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1. Campaign Contributions by Those Doing Business with Local Governments

   ... Campaign contributions are not generally considered to be bribes, but the perception of large campaign contributions from local ... does business with government is considered just fine. And how do we perceive Russia's government and its most prominent individuals? ...

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

2. A Miscellany

   ... city's legislative body) who acted as a lobbyist, but failed to register (in arguing that he was acting as an attorney, the supervisor ... former employees to contract with their agency. It shows how important it is to make it clear that this cannot be done, and to ...

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

3. COGEL Considers Certification Programs for Government Ethics Practitioners

   ... additional participants, would add nothing but a certificate to the current knowledge base of these fields. As it is now, anyone can ... in the first place (although they are)? This issue shows how much more complex conflicts of interest is than even practitioners think, ...

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

4. Attacking the "Business as usual" in Indian Government Corruption...

   ... An excellent idea for a grass-roots campaign to get some control of corrupt government employees in India. Gandhi smiles ... request. Yet the majority of the population have no idea how to use it in their everyday lives, nor do they have access to the legal ...

   donmc - 2007-04-10 10:11 - 0 comments

5. Henry Adams on Government Ethics

   ... Purify society and you purify the government. But try to purify the government artificially and you only aggravate failure. ... not penetrated the deepest recesses of politics, and learned how easily the mere possession of power could convert the shadow of ...

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

6. NY's Moreland Commission Recommendations Too Criminally Oriented

   Body:  New York State's Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption filed a preliminary report on Monday. Most ... Permalink How the “Moreland Commission Illegally Alter the Transcript of Witness ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment

7. Lawyer Exceptions and Preferential Treatment

   ... no exceptions.jpg Body:  According to an editorial in the Press Democrat , the city council in Santa ... exempting attorneys from registering as lobbyists, and shows how this would have affected a situation I discussed in a recent blog post . ...

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

8. A Conflict of Interest Exam Question from Long Branch, NJ

   ... the appearance of impropriety. According to an article this week in the Asbury Park Press , in Long Branch, NJ (pop. ... Irrelevant to this conflict situation, but to show you how small the world of New Jersey local government unethical conduct is, ...

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

9. Confidential Information Provisions, Ethics, and Transparency

   Body:  In Milwaukee County, according to an article in Sunday's Journal-Sentinel , a county supervisor is seeking ... make them worthy of being confidential, but this is usually how "confidential information" is defined in ethics code, if the term is ...

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

10. Vive Les Differences!

    ... intent. For example, a bribe is nothing more than a gift to a government official where it has been proven that the official ... be shown that the official knew nothing about a gift, that an envelope containing $10,000 had been placed under his porch without his ... intended to do, and what he knew, are irrelevant to how his conduct appears to the public. Another reason is that government ...

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

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