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1. The Confidentiality of Ethics Proceedings and the Duties This Creates

   Body:  Confidentiality is a sticky issue in ethics investigations. It appears to be the norm, but many people do not seem ... filed a complaint against the current mayor with the state Ethics Commission. The city attorney found out about the complaint and told the ...

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

2. The Problems with a New Report on Chicago's Level of Corruption

   ... I try not to use this word with respect to government ethics, because it is commonly thought of as having to do with criminal ... timed to coincide with the Chicago Task Force on Ethics Reform 's first public hearing. While calling for ethics reforms, the report ...

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

3. When a Job Is Given to an EC Member

   ... campaign financing program, I can once again write about ethics issues that arise in New Haven. An interesting issue arose when, ... in Monday's New Haven Register , a member of the city's ethics board took a part-time job with the city. The questions this raises are ...

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4. Ethics Laws and Difficult Family Predicaments

   ... of his or her immediate family. The common approach to ethics is to assume that an official will favor a family member, but sometimes an ethics law can take an official out of the uncomfortable position of having to ...

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5. Georgia's Aspirational Guidelines

   Body:  The City Ethics Model Ethics Code includes as an aspirational code the American Society for ... Attachment Size IMLA model.pdf 0 bytes Robert Wechsler's blog ...

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6. Developers and Ethics Reform

   ... Lamar , the local state attorney's call for "sweeping new ethics laws he said would limit the influence of developers and other special ... philosophy we descend to what's really important in ethics reform: wording of ethics provisions. Any wording that allows a developer to ...

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

7. Outside Auditors and Local Government Ethics

   ... for six years, I keep finding important areas of government ethics that I have not discussed. One such area involves dealing with the ... arisen with respect to last year's most famous government ethics scandal, the huge salaries of Bell, CA officials. According to ...

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8. The Kingdom of Individuals II: Expediency vs. Ethics

   Body:  The principal problem with getting one's ethics from one's organization is that, according to Bailey, “Organizations ... do with a local government's guardian of trust, that is, its ethics commission. It would be refreshing to hear an elected official say ...

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9. It's Not the Law, It's the Ethics

   ... behavior, but not the ability to distinguish law from ethics. Poor Judgment All Around The mayor of Phoenix admitted to a ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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10. Fall Reading: Out of Character

    ... talk much in this blog or in my book Local Government Ethics Programs about character. However, there is another approach to government ethics that is sometimes referred to as "the character approach." For example, ...

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

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