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1. Blind Spots VII — Indirect Blindness and Moral Compensation

   ... conflicts are among the most problematic areas in government ethics. Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It ... off the hook for the harm they cause. In government ethics, the public often recognizes that something is wrong, but they don't ...

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

2. Local Campaign Finance Laws Are Also Minimum Requirements

   Body:  Government ethics is a process issue. Process issues appeal more to, and are better ... at election time, most candidates choose not to talk about ethics reform, at least in any detail. When they raise the issue, it is usually to ...

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

3. Summer Reading: What Money Can't Buy I

   ... not buy." This question leads us to the core of government ethics. What we often fail to consider is that a market approach to ... and prisons, all of which have led to serious government ethics problems. Others that relate to government include the sale of naming ...

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

4. When An EC Member's Appointing Authority Comes Before the Commission

   ... Service articles Tuesday and yesterday , former Georgia ethics commission executive secretary Stacey Kalberman and her deputy, Sherry ... Size ga ig kalberman memo 080911.pdf 0 bytes Robert Wechsler's blog ...

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5. Federal Gift Prohibition Applies to Most Local Governments

   ... or reward." This is somewhere between a gift provision in an ethics code and a bribery provision in a criminal code. The local government ... to know about in jurisdictions where there is no independent ethics program or where the gift provision requires a quid pro quo. It is also ...

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

6. Case Study of the Day

   ... a look at. The mayor has accused the city board of ethics' attorney of having a conflict of interest and is urging that he be ... that their use involves no show of support. The board of ethics' first case involved the mayor. It ruled that the mayor had improperly ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-04-12 09:43 - 0 comments

7. Legislators and Pension Plans: The Class Exception vs. The Appearance of Impropriety

   ... vote (or, in most cases, fail to vote) on pension plan reform proposals, but they also determine the level of transparency in the pension system (very low) and the ethics rules under which their personal interests in the pension plans would ...

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

8. Gifts of Professional Services

   ... News on 6 website , the council voted to file a formal ethics complaint against the mayor. According to another article on the ... one of them and the attorney said no. But the city has an ethics advisory committee and an auditor who mans an ethics hotline. Why didn't ...

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

9. Dealing with "Independent" Expenditures at the Local Level

   ... will be a great relief: "I'm concerned about a zealous ethics staff chasing down rabbit holes when there is no rabbit." These are ... He was referring to proposed amendments to the Philadelphia ethics board's campaign finance regulations concerning the coordination ... City Related Campaign Finance Ethics Reform ...

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

10. The Dallas Council Facilitates Pay to Play In Secret Based on Questionable Legal Advice

    ... under the prodding of the mayor at the time, passed some ethics reforms. According to a Dallas News editorial last month , only ... Finance Contractors and Vendors Ethics Reform Local Government Attorneys Lobbyists Pay-to-Play ...

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

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