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

    ... 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

  2. Font Sizes - a test...

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    donmc - 2012-07-26 17:40

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

    ... that is. If you don’t ask the right questions and insist on full responses, then you are equally responsible for the conflicts of ... 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

  4. Summer Reading: Richard Painter on Ethics Reform I

    ... is the first of three blog posts about this book, focusing on Painter's recommendations for ethics reform and how they could be applied to ... subject to ethics rules." Painter advocates what he calls "default rules," that is ethics rules that apply to contractors, but which can ...

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

  5. Drupal post typography

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    donmc - 2010-01-22 11:24 - 0 comments

  6. City Ethics Support

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    donmc - 2015-04-28 15:55

  7. The Perils of Nepotism

    ... the Church from becoming a second aristocracy, handing on the Church's lands and power to the children of Church leaders. But ... words, priestly celibacy in order to prevent nepotistic rule of the Catholic Church led inexorably to modern government. Nepotism and ... strength of patrimonial groups. Tribalism ... remains a default form of political organization, even after a modern state has ...

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

  8. Nudging and Government Ethics

    ... with a choice, we are more likely than not to go with a default option, be that a mobile ringtone or a pension plan. Yes, nudging is ... involved. At a board meeting, whenever the board moves on to a new agenda item, the chair should ask not only if anyone has a motion, ...

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

  9. A Miscellany

    ... made fairly and impartially. According to an article on al.com , a Huntsville council member got a job with a city-owned utility. ... inspector general. Failure to report will be considered a default on their contract. This is good news. It is important to get ...

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

  10. Government Ethics and the Limits of Mental Bandwidth

    ... of the New York Review of Books . Sunstein focuses on the idea of bandwidth as applied to the human mind. He notes that in ... example, if an employee does not choose a pension plan, a default plan is chosen for him. The employee can opt out, but inaction will not ...

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

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