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1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. An Ethics Code in a Charter

   Body:  In this, the third blog post on the Colorado ethics commission situation, I would like to look at the problems that can arise from placing an ethics code in a constitutional document, either a charter or, as in the ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2013-03-09 16:57 - 0 comments

8. Personal Ethics vs. Government Ethics

   ... in this case is the commissioner's use of personal ethics rather than professional, government ethics in making his judgment calls. According to a Portland Mercury ...

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

9. An Exemplary Ethics Officer Report on a Specific Ethics Matter

   Body:  An Ethics Matters newsletter from the Atlanta ethics officer is always a valuable occasion for those interested in local government ethics. The fall newsletter is no exception (to subscribe, e-mail ...

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

10. Jacksonville Ethics Commission Takes the Lead in Ethics Reform

    Body:  In Jacksonville-- where City Ethics' founder, Carla Miller, is the Ethics Officer -- the ethics commission is taking the lead in ethics reform, according to ...

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

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