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1. Government Ethics Is Not About Character, But About Making Decisions in a Professional Manner

   ... of character flaws. This is true not only of the news media (including, too often, this blog) and of citizens, but of officials ... to educate local government officials and employees, the media and the public, something which is scarcely being done at all. That's why ...

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

2. Ethics Transparency

   ... their ethics programs are? It is true that the news media might take more information to mean more unethical conduct. But the more ... the less unethical conduct there should be for the news media to talk about. What other ways are there to make local government ...

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

3. Some Questionable Missouri Ethics Reform Provisions

   ... action. It also allows an investigation based on news media reports, where no one has an interest in filing a complaint. ... lose her job. And what about revelations to the news media? There was a case involving the executive director of the Philadelphia ...

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

4. Legislators' Independence of Ethics Enforcement

   ... can have trust in, but rather by partisan accusations and media coverage based on the manipulation of limited facts and a limited ... be tried solely via partisan accusations and media coverage, rather than through the responsible process of a criminal ... appellate opinion, the accusations and denials that fill our media coverage would be the only way citizens could possibly obtain information ...

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

5. Ethics Recidivism After Getting Off Easy

   ... reviewing Miller's land deals, something Miller blames on a media smear campaign. The Hill reported on an attempt by Monrovia city ... How much are they explained away or ignored by the news media as something short of corruption, especially when there is no fine or ...

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

6. Top 10 Ethics Issues for 2006

   ... the cake for 2006 in terms of Ethics Issues covered by the media... Number Ten ' Iraq Oversight ' An under-reported sleeper with ... Campbell served as mayor of Atlanta from 1994 to 2002. The media-genic Campbell became a bit of a celebrity. Politically, he fell into ...

   steiner - 2015-05-15 13:23 - 0 comments

7. New Lobbying Regulation Report

   ... not due others in the private sector. "The study documents measures taken by lobbying associations in self-regulating the ...

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

8. Why It is Important to Make It Clear That Conflicts of Interest Are Not Wrong

   ... (although it does have a few bad guys). But we do have documents - other local governments' ethics codes - that are considered ... They respond, as I've heard them respond so often, "I'm a man of integrity. I wouldn't let a [fill in the blank] affect my judgment." ...

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

9. School Officials Participate in Sports Equipment Reconditioning Fraud

   ... budget by the end of the fiscal year by drafting fraudulent documents that would make future purchases appear to have occurred during the ...

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

10. The Importance of Public Financial Disclosure

    ... in New Orleans, but this time it involves a flood of public documents, as well as a trickle of financial disclosure forms. The battle is ...

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

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