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1. Local IG Makes Charges About Campaign Treasurer Acting As Auditor

   ... New Orleans' Inspector General, who works for the city's ethics board, sent off two letters relating to the auditor for the Orleans ... official has a financial incentive to provide a positive report to allow the official to be re-elected and re-hire the auditor. But ...

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

2. Are Gratuities and Rewards Government Ethics Issues?

   ... employees, gratuities are the principal way in which an ethics code affects them, because many ethics code prohibit gratuities. But are ... after the fact. If someone offered the ranger money not to report the suspicious car, that's a crime. But if someone who doesn't do ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments

3. Procuring Trouble

   ... legality of giving this woman a contract is irrelevant. Ethics laws cannot account for every misuse of office. Ethics provisions are ... you. If you go ahead and give a contract to her, I can't report you, since you have the benefit of lawyer-client confidentiality -- ...

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

4. Summer Reading: Thirst for Growth

   ... Water District (MWD) was formed on the basis of a report by a committee of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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

5. Ethics Conversation

   ... philosophy. What is relevant about this book to government ethics is Cavell's idea of "moral perfectionism," which isn't about being ... friendships. When faced with, say, a requirement to report unethical conduct, officials are confused, conflicted not in their ...

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

6. An Odd Ethics Commission in Oakland

   ... Oakland, CA's odd nepotism ordinance. Well, its Public Ethics Commission is also odd, and worthy of a look. I was alerted to some of ... An EC executive director should be selected by and should report to the EC itself, and no one else should be involved. The blog post ...

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

7. Selling Advertising on Local Government Websites

   ... Over the last two days, a new-fangled local government ethics controversy has taken Ohio by storm:  allowing counties to sell ... believe the prevalence of county website advertising or the report that problems have not been reported.] In addition, Ohio counties ...

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

8. Signs of Institutional Corruption in Albany, NY (The City, Not the Capital)

   ... he did business with as an official. In fact, it has no ethics code at all. One was discussed in 2009 (see my blog post on it ), but ... they have fiduciary duties to the public (the officials who report to these elected officials have the same fiduciary duties). ...

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

9. A Good Example of a Bad Government Organizational Culture

   ... aren't extreme, such as Chicago. Even Enron had an excellent ethics program, and its misconduct appears to have been limited to high-level ... of the new Congress). Devaney refers in his 145-page report to a "culture of managerial irresponsibility and lack of ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-16 12:18 - 0 comments

10. Citizens' Views of Ethics Reform in Jacksonville

    ... write about Jacksonville much, because my colleague at City Ethics, Carla Miller, is the city's ethics officer. She has been working hard ... upon learning of possible misconduct. Often, employees report unethical conduct but fear reprisal if their identity becomes known. ...

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

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