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1. Ethics Guidance For and Jurisdiction Over Independent Agencies

   ... too often listen to agencies' calls for independence from ethics programs, as if the "independence" meant something positive that should ... something positive when it is a watchdog agency, like an ethics commission, auditor, or inspector general. Massachusetts agencies ...

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

2. Nonviolence and Government Ethics II – Teamwork and Leading By Example

   ... that are being used or that can be used in local government ethics. What Is Nonviolence? But first I should define ... trying to preserve public services. And recognize that poor ethics environments would not exist except for citizens' indifference and ...

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

3. Ways to Prevent or Slow Down Ethics Reform

   ... I am always fascinated at the ways in which even the most reform-minded politicians can kill ethics reform proposals that might cause them some embarrassment. Gov. Bobby ...

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

4. NY Senator Bruno's Indictment Shows Us Once Again That Ethics Self-Enforcement Doesn't Work

   ... His biggest crime was standing in the way of any meaningful ethics reform in New York State. Here's what Susan Lerner , executive ...

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

5. Ethics Commission Allegations Against a Candidate Soon Before an Election, and a Resulting Suit

   ... It's a few weeks before a primary election, and you (a local ethics commission member or staff member) learn that a candidate has violated an ethics code provision, and hidden it via a false disclosure. Do you act or do ...

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

6. Designated Ethics Aides

   ... I'm a National Leaguer). How about a designated ethics aide? A staff member assigned by a local legislator, or department or ... about a superior's conflict situation or to check with the ethics officer on the sly and then report the advice to one's superior. An aide ...

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

7. Guarding Ethics Guardians

   ... the guardians? This is a question many people ask about ethics commissions. But the question I would like to raise is, Is this the ... (RI) Times columnist Jim Baron , concerning the bill to amend the RI constitution to give the state EC the jurisdiction over ...

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

8. The Problems with an Executive's Ethics Commission

   Body:  The big news in the government ethics world today is the investigative piece in the New York Times ... a commission to go after legislators and obtain ethics reform from them is that it looks like the executive is using the commission to ...

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

9. An Interesting Agency Independence from Ethics Enforcement Issue in Broward County

   Body:  I've written about the issue of ethics commission jurisdiction over independent agencies and authorities, ... to be outside the IG's jurisdiction (and, equally, the ethics commission's), any agency would be. And yet all attorneys involved or ...

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

10. Ethics Transparency

    ... is one of the most important elements of government ethics. And yet government ethics itself is often kept secret. Respect for the ... Its new 64-page report on Fiscal 2006 is available in PDF format. Businesses found to have violated the Bank's rules are barred from ...

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

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