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1. Ethics Reform via Referendum, and Some Valuable Practices from New York City

   Body:  Referendum Requires Ethics Training and Increases Penalties I learned at the COGEL conference ... . Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  City Related Enforcement/Penalties Ethics Reform Ethics Training ...

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

2. Ethics Reports and Efforts in New Orleans

   ... number of civic organizations that focus on government ethics, and the greatest amount of activity among them. There is the ... Commission , a watchdog group that has filed ethics complaints (see my two blog posts that mention them:  1   2 ). ... and Vendors Ethics Environments Ethics Reform ...

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

3. Atlantic City Council Votes to Abolish the City's Ethics Board

   Body:  A city full of casinos has no need for an ethics board, right? Well, according to an article in yesterday's Press ... of Atlantic City. The resurrection of the city's Ethics Board was a campaign promise made by former Mayor Bob Levy that hung in ...

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

4. Restrictions on Ethics Commission Membership

   ... In yesterday's miscellany , I talked about an ethics commission member conflicted due to having played a role in the campaign ... and dealing with them responsibly is central to government ethics. But there are two differences when it comes to EC members. One is ...

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

5. How to Bring Contractors Into the Ethics Process

   Body:  Another interesting ethics matter is raised in the article on the school board member in Santa ... business with the local government to be involved in the ethics process. It is a positive thing for those doing business with the city ... to fall between the cracks. This is why the City Ethics Model Code has a Disclosure by Applicants provision , which requires ...

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

6. Dealing Responsibly with an Ethics Violation

   ... scenario of a sort that is too rarely included in ethics training. And yet it's one that could save a lot of officials, as well as ethics programs, a great deal of trouble, and help maintain public trust in ...

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

7. Government Ethics Specialists Need Not Apply

   ... of State Governments (CSG), and the Council on Governmental Ethics Laws (COGEL), Public Integrity is the foremost journal on ethics and leadership in all aspects of modern public service. Written for both ...

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

8. Ethics Professionals Need to Defend Their Own

   ... Louisiana legislators do not seem to like the state Board of Ethics. Earlier this year, two of them sued the Board of Ethics, based on a decision it made. Now the Legislature has passed a bill clearly intended to get rid of the Board's chief counsel, Gray Sexton. ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-07-19 09:24 - 0 comments

9. Partisan Misuse of Office to Pass "Ethics Reforms" in Alabama

   Body:  Quick. What's the biggest government ethics problem? Did you say deducting union membership dues from ... to an Associated Press article yesterday , the first bill passed by the new Republican majority in the Alabama Senate was the ... no excuse for dressing up petty-account settling as ethics reform. The House should vote against this bill to show that there is ...

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

10. Lessons to share from ethics reform in Winter Park

    ... December 17, 2007 Winter Park recently adopted an ethics-reform package, becoming the first local government to accept the challenge ...

    donmc - 2007-12-18 10:27 - 0 comments

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