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1. Conflict of Interest

   ... partner) is an officer or director. Comment: The central point of an ethics code is that city officials and employees should not prefer, over the ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-16 20:59 - 9 comments

2. Misuse of City Property and Reimbursements

   ... conflict of interest is so basic it is sometimes left out of ethics codes: using city property or money for one's own use. Please share your ... on anything but official business. Comment: The IMLA Model Code takes this further by requiring care in the use of ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 08:53 - 5 comments

3. The Use of Subordinates as Means and Benefitting a Personal Interest

   ... candidate, found in a report that, among other things, Gov. Palin abused her power by violating the following provision of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act: The legislature reaffirms that each public officer holds ...

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

4. Confidential Information

   ... personal* or financial interests*. Comment: Some cities will want to define "confidential information" more ... in its confidential information provision, that an ethics commission is, effectively, considered a designated body. ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-16 21:04 - 0 comments

5. Applicant Disclosure

   ... the form of disclosure that least often appears in municipal ethics codes, not because it is controversial, but because it is not even ... clerk, who will send a copy to the Ethics Commission. Comment: An example of how this section works is that an applicant for a zoning ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 09:35 - 0 comments

6. Political Solicitation

   ... city, for which compensation is paid. Comment: Political solicitation of subordinates by an official fosters the ... hours. Do you feel such a provision is appropriate to an ethics code, or does it belong in employee rules of conduct? One thing to ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 08:51 - 1 comment

7. Patronage

   ... those who help oneself or one's colleagues get elected. Most ethics codes ignore this conflict. Please share your thoughts on its inclusion, ... activity or contribution. Comment: As has been shown so skillfully in Chicago, patronage involves both ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 08:51 - 0 comments

8. Consultants

   ... and experiences with the inclusion of consultants in an ethics program. 100(17). Consultants* A ... against the interest of the city. Comment: Other rules that apply expressly to consultants* are 100(8) ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 09:06 - 0 comments

9. Transactions with Subordinates

   ... experiences with this problem and ways to deal with it in ethics codes. 100(14). Transactions with Subordinates ... of state or municipal government. Comment: Exception (b) allows for United Way campaigns and the like, but ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 08:55 - 0 comments

10. Meeting Attendance

    ... meetings in a twelve-month period. Comment: If a member must miss or come unprepared for more than a small number ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 09:08 - 0 comments

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