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1. Independent Agencies Without Ethics Oversight Can Mean Disaster

   ... people to sit on a pension board because, as in Detroit, ethics commissions often have no jurisdiction over pension boards, or the ethics code makes a special exception for them. Back in 2009, when the Detroit ...

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

2. Ethics and Local Political Party Officers

   ... deal of power in local government is not covered by local ethics codes or the other aspects of local ethics programs. That group consists of officers of local political parties. ...

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

3. The Personal Side of Ethics

   Body:  So much of government ethics involves the contrast, and sometimes the collision, between ethics and law. Too often the personal aspect of government ethics is overlooked. All three get twisted together in a very simple matter ...

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

4. Starving Ethics Commissions of Resources - The Situation in Oklahoma

   ... Money is not only the root of much of the evil in government ethics, it is also the lifeblood of government ethics. Without money, ethics commissions, at least in cities and states, as ...

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

5. Revolving Door Provisions in Local Government Ethics Codes

   ... for a long time to take a long second look at the City Ethics Model Code provision on the revolving door that many officials ... as well as states with jurisdiction over local government ethics deal with it in a variety of ways. Revolving door, or post-employment, ...

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

6. There Is a Meaningful Difference Between Making Accusations and Saying You've Filed an Ethics Complaint

   ... Recently, I wrote a blog post on the political use of ethics complaints and the manipulation of the press. Yesterday, the third ... of a second circuit decision concerning the right of an ethics complainant to say he filed a complaint, was, "the first amendment ...

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

7. Ethics Charges as a Beginning

   Body:  Ethics charges are often not the end, but rather the beginning of a process to improve government ethics. Take a recent instance in Los Angeles. According to a City News ... that it may not be an isolated instance. If the filing of an ethics complaint or, in this case, charges against one manager is correctly ...

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

8. Poor Ethics Code Language

   Body:  Are those who draft local government ethics codes unusually eccentric? Unusually clever? Or just lazy? Whichever it ... to consider best practices, or even the practices of better ethics programs. Across the U.S.A., ethics code drafters seem to pull many of ...

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

9. Ethics Allegations Often Bring Out the Worst in Elected Officials

   ... of interest, it could file a complaint with the state ethics commission. This would be far better than having the council investigate ... This is why they should be kept away from government ethics programs, except to provide ethical leadership. For more on the ...

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

10. Government Ethics Professionals Also Respond Personally to Conflict Allegations

    ... to deal with his own conflict situation, even a government ethics professional. No one should think that it is easy for someone to see an ... against him in anything but a personal manner. A government ethics program must facilitate the process of dealing responsibly with a ...

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

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