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1. Regulating Ethics in a Bust

   ... in a financial system. They are also common in government ethics. Booms are when things are good, when local politicians seem worthy ... Rajan argues. It is also the time when government ethics reform is least needed, because things are out in the open, people are ...

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

2. Littering and Government Ethics

   ... of the conduct. The application to government ethics is clear. In a poor ethics environment (that is, where the descriptive norm does not follow the ...

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

3. Do Ethics Commissions Have Jurisdiction Over Officials' Practice of Law?

   ... people. The latest use of their creativity is to argue that ethics boards cannot require disclosure of a conflict of interest that arises ... public, Marionneaux co-sponsored an amendment to an ethics bill that would have removed the disclosure requirement. The amendment had not ...

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

4. The Real-Life Results of a Lack of Independence and Transparency in an Ethics Program

   ... Last week, I wrote blog posts about how Chicago's ethics program needs more independence and more transparency than the Ethics Reform Task Force recommended. I couldn't have imagined better evidence to ...

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

5. Local Government Attorney Ethics Advice

   ... but rather a judgment based partially on the language of an ethics code and partially on a determination of what is appropriate under the ... to take full responsibility for their government ethics decisions. According to an article in the Desert Sun , a La ...

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

6. A New Local Government Ethics Term

   ... Louis Post-Dispatch for inventing a new local government ethics term in an editorial yesterday . The term is "dyscronia." ... situations and to deal with them responsibly, despite normal ethics." Dyscronia is not just about arrogance, as the editorial suggests. ...

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

7. The Consequences of Academic Noninvolvement in the Reform of Government Conflicts of Interest Programs

   ... Administration Anniversary Symposium: Visions and Voices of Ethics in the Profession" (Fall 2014, Vol. 16, No. 4). Since the journal ... Out: The Consequences of Academic Noninvolvement in the Reform of Government Conflicts of Interest Programs." The abstract is as ...

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

8. A Government Ethics Approach to Open Records

   Body:  Luis Toro, the director of Colorado Ethics Watch, raised an important local government ethics issue in a recent Huffington Post post . It is a problem that is ...

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

9. Misleading Orange County (CA) Ethics Initiative

   ... But the initiative's wording calls the FPPC "the ethics commission," which causes confusion, because many in the county, ... ) as well as past grand juries, have called for a local ethics commission to be formed. The editorial points out that the ... County's "two-year contract authorized the FPPC to bill up to $493,296 for purposes of enforcing San Bernardino’s campaign ...

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

10. Now Available! An Introduction to Local Government Ethics

    ... Body:  More and more each year, the City Ethics website has been the go-to place for local government ethics information. First a blog, then a Model Ethics Code, and then a huge ... ethics. It's only 27 pages (29 on the page-numbered PDF), and it's intended for someone who knows little or nothing about the ...

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

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