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1. Should the Josephson Institute's Principles of Public Ethics Be Enforceable Rules?

   ... the letter and spirit of the laws and rules. 5. Principle of respectability and fitness for public office . ... committee found that a council member had violated principle 5, as well as the congenality principle, by calling a police officer names at a ...

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

2. Ethics Commission: Jurisdiction, Powers, and Duties

   ... made by the affirmative vote of three sitting members. 5. The Ethics Commission has the following powers and duties: (a) To ... be the only ones able to decide it. Subsection 5: This model code is intended to minimize the administrative burden on ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 10:07 - 1 comment

3. Conflicting City-County Positions Where One Is Not Technically a Government Position

   ... twohats.jpg Body:  Update: February 5, 2010 (see below) Here's an interesting dual position question, that is, ... doesn't appear to understand. Update: February 5, 2010 According to his letter to the editor , the council candidate ...

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

4. Allegations Based on Unenforceably Vague Standards

   ... (4) Losing complete independence or impartiality; (5) Making a government decision outside official channels; or (6) ... partner. The same thing is done, in Count 8, with (a)(5), the Outside Official Channels provision, but here it is surely ... position. I see no argument in favor of Count 8. Count 5 against the judge unnecessarily reads into §1803(a)(2), about preferential ...

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

5. Officials Accepting Tickets to Events Where They Have a Ceremonial Function

   ... exception was added in 1992 to the definition of "gift" (p. 5): (8) Gifts valued at no more than $100 from an individual to a ... within a "reasonable time" after the event (Rule 1-1(f)(5)). This rule allows an official to go first and seek permission later (and, ...

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

6. A Miscellany

   ... page. A union campaign manager "made" a $5 contribution on the website more than a year before the date of the election (that is, before June 5), knowing that it is illegal for a candidate to accept contributions at that ...

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

7. First Round of Changes to Model Code Project

   ... consider, with respect to when disclosure should occur. 5. Addition of some language at the end of paragraph (5) of the Filing a Complaint; Investigations provision . The paragraph ...

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

8. Winter Reading: Lawyers As (Ethics) Leaders

   ... give ethics advice and do it solely on legal terms, and (5) the belief that ethics program jurisdiction should be limited (and, some ... 4. Vision - being forward-looking, inspirational 5. Technical Competence - knowledge, preparation, judgment Lawyers' skills ...

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

9. Legislative Immunity: The Constitutional Approach in R.I. and the Discipline Clause

   ... Clause. The federal constitution has one (Art. I, Sec. 5, clause 2), and it is mirrored in many states, including Rhode Island: ... carrying out its responsibilities under article I, section 5, clause 2 of the Constitution (commonly referred to as the "Discipline ...

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

10. Another Local Government Official's Charity Mess. And Why Golf?

    ... Other posts on charities: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City ...

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

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