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1. Chicago Ethics Task Force Files First Report

   ... for four people and their likely inexperienced lawyers to deal with a huge city's ethics program." The task force managed to draft an 83-page report in a little less than five months, which is a major ...

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

2. Other ethics related resources on the web

   Sites Focusing on Ethics in Public Service and Character Education ... Ethics exercises leadership in the executive branch to prevent conflicts of interest on the part of Government employees, and to resolve those conflicts of interest that do occur. In partnership with ...

   donmc - 2023-08-02 14:37

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. Font Sizes - a test...

   ... </ul> Makes a bulleted list using the default bullet type: text text text <ul   ...

   donmc - 2012-07-26 17:40

7. Settlement Agreements

   ... those of Ohio and Georgia. Click here to read the rest of this blog entry. Settlements are especially ... some states (and at least one city) make settlement the default or preferred approach. Arkansas’ code requires a written Offer of ... the commission “resolve and settle the complaint or motion, to the extent possible.” Los Angeles delays public announcement of a ...

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

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

   ... officials and employees, the appearance of their conduct to the community, and how officials’ handling of conflict situations affects ... 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

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

   ... companies. It means reasserting our rights as citizens to regulate the market. It means insisting we will not support the new ... 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

10. The Don't Ask, Don't Tell Approach to Ethics

    ... the nature of their work, or the potential of that work to create conflicts of interest. “The worst conflict of interest was no ... in the public interest. Don’t ask, don’t tell is the default setting for municipal ethics. And it’s the worst conflict of interest ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2008-04-20 09:13 - 0 comments

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