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1. The Problems with a Mayoral Booster Organization

   ... This is the situation in New York City, where Bill de Blasio, in his first year in office, is being celebrated by an entity ... charity (see the section of my book Local Government Ethics Programs on pet charities). Large contributions to CONY were made ...

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

2. Moral Clarity V - The Categorical Imperative and Exceptionalism

   ... of human dignity, something that is lost in many poor ethics environments, where government employees are frightened or ordered into ... unethical conduct. This is the principle behind such ethics provisions as prohibiting officials from dealing financially (or ...

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3. Summer Reading: The Righteous Mind IX: Moral Capital, Blind Spots, and Asking

   ... system." In doing so, he recognizes the importance of an ethics environment, which is too often ignored: [W]e must look not just at ... and make cooperation possible." A government ethics program is, therefore, a kind of moral capital, both as an institution ...

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4. Is Courtesy Professional?

   ... Or, put another way, the Bronx police force has an ethics environment that embraces preferential treatment to VIPs and their ... of Interest Board, since ticket fixing is a government ethics issue more than a criminal issue. This would be a perfect opportunity to try an alternative sort of ethics proceeding, where the entire Bronx force would be the respondents, since ...

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5. Council Fiefdoms and Unethical Behavior

   ... the practice, feels that now is the time to get such an ethics reform passed, due to a recent scandal (one aspect of the charges against a ...

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6. Misuse of Official Commendations

   ... for political purposes. So what's wrong with this? Ethics codes limit gifts to officials, not gifts by officials (and even ... wrong with a few hundred commendations? Government ethics involves relationships and obligations. The direction of those ...

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

7. A Miscellany: Misuse of Government Employees and Legislative Immunity

   ... is a difference or two between this situation and government ethics. First, look at this situation. The conduct was physically violent, and ... the arrest was not politically motivated. In government ethics, there is only metaphorical violence against the public, not against a ...

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8. Moral Clarity IV - Self-Interest

   ... One problem Americans have with respect to government ethics is that one of our society’s principle ideologies is that everyone ... people respect us. But, as Neiman points out, looking at ethics in terms of self-interest “leaves us helpless whenever ...

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9. Bias Is Not a Conflict

   ... removal effort said of the conflict provision in the county ethics code, "The clear intent of this section is to avoid even the appearance ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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10. First Round of Changes to Model Code Project

    ... state law governs this area, it is a local government ethics matter, as well. I supply two provisions, one that is positive and ... . The paragraph already required cooperation with the ethics commission in its investigation. The additional language emphasizes this ...

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

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