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1. The Irresponsible Handling of One Man's Conflicts in Two School Districts

   ... A week ago, I wrote about the weaknesses of an ethics initiative in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. This week, in neighboring Lackawanna County, the responses to a March 25 state ethics commission decision has shown truly irresponsible handling of one ...

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

2. "Perception of Impropriety"

   ... Glenn H. Reynolds'' The Appearance of Impropriety: How the Ethics Wars Have Undermined American Govt, Business, and Society (Free Press, ... stricken from reports, off the books operations Reform often an image itself rather than a reality, without difficult ...

   donmc - 2006-05-03 11:40 - 1 comment

3. Disclosure of Gifts -- Really Just from Companies?

   ... scenes." Here is the language in the Baltimore ethics code : The [disclosure] statement must include a schedule of ... entity" would have been used. In any event, the ethics code more clearly prohibits accepting such gifts (something the city ...

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

4. An Alternative to Punishment

   ... Body:  This is a follow-up to yesterday's blog post on ethics fines. This week, I've been reading Karen Pryor's bible on positive ... first step is to consider what is the goal of government ethics. Do we really just want to get rid of misbehavior, or do we want ...

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

5. Summer Reading: The Righteous Mind III: The Social Nature of Moral Judgment

   ... Righteous Mind.jpg Body:  The Ethics of Gut Reactions According to Jonathan Haidt's book ... The best way to see how important emotions are to ethics is through people whose emotions are limited, for example, psychopaths ...

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

6. Colleges, Knowledge, Gifts to Officials' Relatives, and Advice Regarding Past Conduct

   ... a case that embodies a number of important government ethics issues, including the conflict issues that involve local schools of ... relatives and the officials' knowledge of them, an ethics program's jurisdiction over these relatives, and whether government attorneys should provide ethics advice about past conduct. The article reports on the ways in which ...

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

7. Hearing Process

   ... and discuss the hearing process for proceedings before the Ethics Commission. The assumption here is that such proceedings are public ... Process. 1. After a finding of probable cause, the Ethics Commission must hold one or more public hearings, and the first public ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 10:11 - 2 comments

8. EC Member Withdrawal in a Case Involving an Appointing Authority

   ... wrote this blog post, I erroneously assumed that the ethics commission member whose conflict situation I discuss was the only one ... by a short exchange in a closed session of New York State's ethics commission (JCOPE) that was accidentally webcast. According to ...

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

9. Issues Arising from Auctioning Official's Purchase of Property at Foreclosure

   ... handled by the sheriff's office. The Application of Ethics Laws to Foreclosure Purchases The first issue involves the ... auction run by the sheriff or by another deputy. Many ethics codes prohibit officials from entering into a contract with their agency ...

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

10. Legislative Immunity in Rhode Island -- A New Court Decision

    ... Court Judge Francis J. Darigan dismissed a state ethics commission case against the state's former senate president, William V. ... of interest - whether Sen. Irons should not have voted on a bill that gave financial benefits to a company for whom he worked. The ...

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

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