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Advisory Opinions
... the topic of advisory opinions appears in both the ethics provision and administration sections of the Model Code. Advisory ... entity, and may be introduced and used as a defense in any civil action brought by the Ethics Commission or the city. 4. If the Ethics ...
Robert Wechsler - 2010-04-28 09:01 - 0 comments
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Human Rights Watch Report on the Effects of Probation Company Conflicts
... Human Rights Watch has just published a harrowing report entitled " Profiting from Probation ," which shows how the ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics: ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Problems with a New Report on Chicago's Level of Corruption
... I try not to use this word with respect to government ethics, because it is commonly thought of as having to do with criminal ... criminal misconduct. All very confusing. Yesterday, a report entitled " Chicago and Illinois, Leading the Pack in Corruption " was ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Is It Right to Prohibit Conflicts?
Body: According to an article in Friday's San Bernardino Sun , a San Bernardino city council member accused of a ... or lawyer, should not generally be prohibited. Government ethics is not about preventing conflicts, but about dealing responsibly with ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Report on Annual Reports III
Body: There's a national local government annual ethics report that is worthwhile taking a look at. It comes from the ... against its members and enforces its code. Its annual report on its ethics program can be found by clicking at the bottom of the ...
Robert Wechsler - 2008-12-19 13:27 - 0 comments
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New Lobbying Regulation Report
Body: A report worth reading was recently published by the OECD: Self-Regulation and ... lobbying regulation. Below is a condensed version of the report's executive summary: "This report examines self-regulation and ... Some of the professional lobbying associations have refined ethics codes for lobbyists from general concepts to specific behavioural ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Quebec Report Recommends Ethics Codes for All Local Governments; North Carolina Might Soon Be Requiring Codes, Too
... Montreal. This week, I'm happy to be able to write about a report requested by the province of Quebec, which determined that the province's municipalities should all have a code of ethics (only about 10% do now), that the largest cities and the counties should ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Participating with a Conflict
... an official does not vote. According to an article in the San Pedro Valley News-Sun , the mayor was in escrow to purchase property for ... would fight them." The city council hired a lawyer to report on the mayor's conflicts, and although the lawyer found substance to ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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Local Government Employees on Local Government Pension Boards - An Important Court Case in California
... years since I wrote about the conflict situation of San Diego's pension board. Its members were selected by the city government ... group, but one of the two principal groups covered by the ethics code. No matter what the decision, the question should be asked by ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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