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  1. Ethics in Congress I - Institutional Corruption (Summer Reading)

    ... Despite the book's title, Thompson (a professor at Harvard) has a great deal to say about government ethics that is equally applicable to city and county legislators. The central thesis of the book (but far from ...

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

  2. Carla Miller - President, City Ethics

    ... for governments and civil society. As a former Fellow of the Harvard University Safra Center for Ethics, she uses the latest research-based ... than 20 years to build a strong ethics program in her home city, Jacksonville, Florida. She was Chair of the local Ethics Commission, ...

    donmc - 2021-08-23 12:36

  3. Full Text of Model Ethics Code

    ... 1. Conflict of Interest. 2. Legislators Employed by City 3. Withdrawal from Participation 4. Gifts 5. ... Patronage 10. Post-Employment 11. Misuse of City Property and Reimbursements 12. Nepotism 13. Transactions ...

    donmc - 2015-08-18 14:41 - 0 comments

  4. Misuse of City Property and Reimbursements

    ... is so basic it is sometimes left out of ethics codes: using city property or money for one's own use. Please share your thoughts about this ... attempts to control it. 100(12). Misuse of City Property and Reimbursements An official or ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 08:53 - 5 comments

  5. LOS ANGELES

    Los Angeles City Ethics Commission The Los Angeles City Ethics Commission is a semi-independent agency authorized and funded by ... and enforce a governmental ethics ordinance for the City of Los Angeles. The CEC is also responsible for administering and ...

    donmc - 2006-06-24 13:29 - 4 comments

  6. ROBERT WECHSLER

    ... Robert Wechsler is the Director of Research-Retired for City Ethics. He writes this site's local government ethics blog and he ... to change them . A former lawyer, he is a graduate of Harvard College and Columbia University Law School. You can check out Rob's ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2015-05-15 13:16

  7. NEW YORK CITY

    New York City Population: 7,428,162 (Source: Census of July 1st 1999 - City of NY only) Web site: http://www.nyc.gov/ About the NYC ... The Conflicts of Interest Board is the ethics board for the City of New York and was created by the 1988 Charter revision as the successor ...

    donmc - 2006-05-24 10:38 - 0 comments

  8. Ethics Reform in Tallahassee, Rejection of Election Overspending by Big Contra Costa Employer

    ... ethics reform package. The brain child of Lawrence Lessig, a Harvard law professor and founder of United Republic and Rootstrikers, it ... campaign financing programs. The two major ones, in New York City and Los Angeles, provide matching funds to candidates, which turn small ...

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

  9. Institutional Corruption Conference I: Duplicitous Exclusion

    ... sponsored by the Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University ( videos of it will eventually appear here ). Although ... of a painting that portrayed the 1930s machine in Kansas City, MO), many ideas that were discussed are applicable to local government ... brings home the bacon, that is, pulls federal, state, and city money into the district. Voting becomes an act of self-interest in what is ...

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

  10. Atlantic City Council Votes to Abolish the City's Ethics Board

    Body:  A city full of casinos has no need for an ethics board, right? Well, according to an article in yesterday's Press of Atlantic City , that's the decision the Atlantic City council made last week. This decision (a second vote is required for ...

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

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