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1. The Ethics of Municipal Pension Plans Revisited

   ... Four years after I wrote a blog post entitled The Ethics of Today's Municipal Pension Plan Problems , according to an op-ed ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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

2. The Lawyer Discipline System and Its Effects on Municipal Ethics

   ... Municipal attorneys are a keystone of municipal ethics program. In many cases, they write and interpret ethics laws, are involved in ethics training, and act as important ethical role ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-06-25 07:01 - 0 comments

3. Innocence and the Difference Between Criminal and Ethics Enforcement

   ... point to an important difference between criminal and ethics enforcement. One juror is quoted as saying, "If I could convict a ... wrong. Cluelessness is not a defense in government ethics enforcement, nor should it be. A government official has an obligation ...

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

4. Václav Havel on Government Ethics

   ... from his work that are relevant to government ethics: "The prerequisite for everything political is moral. Politics really should be ethics put into practice." “Even a purely moral act that has no hope of ...

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

5. Mitt Romney on Local Government Ethics

   ... Body:  Read all about it! Local government ethics becomes a presidential campaign issue! Yes, you heard that right. ... as I've presented them. But it's nice that local government ethics shone for a moment with a tiny sliver of the presidential limelight. ...

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

6. The Ethics of Naming Public Buildings, Etc. After Serving Officials

   ... Dan Greenberg introduced the Edifice Complex Prevention Bill to put limits on this practice in his state. He was asked by a fellow ... is about as good publicity as you can get. It's doubly an ethics violation, because it's a gift bought with public funds. Such ...

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

7. Why Strict Time Periods Are Problematic

   Body:  When there is a time period in an ethics code investigation or hearing provision, there is always the question:  ... decision dated March 17 in the case of G. L. v. State Ethics Commission . My thanks to Patty Salkin's Law of the Land blog for ...

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

8. How Swift Growth Can Undermine Local Government Ethics

   ... 2005. How does that translate in terms of local government ethics? Sadly, not very well. The county is Loudoun in Virginia (principal ... 9. What happens if and when someone suggests improvements in ethics laws? A proposal to prohibit supervisors from accepting campaign ...

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

9. A Gift Exception That Undermines the Rule

   ... to help protect it from an investigation by the city's ethics board . This blog post will look at why there is an investigation ... business with one's agency are prohibited by the Baltimore ethics code (§6-27), but there are, of course, exceptions, including a big ...

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

10. The Principal Goal of Government Ethics

    ... in islands throughout the U.S.) and which government ethics programs are intended to protect us from. That system was described ... the rule of law, who are the principal targets of government ethics. Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics ...

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

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