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1. Winter Reading: Switch V - Simplifying and Motivating

   ... Simplifying Self-Supervision In their book Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard (Crown, 2010), Chip and Dan Heath note ...

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

2. Winter Reading: Switch IV - Ethics Reform

   ... switch.jpg Body:  Why Scandals Lead to Poor Ethics Reform In their book Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard (Crown, 2010), Chip and Dan Heath ...

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

3. Leadership and Trust as Obstacles to Regional and Merged Services and Governments

   Body:  There are many obstacles to local governments working together or merging in order to provide services ... on is the self-interest of officials. Or at least that's how I read a new report from Wisconsin's Local Government Institute called ...

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

4. Winter Reading: Switch III - Goals and Destinations

   ... Toss a hundred people in a room, give them a lecture about how to be good, and that's it for at least a year or two. One of the case studies ...

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

5. An Appreciative Look at the Draft Broward County Ethics Code for County Commissioners

   ... of the meeting from the Sun-Sentinel site). So how bad is the code, which applies only to county commissioners? Actually, not ... finance ordinances have to be as strict or stricter, in content or penalty, as state laws ( there is such a provision, however, for ...

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6. Ethics Commissions

   This is the place to discuss the establishment and the role of an Ethics Commission. The most important issue here is an Ethics Commission's independence: how important it is and how best a municipality can achieve it. With respect to ... to increase or decrease the length of the term of office or establish a different year of service than the calendar year. However, terms of ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2009-06-09 06:02 - 5 comments

7. An Exemplary Ethics Officer Report on a Specific Ethics Matter

   ... government ethics. The fall newsletter is no exception (to subscribe, e-mail [email protected] ). This is the first of two ... not followed in this matter. What I love most about how Atlanta's ethics officer handles matters such as this is that she doesn't ...

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

8. Standards of Proof in Ethics Enforcement

   ... enough of an issue in most jurisdictions. According to a recent editorial in the Shreveport Times , the new Louisiana ethics ... official knew, or the extent of the brother's ownership, or how well the contract was competitively bid, but there's clearly a conflict ...

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

9. Definitions

   ... as they often are. Often, definitions include significant content, so that officials and employees must read the definitions before they ... ability to act impartially (as well as the perception of how the official would benefit from the company's success). The amount of ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 10:04 - 1 comment

10. Scrutinizing Strict Scrutiny in a Government Ethics Context

    ... in blog posts over the next couple of weeks. I referred to the decision in Brinkman v. Budish (S.D. Ohio Feb. 17, 2010) in ... rights that are not offset by obligations? Is that really how we want to read the Constitution? The Brinkman case is similar to ...

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

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