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1. Chicago: Legislative IG and Mayoral Travel

   ... inspector general's semi-annual report dated August 22, 2014 (attached; see below), the IG's office has expended its 2014 budget and ... a new travel policy, retroactive to the start of his term, whereby on trips in which city business is mixed with campaign work, ...

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

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

   ... as well as ballot initiatives. For instance, according to a new report from the National Institute on Money in State Politics , the ... want the bum out, or those who want to let him see his term out? The Herald article notes that most recall efforts that get on the ...

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

3. Carrigan Decision: Seeking Ethics Advice Is Due Process

   ... case ( Carrigan I , that is) may have finally come to an end. And it's a very good end. After the U.S. Supreme Court threw out ... Nevada Revised Statutes §281A.420.8(a) defines a term I've never seen used anywhere else, "a commitment in a private capacity to ...

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

4. Second Round of Chicago Ethics Reforms II - Bad Ideas

   ... task force's second report identified what I considered to be its worst ideas . Mayor Emanuel's recommendations accepted its bad ideas ... which made it worse. The task force recommended that the term "false or misleading" (currently in the ethics code) be changed to ...

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

5. Memphis: At the Top of the Bottom

   ... All the city has now is an aspirational code, but it has to have a real ethics code by June 30 (although Tennessee's new requirements ... officer and a website. One city council member is focused on term limits. One reformer is focused on better screening of candidates by the ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2012-10-03 09:16 - 0 comments

6. The New ASPA Code of Ethics

   Body:  It came to my attention in an interview with Professor James Svara, for a paper I am ... is preferable to "recuse," because "recuse" is a judicial term that means nothing to most people and is too often treated as being ... Size ASPA Revised Code 2013.pdf 0 bytes Robert Wechsler's blog ...

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7. Blind Spots I — Unconscious Unethical Conduct

   ... cannot let his anger get the best of him?" I received no response. Effectively, this book provides the response. This government ... believe that integrity (whatever that is; it is an ambiguous term) is a protection against unethical behavior. Bounded Awareness ...

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

8. Is "Ethics" the Best Word for Conflicts of Interest?

   ... this, or understand conflicts of interest. Click here to read the rest of this blog entry. When something is unethical, it is ... of ethics laws to Conflicts of Interest Codes? Even using a term as neutral as Rules of Conduct implies such things as rudeness and ...

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

9. A Miscellany

   ... said. The minority leader (Taylor) of the New Mexico House got it part right and part wrong, while the majority leader (Sanchez) got ... that this was highly unethical in the usual sense of the term, but this sort of decision muddies the water of government ethics, because ...

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

10. Transparency vs. Fear

    ... everyone will be harder on you when you don’t live up to expectations. Better to create no expectations at all.” This isn’t ... (perhaps) enforce the law more enthusiastically. The long term result will be a populace in complete apathy, since "nothing can be done ...

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

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