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  1. A New Report and New Book on State and Federal Ethical Misconduct

    ... exaggerated job-creation claims. They have created 'pay to play' appearances of insider dealing and conflict of interest. They have ... big news this week. It is Peter Schweizer's Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets ...

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

  2. Irresponsible Handling of a Possible Conflict by Four Local Government Officials

    ... there is rarely a record of them. They pass quietly, failing to end up in the newspaper, at an ethics commission, or in court. So generally ... law of retaliation for speech, not government ethics. How the Council Member Handled the Conflict Situation All the council ...

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

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

    ... J. Moberg's essay, " Ethics Blind Spots in Organizations: How Systematic Errors in Person Perception Undermine Moral Agency " ( ... anywhere else. Moberg's principal contribution to the area of ethics blind spots is his original use of the term "framing." ...

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

  4. Issues Raised by the Use of DA Office for Collection Purposes

    ... than city business. The principal goal of this rule is to prevent officials from using city stationery for personal purposes, such as ... or report is going out must take full responsibility for the content, as well as for the audience for the letter or report. That is why ...

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

  5. Maricopa County 5 - Practicing What You Enforce Is Only Fair

    ... about preferential treatment, emphasizing that the way to distinguish preferential treatment from ordinary decisions and ... newspaper or Mr. Stapley, as Mr. Arpaio did, rather than the content of the accusation is not an adequate response. ...

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

  6. A Civil Grand Jury Report on the San Francisco Ethics Commission

    Body:  Update : September 27, 2011 According to Melissa Griffin's column in the Examiner yesterday, the board of ... not, however, agree with the grand jury's recommendation to establish a fixed fine structure or apply the maximum fine, nor do I believe ...

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

  7. ROBERT WECHSLER

    ... and on the state's forms of municipal government and how to change them . A former lawyer, he is a graduate of Harvard College and ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2015-05-15 13:16

  8. Nevada Legislative Immunity Decision Comes Down -- A Bit Too Far For My Taste

    ... on the decision, which says that the ethics commission plans to appeal the decision. Despite its finding against the state ethics ... Judicial ethics has a long section all its own. Here's how Article 6, Section 21 starts: Commission on Judicial Discipline; ...

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

  9. The Politicization of Montana's Political Practices Commissioner

    Body:  According to an article in the Billings Gazette last week , the Montana ... there would not be an appearance of impropriety. But the content of a decision should not affect whether an official withdraws from ...

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

  10. An Audit Report on the Palm Beach County EC

    ... recently been published, and it includes the EC's response to the report (attached; see below). In this post, I will critique the ... BizPac Review . In a future post, I will look at how others are portraying the report and what they are saying about the Palm ...

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

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