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  1. An Ethics Complaint Against a Lawyer on a Local EC

    ... However, lawyers are the individuals most likely to have relationships and obligations that conflict with the obligations they ... to an EC's quasi-judicial nature, an EC member should not establish a relationship with anyone under the EC's jurisdiction. This ...

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

  2. Full Text of Model Ethics Code

    ... 217. Public Inspection of Records; Public Access to Meetings. 218. Miscellaneous Provisions. 219. Distribution ... and to not act where there is such a conflict, no matter how impartial they feel they can be. What matters is not whether one can still ...

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

  3. A Miscellany

    ... a Confidentiality Waiver? It is common for ethics codes to allow respondents in ethics proceedings to waive confidentiality and make ... social media could constitute a meeting), records retention, content rules for comments on council members' sites or blogs, and letting the ...

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

  4. Slapping Down a Council Colleague with a Self-Regulated Ethics Program

    Body:  It's hard to know where to start with a situation in Crescent City, CA, a town of 7,500 ... about the situation is that it is the first time I have seen an anti-SLAPP-suit defense used successfully against someone who appears to ... soon to be censured, "stated that what this document does is establish a general set of moral guidelines. The FPPC [the state ethics ...

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

  5. What Is the Role of a Definition of "Lobbying"?

    ... , " Making Use of Expertise ," and " Alternatives to Allowing Conflicted Individuals to Sit on Advisory Boards ." So I won't go ... exceptions to who must register as a lobbyist. Recognizing how her work appears to the public, she should try to increase trust in the ...

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

  6. Winter Reading: Switch I - Situational Forces

    ... material in Chip and Dan Heath's book Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard (Crown, 2010). Change has proved hard ...

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

  7. Boot camp for city officials teaches 'a culture of ethics'

    ... At a seminar in California, municipal leaders learn how to stay on the straight and narrow in times of temptation. By ...

    donmc - 2008-04-17 07:22 - 0 comments

  8. Ethics Camp - Christian Science Monitor

    ... At a seminar in California, municipal leaders learn how to stay on the straight and narrow in times of temptation. By ...

    donmc - 2008-04-17 07:17 - 0 comments

  9. A Grand Jury Report in Florida Recommends Numerous Ethics Reforms

    ... Florida governor Charlie Crist asked for a grand jury to report on government corruption in Florida. The first interim report was ... section (p. 85). Requiring all metropolitan counties to establish their own ethics codes and commissions similar to ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments

  10. Understanding Ethical Failures in Leadership

    ... beliefs and limited knowledge. His interest is especially in how mistaken moral beliefs are less about content (is this right or wrong?), but about scope (does this moral obligation ...

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

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