sorts of contexts, including with respect to ethics settlements, the consent decrees of government ethics. It's important to recognize why what may be appropriate when ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2021-03-30 13:53 - 0 comments

10. Terry Cooper's *The Responsible Administrator* - Thinking Ethically

    ... book The Responsible Administrator: An Approach to Ethics for the Administrative Role (1998) that it's difficult to sum up in a ... blog entries. Responsibility is the key to municipal ethics as well as administration. It is central to democratic accountability, ...

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

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