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  1. Current Ethics Reform III - Prince George's County, MD and Kenosha, WI

    ... projects (see my 2010 blog post on this). Kenosha, WI The news in Kenosha is that the mayor has finally nominated ... Attachment Size Kenosha.pdf 0 bytes Robert Wechsler's blog ...

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

  2. "Frivolity" in Kenosha, WI

    ... government ethics program. A look at an attempt to add it to Kenosha's ethics program shows how, well, frivolous the word is. According ... the Kenosha council would make it so that a person who files an ethics complaint that "is dismissed in total" by the city’s ethics ...

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

  3. Chicago Ethics Task Force Files First Report

    Body:  The...

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

  4. Other ethics related resources on the web

    Sites Focusing on Ethics in Public Service and Character Education ...

    donmc - 2023-08-02 14:37

  5. The Appropriateness of Business and Union Gifts to Government

    ... County, home of Indianapolis. Democrats favor two satellite sites for early voting (in addition to the City-County Building), but the ... auto workers union offer $50,000 to pay for the satellite sites. I oppose the acceptance of gifts to local governments from ...

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

  6. State Ethics Mandates for Local Governments

    ... and Cass R. Sunstein (2008), which argues skillfully for default options, since people are lazy or, in this situation, it's in their self-interest to do nothing? A state could require a default ethics program that would take effect by the end of the following year, ...

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

  7. Penalizing Ethics Proceeding Transparency

    ... is an essential part of government ethics, it should be the default position. In other words, unless there are very serious reasons to ... rights also need to be taken into account. When someone files a complaint, there has to be a serious reason to limit his right to speak ...

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

  8. Settlement Agreements

    ... some states (and at least one city) make settlement the default or preferred approach. Arkansas’ code requires a written Offer of ...

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

  9. Best Practices from the Book "Local Government Ethics Programs"

    ... in the government. 3. Transparency as the default position of the ethics program, with respect to advice, disclosure, and ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2013-06-20 08:35 - 0 comments

  10. The Economic Crisis - Public vs. Private Interests Once Again

    ... It means the public sector must come back not just in the default mode when the private sector fails, but actively and constructively so ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2008-09-23 07:49 - 0 comments

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