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1. D.C. Legislative Immunity in a Case Alleging Retaliation Against a Whistleblower

   ... Although a federal court case, this is essentially an ethics matter, as it involves retaliation against a whistleblower and, ... time that D.C. and many other jurisdictions started passing ethics laws. The council could easily change this rule at any time, for ...

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

2. Gifts to Local Governments - Two Very Different Examples

   ... impropriety. However, they are generally not dealt with in ethics codes. In fact, many ethics codes require that gifts to officials be turned over to the local ...

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

3. Volunteering Professional Services: An In-Kind Contribution or Not?

   ... does not matter in any sense relevant to government ethics. This isn't to say that, in most cases, such volunteer ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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4. The Use of Subordinates as Means and Benefitting a Personal Interest

   ... the following provision of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act: The legislature reaffirms that each public officer holds ... came from Palin's attorney: In order to violate the ethics law, there has to be some personal gain, usually financial. Mr. ...

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

5. The Conflicts Behind Government Opacity

   ... says and does the right things when it comes to government ethics. In a memo to heads of executive departments and agencies, ... transparency is a conflict of interest issue, government ethics professionals can lead the way by making their websites or web pages as ...

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

6. Soft Landings and Other Revolving Door Matters

   ... and they involved lawyers, a group that often argues that ethics laws should not apply to them (in fact, in Pennsylvania, someone said, ... 1955, well before the post-Watergate explosion of government ethics laws. One term that used by someone on the panel was new to me: ...

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

7. Conflicts and Money

   ... of interest. This isn't really their fault. Many ethics codes refer only to "financial interests," as if money was all that matters. And officials usually get insufficient ethics training, if they get any at all. The NYC school principal hired ...

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

8. Book Review: Emil "Bud" Krogh, Integrity

   ... psychiatrist. For years he has been giving lectures on ethics, a program he calls the Integrity Zone (and his book is entitled ... Krogh's book has two central lesson for local government ethics, one about loyalty, the other about certainty. Click here to read ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments

9. Bribery vs. Acceptance of Gifts

   ... the mayor were intended to influence him. From a government ethics perspective, this was unnecessary. The acceptance of gifts from someone ... how the indictment shows the weakness of the New Orleans ethics program . Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City ...

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10. Clear Evidence of How Dealing Irresponsibly with a Conflict Can Undermine the Public Trust

    ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ... This is the video of part of an Ethics Commission meeting. It demonstrates the difficulty in enforcing the ...

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

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