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1. A Local Ethics Law Without Local Ethics Enforcement

   Body:  Here's the situation. There is a state ethics program that applies to local governments, and an ethics issue relating to a local law arises. There is no local ethics ...

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

2. Spring Reading: The Government Ethics Adviser As Civics Teacher

   ... something that I consider extremely important to government ethics, but with which many government ethics practitioners disagree:  going beyond the law in the provision of ...

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

3. Ethics in Congress IV - The Damaging Individual Corruption Paradigm (Summer Reading)

   ethics in congress.jpg Body:  In his book Ethics in Congress: From Individual to Institutional Corruption , Dennis ... in similar conduct, and ignoring the local government's ethics environment. Those who are charged, and their defenders, tend to do ...

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

4. Government Ethics in the City of Albany, NY: Gifts and a Draft Ethics Code

   ... There's a lot of talk about the lack of government ethics in Albany, New York State's capital, but not much about the state of government ethics in the city of Albany itself. In July, the Albany Times-Union ran ...

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

5. Talk of Ethics Reform in Oakland and Sarasota County

   Body:  An Oakland Ethics Reform Proposal According to an article this week in the Mercury ... CA council member has proposed to more than triple the city ethics commission's staff, expand its oversight powers to include ... by a Working Group of individuals in the community with ethics and other good government experience. The members include the program ...

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

6. A Stamford Ethics Controversy Involving Time Limits, Enforcement of Policy Declarations, and More

   ... October 8, 2010 (see below) There's a fascinating ethics controversy going on in Stamford, CT which raises a number of issues ... of declarations of policy, intimidation, and the roles of ethics commissions and inspectors general. Time Limits ...

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

7. Moral Clarity VI - Independent Ethics Enforcement

   ... blog post , is paralleled in the independence of government ethics enforcement. Neiman writes, “When it comes to matters of justice ... This is why politically involved people should not sit on ethics commissions. And because politically involved people tend to know other ...

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

8. Selecting Ethics Commission Members in a Poor Ethics Environment

   ... It happens that one of the principal goals of a government ethics program is to increase and maintain the public's trust in their local ... D.C. mayor was to have nominated members for the city's new ethics commission, and yet no nominations have been made. An aide to the mayor ...

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

9. Common Errors Involving Ethics Commission Jurisdiction

   ... I recently wrote about the problem of having a toothless ethics commission in a Connecticut city. According to an article in ... it's good that another Connecticut municipality's ethics commission is toothless. But the story has less to do with teeth ...

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

10. Lawsuits, Legal Fees, and County Attorney Conflicts in El Paso Ethics Complaints Battle

    ... of a big corruption probe , a pair of back-and-forth ethics complaints filed with a nearly toothless ethics commission in El Paso doesn't seem like much. But it does sheds some ... everywhere, including the use of lawsuits to cripple ethics commissions, legal fees for ethics defense, local government attorney ...

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

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