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1. The Perils of Valuable Expertise

   ... the Daily Sentinel , a Mesa County (CO) Commissioner says that he is running for re-election on his energy-industry experience (he is a ... himself from participation and voting. This would mean not being able to share his energy expertise, but if that is really what ...

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

2. A Recall Effort in Miami-Dade: Pros and Cons

   ... another candidate, the mayor of the city of Miami, and since that didn't work, he's trying again. Recalls appear to be the perfect way ... is the recall election itself. It's a special election. Not only are special elections expensive (the billionaire won't be paying for ...

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

3. Blind Spots VIII — How to Handle Our Blind Spots

   ... is to align what they call our "want" and "should" selves, that is, our self-interested and our public-interested feelings, by becoming ... the likelihood of distortions and reminds us how bias might have affected our recollection. The authors call this "ethical debriefing." As ...

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

4. Good Government A Principal Factor in Improving the Environment

   ... which grades the environmental health of 150 nations, found that although the single biggest variable determining a nation’s ranking is ... sanitation and better water supplies, which help people, but not necessarily to improving pollution that harms nature, such as acid rain. ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2008-02-02 08:24 - 0 comments

5. Rhode Island Legislative Immunity Brief

   ... an earlier blog entry . The argument of the EC's brief is not typical, because the ethics commission and code were created pursuant to a 1986 constitutional amendment. Therefore, the principal argument for ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2008-12-15 11:45 - 0 comments

6. Online Non-Required Disclosures in Chicago

   ... made by Chicago officials and employees . These are not annual disclosures, but mostly disclosures of gift offers, accepted and ... of them for 2012 and 2013, and 9 already for 2014. It's good that these disclosures are made, and that they're made public. It never hurts ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2014-02-07 13:52 - 0 comments

7. The Privilege of Slicing Into the Body Politic

   ... a health insurer asking doctors to report patient conditions that might be used to cancel health insurance. “Physicians hold a trust ... physician will advocate first for the patient’s health, not her pocketbook. When physicians place the health of our patients as our ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2008-03-22 08:18 - 0 comments

8. The Rotten Tree Known as Parliament

   ... thing, many M.P.'s had the fortitude to walk right by that enormous parliamentary trough and eat at home instead. Second, ... bad apples. But the biggest problem in government ethics is not the bad apples, but the bad ethics environments, the environments that ...

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

9. Special Consideration

   ... Consideration An official or employee* may not grant or receive, directly or indirectly, any special consideration, ... Comment: See the exception in the second sentence of subsection 6 below, which also applies here. ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-16 21:03 - 0 comments

10. A Pattern of Behavior Investigated, Secretly, as Distinct Acts

    ... but the next day he called the Globe reporter and said that he planned to resign as sheriff and take only his pension. The day ... alleged pocketing of campaign contributions (primarily, if not exclusively from employees) and use of employees for personal purposes. ...

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

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