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  1. The Responsibilities of a Lawyer Representing a Public Official

    ... end of a blog entry about Elizabeth Wolgast's book, Ethics of an Artificial Person: Lost Responsibility in Professions and ... many believe it is inappropriate to question a client's ethics, and it is certainly not a good way to keep a client. Many lawyers, ...

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

  2. Ethical Officials and Disclosure Rules

    ... What all these attorneys are failing to say is that ethics laws are minimum requirements. If it is not absolutely clear that ... put transparency before a doubtful interpretation of an ethics law. An ethical organization will always do what's right, not only what ...

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

  3. Sitting on a Board with Restricted Sources

    ... her town government. This is generally a sign of a very poor ethics environment. One of the problems she wants to deal with is the town ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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

  4. Special Districts - Conflicted But Invisible

    ... beaches, transit, and combinations of these. The basic ethics problem that many special districts have is that they are created by ... the farmer. In states that enforce local government ethics at the state level, special districts are covered. But who would know ...

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

  5. When a High-Level Official Seeks Special Treatment

    ... of any fine. And yet reputation is not only left out of most ethics codes, but often ignored by the official, government attorneys, and even ethics commissions when such conduct is discovered. Take the latest case, ...

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

  6. Winter Reading: Zephyr Teachout's "The Forgotten Law of Lobbying"

    ... and government, but the central concept in government ethics. What may first appear as a goody-goody way of looking at lobbying ... of California, and by means of lobbying, the defeat of the bill." According to Teachout, "the Court said it was permissible for a client ...

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

  7. Resignation Due to a Conflict of Interest

    ... the MetroWest Daily News , the Massachusetts state ethics commission advised that a recently appointed Marlborough school ... in Metro New Orleans News , the Louisiana board of ethics, in a nonbinding opinion, said that a parish councilman must either ...

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

  8. Holding Elected Officials to a Higher Standard

    ... In addition, two complaints were filed with the Ethics Review Commission. A violation of the ethics code also allows removal of a council member by the council. It's not ...

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

  9. EC Jurisdiction Over Agency Procurement and Contractors

    Body:  How much jurisdiction need a government ethics program have over procurement matters when there is a procurement ... an article Friday in Honolulu Civil Beat , Honolulu's ethics commission "is worried that there isn't enough government oversight to ...

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

  10. The Latest on Placement Agents

    ... requiring placement agents to register as lobbyists, attend ethics training, and not take finder's fees from money managers. Some agents ... Contractors and Vendors Disclosure Ethics Reform Gifts Lobbyists Misuse of Office/Special ...

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

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