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1. A Comparison of Two County Ethics Initiatives

   ... Last September, I wrote a blog post about an ethics initiative in Palm Beach County, Florida. A response to numerous scandals, it featured an ethics pledge, primarily for government officials, and a successful attempt to ...

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

2. An Ethics Officer Worth Emulating

   ... a newspaper article that truly appreciates the work a city ethics officer does. So I'm including the entire article below. It's from the Jacksonville Times-Union , and Jacksonville's ethics officer happens to be City Ethics President Carla Miller. Had it been ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2013-01-17 08:58 - 0 comments

3. NY State Bar Association Report on Local Government Ethics Reform

   ... York State Bar Association issued a report on government ethics reform in New York State , which includes a section on local government ethics reform. The report points out the many inadequacies of Article 18 of ...

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

4. City Ethics Essentials

   ... Cities across the United States are creating and expanding Ethics Commissions, Ethics Offices and Inspector Generals in order to fight corruption and ...

   cmiller - 2017-06-21 02:56

5. Chicago Task Force Second Report III — Ethics Program Independence

   ... chicago tf report 2.jpg Body:  Ethics program independence is, as far as I'm concerned, the single most important issue in ethics reform. Nothing gains the public's trust as much as an ethics program ...

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

6. Florida League of Cities' Ethics Reform Proposals III - Placing Shackles on Countywide Ethics Programs

   ... Bill 606 (attached; see below), one of the worst ethics reform bills I have ever read. This post considers just one ... cities, more specifically, counties and cities in countywide ethics programs, experiments in independence and cost-saving that are Florida's ...

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

7. The Need for Ethics Commission Independence, and What Is and Isn't a Government Ethics Violation

   ... below Anyone who doubts the need for truly independent ethics commissions need look no further than what has been happening in ... year"? I've already reported on the fining of the Ethics Board's executive director, Shane Creamer, for sharing with a reporter ...

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

8. Model Code - Introduction

   Draft Model Municipal Ethics Code CLICK HERE: Full text of the Model Ethics Code Foreword - The City Ethics Model Code Project To discuss the Model Code Project, click here. ...

   donmc - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 6 comments

9. A Solution to the Problems of Local Government Attorney Ethics Advice

   ... There is nothing more important in local government ethics than timely, independent, professional ethics advice. And there is no bigger problem in local government ethics than ...

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

10. The Effect of NYC's Conflicts of Interest Board on the Ethics Programs in New York State's Larger Cities

    ... City's Conflicts of Interest Board is one of the premier ethics commissions in the U.S. One would assume that its rules and procedures ... for the rest of the state. So I would like to look at ethics programs in the other largest (although not large) cities in the ...

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

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