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1. Anonymous Complaints

   ... system would not work nearly as well as it does. With ethics programs, officials involved in unethical conduct often have great power ... of the Elections Commission, which handles San Jose's ethics and lobbyist complaints, as well as campaign finance, were ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story ...

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

2. Lawyer-Client Confidentiality and Money Laundering

   ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  Disclosure Ethics Environments Ethics Reform Misuse of Office/Special Transparency Blog ...

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3. FBI Investigation in Cuyahoga County Leads to First Phase of Charges

   ... by lower-level employees or officials usually indicates an ethics environment that at least tolerates, if not encourages, such behavior. ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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4. A De Minimis Conflict in a De Maximis Situation

   ... the alternative, the moderator could ask the state ethics commission for advice. On the other hand, this is an extremely ... a concern about the conflict. Even if there is a waiver or ethics advice that allows the moderator to run the meeting, it should be fully ...

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5. Moral Imagination

   ... imagination." And moral imagination is central to government ethics. Here's Pres. Obama's definition of "empathy" from his book The ... good at bringing a moral imagination to situations. Our ethics training needs to focus on this, at all levels of education, and ...

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6. Sometimes the Accuser Is More Unethical Than the Accused

   ... indirectly to Gov. Spitzer, the subject of an ethics investigation, and that the commission's handling of this alleged ... mayor and councillors have criticized its city's ethics board for dealing with its executive director at all. You're damned if ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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7. Including Subcontract Lobbyists in a Lobbying Code

   Body:  One of the areas where government ethics laws are weakest is the indirect relationship, such as when a gift is ... The occasion for raising this issue is a bill that has recently been passed by the Colorado senate, SB 217 (attached; ... Attachment Size CO SB217 050914.pdf 0 bytes Robert Wechsler's blog ...

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8. Employers Seeking to Affect Employees' Political Participation

   ... this topic .) Intimidation is a clear sign of a poor ethics environment. When I first became involved, as a citizen, in my town's ... how to vote is ordinarily beyond the jurisdiction of ethics commissions. But should it be? Is there any important difference between ...

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9. A Bullying Head of a Local Fiefdom

   ... what the article is about. But it also led to an unhealthy ethics environment in which numerous individuals gave in to fear and concerns ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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10. A Classic Fiefdom and a Problem with Long-Term Municipal Representation

    ... the section on fiefdoms in my book Local Government Ethics Programs ). This case is especially interesting to me, since I live in ... the only thing, it would only incidentally be a government ethics issue. But gambling does not appear to have been the executive ...

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