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A Controversial Indianapolis Board Appointment: Perception and the Dilemma Between Competence and Conflicts of Interest
Body: The new mayor of Indianapolis, Greg Ballard, who ran as a candidate who would bring ethics to city government, is already embroiled in a controversial ethics ... the Pacers. • Bar Grand's access to the firm's files on the Pacers. • Bar access by firm attorneys to any materials ...
Robert Wechsler - 2008-02-04 11:06 - 0 comments
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Local Government Ethics Programs in a Nutshell
... ethics, including seven years of blog posts, a Model Ethics Code, and the resource book Local Government Ethics Programs . But this ... judiciary have formal judicial disciplinary processes. One files a formal complaint with a judicial commission. That's the only advice I ...
Robert Wechsler - 2015-04-20 12:05 - 3 comments
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Full Text of Model Ethics Code
... determination (see 216 ). If the Ethics Commission files a determination in the matter after the 109 suit has been filed, the ... some states (and at least one city) make settlement the default or preferred approach. Arkansas’ code requires a written Offer of ...
donmc - 2015-08-18 14:41 - 0 comments
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Chinese Walls or Chinese Screens?
... even with the Chinese wall, there is still an appearance of a conflict. Another consideration is whether the individual will still have ... a congressional representative does not need to look at FEC files to find out which firms have given him what amounts of contributions? All ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Some Excellent Lobbying Reforms in NYC
... the lobbying process. Such a list belongs less in a lobbying code than in a lobbying manual Indirectly Lobbying the State and Federal ... into the lobbying program by requiring, "before a lobbyist files a statement of registration [that] the lobbyist and its client shall ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Nepotism: Definition, Exceptions, Waiver
... be a small town or school system where there are not a lot of prospective employees to choose from. The other way is the one chosen ... based even on public, reliable evidence. Until someone files a complaint, this matter will exist only online. Robert Wechsler ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Who Should Pay for Attorney's Fees in Ethics Proceedings?
... be stipulated to) and regarding the application of ethics code provisions to the particular situation (this is usually straightforward, ... word "reasonable" before "attorney's fees." If an official files countercomplaints and court suits, as the Stamford board of finance ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Winter Reading: Switch VII - Self-Evaluation and Identity
... have your bearings. The problem is that, unlike evaluation of others, self-evaluation is rarely rational. It is more commonly ... makes it hard to orient themselves with respect to possible ethics reform. One of the reasons we can get away with evaluating ... It's valuable to ask oneself, "What does someone who files late 'feel'?" Since officials probably don't feel anything (except, ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Politicization of Montana's Political Practices Commissioner
... over local elected officials. The story of her nomination and non-approval is not one to increase public confidence in ... soon after the commissioner was named: [A]nyone who files a complaint who does not come from Hensley’s political side of the ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Miscellany
... ethics activity there is in this July. Here is a miscellany of issues that have arisen in just the last few days. Subpoena Power ... in Democratic Action is giving the council 90 days before it files a suit. The ethics program is likely to be lacking in disclosure. ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
