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  1. The Virtuous Circle of Ethics Laws and Legislative Immunity -- And the Legislators Who Stand Outside of It

    ... of a long blog entry on legislative immunity, I referred to the virtuous circle that includes both ethics laws and the Speech or Debate ... issue is how the legislator will participate and vote, the content of his or her legislative activity. On the other side of the circle, ...

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

  2. A Miscellany

    ... a Confidentiality Waiver? It is common for ethics codes to allow respondents in ethics proceedings to waive confidentiality and make ... social media could constitute a meeting), records retention, content rules for comments on council members' sites or blogs, and letting the ...

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

  3. Definitions

    ... as they often are. Often, definitions include significant content, so that officials and employees must read the definitions before they ... on terms available to the general public is not a gift. 7. "Household" includes anyone whose primary residence is in the official or ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 10:04 - 1 comment

  4. Conference Attachments...

    ... As we present at various conferences, we are always creating content that people may wish to have access to later, via the website. So this page is to be that ...

    donmc - 2015-05-15 14:26

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Declaration of Policy, Purpose, and Obligations

    ... is the place to comment on, discuss, and share alternative content and language relating to the declarations of policy that can usually be ... Wechsler says: Wed, 2008-07-23 17:13 Permalink ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2006-11-30 14:53 - 1 comment

  9. Lobbyist-Oriented Ethics Reform in Chicago

    Body:  Mayor Rahm Emanuel continues to make small government ethics improvements in Chicago. Yesterday, according to a city press release , the council passed five ethics reforms, all but one ... now an ordinance. As usual, reform is both limited and content- rather than process-oriented. Let's hope these partial reforms are ...

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

  10. Hiring Experts and Giving Ethics Waivers: The Henry Paulson, Jr. Story

    ... of interest matter provides valuable material relevant to local government ethics. This time it's former Treasury Secretary Henry M. ... Technical Ethics Violations But since no one knows the content of Paulson's conversations, no one knows whether he was already in ...

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

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