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1. A Controversial Indianapolis Board Appointment: Perception and the Dilemma Between Competence and Conflicts of Interest

   ... that of the Indiana Pacers, a basketball team owned by the Simon family. There is a good chance that the Pacers' lease will be ... next year. Grand, an attorney, represents the Simon family’s principal business, the Simon Property Group. His law firm ... the Pacers. • Bar Grand's access to the firm's files on the Pacers. • Bar access by firm attorneys to any materials ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2008-02-04 11:06 - 0 comments

2. Chicago Ethics Task Force Files First Report

   Body:  The...

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

3. Other ethics related resources on the web

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

   donmc - 2023-08-02 14:37

4. Illinois Ethics Reform Poll and Blagojevich News

   ... to government ethics watchers are the results of a poll of Illinois citizens done by the Paul Simon Institute (see the full results in the attachment below). Support ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2009-10-21 08:35 - 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. Lobbyists' Emergence Reflects Shift in Capital Culture

   ... John E. Sweeney (R-N.Y.) at his East Capitol Street home -- $5,000 for "sponsors," $1,000 for PACs and $500 for individuals. The pivotal ... to the gilded age of "robber barons" in the 19th century. Simon Cameron, a senator from Pennsylvania at that time, said of his ...

   donmc - 2006-01-12 12:05 - 0 comments

9. Settlement Agreements

   ... Model Code, but I have just added a provision, Section 213(5) . The language is based on that of several state ethics codes and ... 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. 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 ... authority to subpoena witnesses and documents. 5. Ethics commission jurisdiction over all officials and employees, including ...

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

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