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The Many Ways in Which Lawyers Can Do Nothing About an Unethical Environment
... with obligations relating to what occurred acted and spoke about the situation, according to the report. The District Attorney's ... district attorney told the commission that he heard nothing about any violations in the juvenile court. "I think that was the ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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Summer Reading: What Money Can't Buy I
... What Money Can't Buy.jpg Body: Harvard professor Michael Sandel's new book What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets (Farrar Straus, 2012) has a lot to say about the effect of commercial, market values on American culture, including on ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Why Hilary Krieger Is Wrong About City Machines
... Every so often, someone comes along and says, What's so bad about government officials' ethical misconduct? Isn't it worth having ethical ... the current D.C. mayor in fact (see my recent blog post about some of the allegations against him ). Krieger asks, "Is it really ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Carla Miller - President, City Ethics
... for governments and civil society. As a former Fellow of the Harvard University Safra Center for Ethics, she uses the latest research-based ... was a Network Fellow at the Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University where she developed ethics training programs for ... work. Story Topics: In the news About Cityethics ...
donmc - 2021-08-23 12:36
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Institutional Corruption Conference IV: A Weakness of Compliance Systems
... At the Institutional Corruption conference sponsored by Harvard's Safra Ethics Center last Saturday, Ann Tenbrunsel, co-author of ... by situational cues, which allow us to deceive ourselves about the appropriateness of what we do. When we ask ourselves what kind of ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Concern About Corruption in Illinois
... that in January the people of Illinois were more concerned about corruption in government than about the economy. Last January only 49% of those polled were extremely ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Toothless Ethics Commission Seeks Information About the Effects of Its Recommendations
... in the Denver Post , it's hard to even get information about what happens after a toothless ethics commission recommends disclipinary ... says that giving the board detailed disciplinary information about employees and City Council appointees could change the advisory nature of ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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How Not to Educate the Public About Government Ethics
... This is the perfect opportunity for educating the public about government ethics. But these arguments are the opposite of a valuable ... They seek to convince the public that government ethics is about honesty and integrity, that ethics cannot be legislated, and that it is ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Great Column About a City Planner Moonlighting As a Developer
... fine because she made sure that everyone who needed to know about it was told. In other words, disclosure is a sufficient cure for this ... field, it can undermine the public interest of open debate about land use projects. And simply by wearing two hats, without having to say ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments
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Another Elected Official Misses the Chance to Teach the Country About Government Ethics
... in the national eye took an opportunity to teach the public about government ethics and used it solely to distort government ethics and ... $5,000 contribution that I had received from them. I raised about $30 million. And if you're saying that I can be bought for $5,000, I'm ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
