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1. Co-Opting Subordinates Through Ordering Unethical Conduct

   ... to make a particular document public. It's common for ethics codes to require that government staff and facilities not be used for ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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2. Local Government Lobbyists, Prohibitions on Use of Funds, and Campaign Contributions

   ... who do the lobbying themselves) does raise some government ethics issues, because it adds to the mix highly politicized contractors. ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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3. Local Official Involvement in Shadow Banking

   ... made through companies controlled by his wife. Under state ethics rules, he didn’t need to disclose those because the companies were ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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4. SEC Action re Fiduciary Duties Relating to Municipal Bonds

   ... a different sort of fiduciary duty than the usual government ethics case. In a complaint dated June 24, 2014 (attached; see below), the SEC ... Attachment Size SEC v Harvey 0614.pdf 0 bytes Robert Wechsler's blog ...

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5. Paying Relatives to Work on Council Campaigns - Issues of Trust

   ... Times has an article today that touches on municipal ethics issues. A municipal scandal does wonders. This time the issue is ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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6. The Need to Anticipate Perceptions When Dealing with Nepotism Issues

   ... member. The final twist is that the school board's ethics code is all of one month old. This means not only is this the first ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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7. Local Government Employees on Local Government Pension Boards - An Important Court Case in California

   ... group, but one of the two principal groups covered by the ethics code. No matter what the decision, the question should be asked by ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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8. A Big Disability Scam and the Revolving Door

   ... sort of revolving door abuse be in violation of government ethics codes (forget the criminal aspects)? Probably not unless they were ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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9. A Serious Sort of Local Government Preferential Treatment Is Before the Supreme Court Today

   ... See update below A central element of government ethics is that preferential treatment is bad. Preferential treatment is bad ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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10. What We Can Learn from Robert Bork's Failure to Deal Responsibly with a Conflict Situation

    ... with his conflicts of interest. No one is above government ethics. In fact, the higher an individual's office, the more harm his ethical ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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