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  1. Issues Arising from an Iowa Complaint Dismissal

    ... Formal disclosure of the conflict came six weeks after his term began, after a newspaper wrote an article about the Tanzania ... the columnist wrote that a CCI member asked to speak in response to the chair's dismissal statement. The chair "angrily silenced her, ...

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

  2. Removal of Local Government Officials by the Governor - The Detroit Situation

    ... processes, which are of no value late in an official's term. Rarely is removal from office for an ethics violation an option, and ... likely last multiple days (it will be streamed live on www.freep.com ). According to the Free Press article, the mayor's ...

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

  3. Playing Games with Local Government Ethics

    ... ethics, when that really isn't the reason, can lead to government ethics reform made on the basis of politics. That's what appears ... opposed to it. He is a supporter of the mayor. The term of the wife of the other council member, who voted for expansion, soon ...

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

  4. Why Are Council and School Board Seats Incompatible?

    ... why one individual should not hold them, but the term “incompatible offices” refers to only a subsection of these offices and a subsection of the reasons they may ...

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

  5. Spring Reading: Dennis Moberg on Frames of Perception in Organizations

    ... anywhere else. Moberg's principal contribution to the area of ethics blind spots is his original use of the term "framing." While most talk about framing involves the communication of ...

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

  6. Life Without an Ethics Code

    ... rest of this blog entry. The clerk's friend said in response to a petition (signed by about half of the town's adult population) ... position no matter what. I was elected and I will fulfill my term.' And there was nothing anyone could do, since they had broken no ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2007-03-29 08:31 - 0 comments

  7. A Miscellany

    ... But that's what can happen when officials are allowed to select ethics commission members. According to an article in yesterday's ... be investigated by the committee reached the end of his term some time ago. The mayor wants to replace him, and the council wants to ...

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

  8. Incompatible Offices in Perspective

    ... conflict I have not dealt with in this blog. A good occasion to do this is a recent California attorney general's opinion interpreting ... are many offices that one individual should not hold, the term "incompatible offices" refers to only a subsection of these offices. ...

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

  9. Local Government Attorneys - More or Fewer Ethics Rules?

    ... the Jackson County (MO) county legislature decided to exclude not only county legislature members from its new ethics code, but ... This chapter applies to all public servants, as the term is defined in this chapter, except licensed attorneys at law acting in the ...

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

  10. Moral Clarity I - Reason and Ideals

    ... (Princeton, 2008) and found a lot there of value to government ethics, even though government ethics doesn’t generally involve ... professionals tend to be grown-up idealists, to use the term in Neiman’s title. And this, like "government ethics," is not an ...

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

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