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1. Situational Ethics Is Inappropriate in a Government Ethics Context

   Body:  The term "situational ethics" derives from a particular theory of a priest named Joseph Fletcher, but it is more generally understood to mean dealing with ethics in terms of a particular situation and particular ... S. Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell said in reference to regulating 527 organizations (which were being employed primarily by ...

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

2. Dealing with the Conflicts of Winnipeg's Mayor

   ... mayor will be his downfall if he runs for a fourth term, according to a Canadian Broadcasting Service (CBC) News article and ... total was allegedly involved). He bought a million-dollar house in Arizona from the sister-in-law of a local developer's president, while ...

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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 ...

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8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

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