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1. The Fine Art of Fining

   Body:  When it comes to ethics fines, it's hard to satisfy anyone. Fines are usually too large or ... and no one likes the guilty to get off easy. So what is an ethics commission to do? This week there have been two newspaper ... about government interference, and ensures no change in how Texas officials deal responsibly with their conflicts. In addition, ...

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

2. Summer Reading: The Righteous Mind VIII: Groupishness

   ... conduct, the aspects that make them provide special benefits to themselves, those who help them, and those to whom they feel special ... relationships that undermine public trust. Haidt describes how this works, at the biological level. Oxytocin is a hormone and ...

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

3. Chicago Task Force Second Report II — The Roles of the Ethics Board and the IGs

   ... The task force's recommendations would bring an end to these problems, but I think there are solutions that are better for an ... sides of a matter. A response helps it determine whether and how to investigate it, whether to settle it (after all, the respondent might do ...

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

4. Decisions Regarding Lobbyists Sitting on Advisory Boards

   Body:  I believe that the best solution to the problem of having lobbyists and others seeking special benefits from the ... to do, but then one must consider the context and see how good the fit is. The appellate court never came back to the government ...

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

5. Revolving Door

   ... and goodwill obtained during one's public service to immediately benefit oneself by using them to benefit others, for a charge. ... provision has too long a cooling-off period, and two, how important it is to legislators to be able to lobby when they retire (or ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 08:52 - 1 comment

6. Removal of Local Government Officials by the Governor - The Detroit Situation

   Body:  It's tough to get rid of officials guilty of serious misconduct. Recall and impeachment are long, grueling processes, which are of no value late in an official's term. Rarely is removal from office for an ethics violation an ... someone who could benefit from making non-Detroiters happy? How much trust would that instill in government? Robert Wechsler ...

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7. Summer Reading: The Righteous Mind IV: Accountability

   ... for our own. … We act like intuitive politicians striving to maintain appealing moral identities in front of our multiple ... and interested in accuracy, and the official will not know how the ethics officer will respond (although he may falsely assume that the ...

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

8. Conflicts and Fraud

   ... what would it be? A matter right in the small city next to my town answers this question, and gives a new angle by which to view ... a good time for ethics reform. It will be interesting to see how the ethics board deals with this matter. Robert Wechsler Director of ...

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

9. The Purposes Behind Revolving Door Provisions

   ... door," provisions, including whom they are supposed to protect and why. According to an Associated Press article yesterday ... Although beginning his Response by pointing out how the situation is nothing like the sort of influence peddling the revolving ...

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

10. Book Excerpt 2: A Checklist of Ethics Commission Activities

    ... are nearly inactive all year long. But this doesn't have to happen. There's a lot that needs to be done. Many ethics commissions ... can send speakers to community groups, consider how to better educate the press and bloggers on ethics issues, and improve ...

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

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