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1. Rep. Charles Rangel and How to Be Above the Past, Appearances of Impropriety, and Annoying Things Like That

   ... more than a decision of his peerless peers on the House Ethics Committee, guilty or not guilty? Appearances of propriety are not for ... ilk. A determination in his favor by the House Ethics Committee would, Rangel feels, require a public apology from the ...

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

2. Local Government Consultants and Conflicts - New York Lawyers and Their Pensions

   ... entry. Government consultants are often left out of ethics codes, but even the City Ethics Model Code, which has a separate provision for consultants , does not ...

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

3. Stock Ownership and a Relationship with a Competitor

   ... to disclose his stock ownership and explain that the ethics adviser considered it a de minimis stock holding, that is, because the ... value to require withdrawal. It is common for ethics codes to make a de minimis exception for stock ownership of anywhere ...

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

4. Bond Advisers: Pay-to-Play, Phantom Bonds, and a Serious Lack of Transparency

   ... York Times points to yet another clever end run around ethics laws involving municipal bonds. Bond underwriters are not allowed to ... Finance Contractors and Vendors Ethics Reform Pay-to-Play Transparency In the news ...

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

5. Favoring Friends and Family Catches Up to Baltimore's Mayor

   ... and Dixon did not follow the requirements of the ethics law, which doesn't distinguish between the two different kinds ... hired her sister in the city council's office. The Board of Ethics forced Dixon to fire her sister. In 2006, she allegedly used an ... until the Sun wrote about it. A year later, the Board of Ethics found no cause, partly due to "the sensitive nature of the matter" and, ...

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

6. Lobbying and Large Local Government Contracts

   ... This is a difficult but important area of local government ethics, but it is rarely discussed in the popular media, and even more ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story ... Conflicts Contractors and Vendors Ethics Reform Family Members/Nepotism Lobbyists ...

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

7. Moral Clarity VII - Confidential Information

   ... in this series: Reason and Ideals Intentions Ethics Environments Self-Interest The Categorical Imperative and Exceptionalism Independent Ethics Enforcement Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City ...

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8. Hartford Mayor Says the Right Things Upon News of His Arrest

   ... 2007, shortly after the mayor paid for them. At that time, ethics proceedings should have begun, and a mayor who realized what he had done ... Attachment Size courant oped 012709.pdf 0 bytes Robert Wechsler's blog ...

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9. Improperly Invoking Conflicts in an Election Context

   ... time to educate the public about issues, but when government ethics is used for partisan purposes, it undermines both the public's ... a comment to yesterday's article, which reported the state's ethics commission opinion that the museum CEO could run as long as he did not ...

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

10. An IG-Compliance Battle in Chicago

    ... around, but the bottom line is that whenever you split ethics enforcement up among a variety of agencies-- in this case, the IG, the Office of Compliance, and the Board of Ethics -- you are asking for trouble. You are especially asking for trouble ...

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

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