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Wanted: Old Toothless Pals Only - The New Office of Congressional Ethics
Body: The actual and perceived independence of an ethics commission is one of the most important aspects of a government ethics ... The alternates are former Reps. Abner Mikva (D-Ill.) and Bill Frenzel (R-Minn.). So much for a perception of independence. So much ...
Robert Wechsler - 2008-07-26 16:02 - 0 comments
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Gifts from National and State Associations
... Many of the most difficult situations in government ethics involve relationships that are not direct. For example, situations where ... or whatever such a relationship is called in the relevant ethics code. An interesting indirect relationship arose in a case in Rhode ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Crippling Case of Ethics Self-Enforcement
... often written about the problems with self-enforcement of ethics laws. In the Wisconsin case of a state supreme court justice's ... were willing to read the judicial conduct provision as the ethics law it is, that is as a minimum requirement, rather than as a criminal ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Ethics of Teachers and Politicians
... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics: Ethics Environments Misuse of Office/Special In the news ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Officials' Inaction and Anger
Body: Usually, in government ethics situations, local officials can get away with doing nothing, especially when the conflict isn't theirs. Few ethics codes have provisions prohibiting complicity in and requiring the ... program. When anger and self-righteousness do lead to ethics reform, the reforms are too often misguided. But often there is no concrete ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Ethics Advice and the Importance of Being a Daddy's Boy
... Shooting is not what people should do when it comes to ethics advice. According to an NPR feature that ran today , Bopp ... Daddy is. There is nothing more important in government ethics than asking for ethics advice from an ethics officer or commission or ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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North Carolina Legislature Is About to Pass a Nearly Worthless, and Possibly Dangerous, Local Government Ethics Law
... North Carolina was soon to require local governments to pass ethics codes. I've now found out more about the proposed law, and it is ... of this law and use it as an opportunity for true ethics reform, for an ethics code with disclosure and independent ethics ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Ethics of Representation Without Taxation
... it have on government and, more particularly, on government ethics? This idea originates not with me, but with the woman who filed the recent ethics complaint against Alaska's Gov. Palin, which I discussed in a recent ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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Waivers and Exclusions
... for obtaining waivers. 102. Exclusions from the Code of Ethics and from Transactional Disclosure. The provisions of 100 and 101 of ... to an official or employee plus his close relations. Many ethics codes' dollar limits are per gift, usually around $50, in the belief ...
Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 09:11 - 0 comments
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Ford's Pardon of Nixon: The Importance of Thoughtful Ethics Enforcement
... because it shows two important things about government ethics enforcement. First, how ethics rules are enforced is more important than ... This is something that the Republicans who went after Bill Clinton clearly did not learn. The result of their seeking vengeance at ...
Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-16 12:57 - 0 comments
