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An Ethics Code in a Charter
... on the Colorado ethics commission situation, I would like to look at the problems that can arise from placing an ethics code in a ... a budget sufficient to hire experts to advise it. C. Term and Vacancies . Task Force members will serve until the Code has ...
Robert Wechsler - 2013-03-09 16:57 - 0 comments
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When Voting Is Damaging, No Matter What the Ethics Code Says
Body: According to an article in yesterday's Morning Journal , the Law Director of ... by the state ethics law . That law does not include the term "financial interest," nor does it talk in terms of direct and indirect ... interests affected. (By the way, this is the only use of the term "pecuniary interest" in the ethics law, but it is a common term in state ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Judicial Decision Involving the Language of "Interest" and Non-Financial Benefits
... written state conflict provision that applies solely to boards of supervisors dealing with land use matters, Code §15.2-852(A), ... That's one reason why "interest" is such a confusing term. It is not used because it is the best or clearest term. It is used because of the term "conflict of interest," and because ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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An Attempt to Extend Legislative Immunity to Exclude Testimony and the Vagueness of "Regulated by the City"
... argument in this memorandum (p. 15 et seq) is that the term "regulated by the city" in the ethics code is void for vagueness. There is ... would be, for example, someone who every few years buys a house to renovate and rent out. Such a person falls between the ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Logical Fallacies III - The Straw Man Wears Camouflage
... full-blooded argument, down. And that's the origin of the term: the use in combat practice of men made of straw. Click here to read ... residential neighborhoods were to be protected. The actual content of the Master Plan and the details of the vision it puts forward then ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Not Much to Get Excited About in Baltimore's Ethics Reforms
... Baltimore too is considering ethics reforms, but it's in response to a scandal involving its past mayor rather than in response to the ... the practice of ethics board terms being tied to the mayor's term, so that each new mayor can appoint a new ethics board of his or her own. ... by its elected officials, who seem perfectly content arguing over whether the mayor should get two or three ethics ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Revolving Door Between Board Membershp and a Job Approved by the Board
... makes it look as if the board member were using her position to get herself a nice job, and exclude others. It also puts the board members ... when the ethics commission was asked for a waiver (a term that better describes the action than the term "approval"). The EC waived ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Don McClintock
... CityEthics.org Mr McClintock has created the website www.cityethics.org as the basis for City Ethics Inc. - a non-profit ... KY] Network & Systems Perimeter Security Engineer, EY.com For a more detailed Bio, see his LinkedIn Profile: ...
donmc - 2018-01-31 19:02
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Understanding Ethical Failures in Leadership
... is especially in how mistaken moral beliefs are less about content (is this right or wrong?), but about scope (does this moral obligation ... that underlies much unethical conduct. The typical response to moral criticism is, "you don't understand." That should set off an ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Next Stage in the Baltimore Legislative Immunity Case
... to the grand jury that, as careful as he was to limit the content, could be considered, in a stretch, to be related to legislative ... Attachment Size Baltimore State's Response to Motion to Dismiss 092109.pdf 0 bytes ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
