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Jursdiction, Nepotism, Retaliation, and Independence
... (DOC) deputy director allegedly used his position to influence an Oregon Corrections Enterprises (OCE) administrator into hiring ... to take another look at a basic misuse of office and how it is being handled. First of all, the DOJ should be required to ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Vote Buying, A Different Sort of Gift
... are actually paid for, those who aren't paid are unlikely to vote. Voting and other citizen participation become meaningless. What ... agents to give anything to anyone during an election period? How can anyone know that these are not payments for votes? In fact, in a poor ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Personal Conflicts and Technicalities
... what's appropriate than about what's legal. According to an article in Saturday's Telegram , the board of selectmen (an ... Please note that this is yet another example of how important non-financial interests can be. Limiting conflicts to financial ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Miscellany
... The final tallies were published on Friday. According to an article in yesterday's Palm Beach Post , every single city and ... the Assembly. DiVincenzo didn't want the weakened bill. How independent, despite her protests, can the speaker be of the Essex County ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justices and Campaign Contribution Conflicts
... Journal Sentinel last week) Nobody wants this to be said, at least nobody but four of the seven Wisconsin Supreme Court ... Fortunately, the Wisconsin legislature recognized how horrible this was. Days later, the legislature passed a public financing ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Appropriateness of Business and Union Gifts to Government
... It is a given (although not a fact) that everyone wants to make it as easy as possible to vote. Voting is the principal way most ... have no role in deciding where the sites would be located, how they would be operated, or who would operate them, and it is hard to ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Legal Advice and Government Accountability
... includes lawyers and government officials who are considered to act in the name of others. Wolgast’s book looks at the problems such ... Supreme Court decided is that an official is responsible for how he deals with the advice of an employee, including that of a lawyer. ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Blind Spots IV — Egocentrism
... the authors of the new book Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It (Princeton University Press), ... who has a conflict should not be the person who chooses how to handle the conflict. An ethics officer should do this. If by keeping a ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Yorba Linda's Proposed Ethics Ordinance Falls Short
... proposed ethics ordinance. But there's not really much to the proposed ethics ordinance, and there's no enforcement mechanism. ... They generally seek ethical conduct, but do not know how to achieve it. The council member is right that the ethics ordinance ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Nepotism in Metro Atlanta
Body: Nepotism is a difficult topic to get a hold of. It is the most generally accepted kind of ethical misconduct, ... is enough to tarnish a government’s credibility and warp how employees make decisions." "Government policies on posting jobs also ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
