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Above the Law Is Well Below Ethics
... How a big-city police chief responds to his commission of an ethics violation is more important than the violation itself. The worst thing he can do is act as if he is above the law, as if ethics laws, not to mention ethics considerations, do not apply to him. ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Problem with Legislative Ethics Waivers
Body: Many government ethics professionals don't like waivers. I think they're valuable. Basically, ... official recognizes that certain conduct would constitute an ethics violation, but wants a determination that he can engage in the conduct ... law. It can effectively do so under the radar. In fact, the bill does not even provide the lobbyist's name. It simply says that “the ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Gap Between Advice and Enforcement, and The Isolation of Independence
... a panel this week as part of the annual Citywide Seminar on Ethics in New York City Government, co-sponsored by the New York City Conflicts ... to the gap problem. A city or county with a reform-oriented leadership that has taken over after a scandal, and wants to ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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Legislative Immunity Goes Local: The Defense Was Just Used in an Ethics Matter in Baltimore
... immunity defense has been used in a local government ethics matter, albeit in a city where violations are criminally prosecuted. I ... the criminal nature of the charges (yet another reason why ethics matters should not be criminalized). The legislative immunity ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Nonviolence and Government Ethics I – Disrespect
... and practices of nonviolence to the field of government ethics. This provides me with an opportunity to consider some of the ... philosophical and practical questions in government ethics. Nonviolence and government ethics have a lot more to do with each ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Holiday Spirit and the Spirit of Ethics Laws
Body: It's pop quiz time. Read the following ethics code provision and hypothetical, and answer the question that follows ... violated their diets, but have they violated the above ethics provision? Okay, this isn't quite a hypothetical. It's a provision ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Supermajority Votes in the Probable Cause Phase of Ethics Enforcement
Body: Requiring supermajority votes by ethics commissions to find probable cause or a violation is probably the best obstacle elected officials can place in the way of effective ethics enforcement. This is especially true of the probable cause phase, if ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Hiring Experts and Giving Ethics Waivers: The Henry Paulson, Jr. Story
... provides valuable material relevant to local government ethics. This time it's former Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, ... his firm and was working for a competitor. Technical Ethics Violations But since no one knows the content of Paulson's ... no one knows whether he was already in violation of the ethics agreement he signed in 2006. At first blush, one would think he was, ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Taking Responsibility for COGEL Awards
... at the annual conference of the Council on Governmental Ethics Laws (COGEL) , the only association of state and local government ethics professionals, Judge Anthony Wilhoit was given the COGEL Award, which ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Jacksonville Ethics Officer Budget Hearing Saturday
... committee will consider the budget for the city's ethics office, a big $95,000. There has been talk of using the city's budget crisis to get rid of the ethics office, but the newspapers and the city's civic organizations want to preserve the office. The city's ethics officer, who will be making a presentation, is Carla Miller, president ...
Robert Wechsler - 2009-08-28 10:27 - 0 comments
