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Ethics Commissions Should Stick to Their Area of Jurisdiction and Should Stay Out of Politics
Body: A recent decision of the Wilton, NY ethics board (attached; see below) raises important ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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Chicago Ethics Task Force Files First Report
Body: The Chicago Ethics Reform Task Force report was published yesterday . Well, at least Part ... likely inexperienced lawyers to deal with a huge city's ethics program." The task force managed to draft an 83-page report in a ... But the report does not present a vision of a comprehensive ethics program for Chicago. It merely makes recommendations, 34 of them to ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Other ethics related resources on the web
Sites Focusing on Ethics in Public Service and Character Education Council ... tradition of providing students with the strong leadership, decision-making and critical thinking skills required to thrive in the ...
donmc - 2023-08-02 14:37
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An Attempt to Get Rid of New Ethics Provisions in Three Broward County Cities
... In November 2010, Broward County, FL voters approved an ethics code for officials of the cities in the county (the code also applies ... Pursuant To Florida Law. Should service on the Wilton Manors City Commission be recognized as a part-time position whereby the ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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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
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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
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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
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Settlement Agreements
Body: Most local government ethics codes do not explicitly deal with settlement agreements, but most state ethics codes do. I left settlement agreements out of my first draft of the City ... 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
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Best Practices from the Book "Local Government Ethics Programs"
... The second edition of the resource book Local Government Ethics Programs will be put up on the City Ethics website in the next few ... 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
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The Economic Crisis - Public vs. Private Interests Once Again
... crisis provides an important opportunity for government ethics professionals. It takes our eyes out of the trees -- individual ... 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
