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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 ... get officials and employees to seek advice from the ethics board whenever they have a special relationship, directly or indirectly, with ...

   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. Hatch Act Bill Amended to Let Local Government Employees Run for Office

   ... the Hatch Act Modernization Act of 2012 According to a press release on the bill, it "removes the federal prohibition on most ... government employees," so that, according to Kathleen Clark in a Legal Ethics Forum post , the District will be treated like other ...

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

4. Summer Reading: Government Lawyers and Confidentiality

   ... (and otherwise). The first piece of reading I'm going to talk about is one of the otherwise. Washington University in St. Louis law professor Kathleen Clark's law review article, " Confidentiality Norms and Government Lawyers ...

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

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. 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. Settlement Agreements

   ... those of Ohio and Georgia. Click here to read the rest of this blog entry. Settlements are especially important because ethics commissions tend to have limited resources. In most cases, there is no need for ... 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

10. 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

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