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  1. It's Time for Savannah to Declare Its Ethics Program's Independence

    ... I like to focus on the independence of local government ethics programs. The public naturally trusts any ethics program that has not been selected by the officials under ...

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

  2. The Importance of Publicizing Ethics Programs

    Body:  If the governmental ethics community had a publicity program, the headline of a front-page ... Star would be a call to arms: Legislators agree: Ethics laws are puppies, not pit bulls The gist of the article is that, in Missouri and Kansas, the state ethics commissions are underfunded, the state ethics laws are too weak, and ...

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

  3. Top Ten Ethics Films

    ... have come up with the following list: The Top Ten BEST ETHICS Movies of all time 1. Man for All Seasons Paul Scofield ... film Hands Over the City is the best municipal ethics film of all time, and deserves a place at the top of City Ethics’ ...

    donmc - 2015-05-15 13:22 - 10 comments

  4. Summer Reading: Richard Painter on Ethics Reform II

    ... on how Richard W. Painter's recommendations for federal ethics reform in his book, Getting the Government America Deserves: How Ethics Reform Can Make a Difference (Oxford U.P., 2009), may be applied to ...

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

  5. Ethics Commissions Should Stick to Their Area of Jurisdiction and Should Stay Out of Politics

    Body:  A recent decision of the Wilton, NY ethics board (attached; see below) raises important issues regarding the selection of ethics commission members, their withdrawal from participation when they have a ...

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

  6. Carla Miller - President, City Ethics

    ... Brief Bio: Carla Miller is a global government ethics advisor, former U.S. Federal Prosecutor and founder of CityEthics, a non-governmental organization that provides ethics advisory services to local governments. She has extensive national and ...

    donmc - 2021-08-23 12:36

  7. Not Much to Get Excited About in Baltimore's Ethics Reforms

    ... the road from Philadelphia, Baltimore too is considering ethics reforms, but it's in response to a scandal involving its past mayor ... was council president. One makes changes to the city's ethics board composition and ethics training, the other to the city's ...

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

  8. D.C. Ethics Board's Opinion Needs a Rewrite

    ... The first opinion of the District of Columbia's Board of Ethics and Government Accountability (a searchable copy is attached; see ... interesting questions relating to enforcing unenforceable ethics provisions, vagueness, and publishing evidence and an opinion about a ...

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

  9. Legal Ethics vs. Government Ethics

    ... Because of this, they sometimes seek to be excluded from an ethics commission's jurisdiction (see a recent blog post ) and more often ... the attorney discipline system is in dealing with government ethics violations. The subject of the decision was a former Detroit corporation ...

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

  10. Ethics Education

    ... the place to provide opinions and recommendations regarding ethics education. Please suggest alternative language to what is below, and please share your experiences with ethics education, and how such experiences can be included in an ethics code, ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 10:08 - 2 comments

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