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1. Relationships, Relationships, Relationships

   Body:  “It’s much to-do about not much. I’m trying to run a city, and you’re worried about people’s relationships?” These are the words of Mount Vernon, NY ... responsibly with relationships is what government ethics all about. You can't deal responsibly with them unless you acknowledge them, and ...

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

2. Giving Voice to Values I

   ... who are not directly responsible. I've written several times about some of the reasons for this silence:  fear, justifications , ... of a feeling of professional obligation . And I've talked about the importance of open discussion of ethics issues in government as ...

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

3. Ethics Recidivism After Getting Off Easy

   Body:  You don't hear too much about recidivism in the municipal ethics world. One reason may be that it ...

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

4. Broward County IG Report on Countywide Ethics Program

   ... necessary guidance. When I looked back at my blog posts about the original draft of the county's ethics code (see, for example, this ... local officials were saying the same thing. They complained about every aspect of the code, and called it "a gotcha approach." I wrote back ...

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

5. Dealing with the Potential Conflicts Involved in EC Board Member Selection

   ... complete. Three weeks ago, I wrote a blog post about the nomination of Robert Spagnoletti to be chair of the new ethics board. ... public hearing on Monday of this week, I thought further about this nomination and worked with Kathleen Clark, former special counsel to ...

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

6. How Not To Accomplish Ethics Reform

   ... look, people will say, good government groups are pissed off about conservative organizations. That's all government ethics reform is about:  politics. This is the last thing good government organizations should ...

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

7. Ethics Commission E-Newsletters

   ... Pledges The first piece in the five-page newsletter is about the requirement for new and departing city officials and employees to ... will do good anyway, and bad people who couldn't care less about a piece of paper. This is not a very astute view of human nature, nor ...

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

8. D.C. Mayor Is Burned by a Contractor's Participation in His Election

   ... mayor insists that he broke no laws and that he knew nothing about the "shadow campaign" made on his behalf. But he raised an interesting ...

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

9. Attorneys on an EC, and Ethics Proceeding Confidentiality

   ... from the town attorney to reporters, was forced to speculate about what the case was about and why it was dismissed. But one respondent came forward to ...

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

10. Full Text of Model Ethics Code

    ... by this code, which consists primarily of enforceable rules about conflicts of interest, and procedures for enforcing the rules and ... conflict situations. Ethical conduct depends on thinking about one's acts not in terms of what is politically popular, best for oneself ...

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

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