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Winter Reading: Switch VI - Mindsets, Free Space, Humor, and Failure
... switch.jpg Body: You Can't Teach Ethics In their book Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard ... not be afraid to talk openly about conflict situations and report those who deal with them irresponsibly. Some government ethics ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments
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Tolerance of Intellectual Dishonesty
... I did was ethical because it's not covered by the Code of Ethics." Everyone who says this knows that a Code of Ethics covers a limited ... finance reports were filed, not long before the task force report is due. The school board's vice president said that it may be too late ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments
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Officials Accepting Tickets to Events Where They Have a Ceremonial Function
... is one of those terms that is found in many local government ethics codes (but not the City Ethics Model Code ). However, it is rarely ... stay beyond the ceremonial function, they should have to report it.” This policy provides a reasonable boundary: going free and ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Press: Jacksonville Times Union
Ethics office budget stirs city turmoil Confusion over an increase has ... Mayor John Peyton's proposed budget, it looked like the city ethics office stood to receive a 70 percent boost. Photo: BRUCE ... employees about government ethics while encouraging them to report problems. Goals for the coming year include: Refining guidelines ...
donmc - 2015-05-15 14:15
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Legislative Immunity: The Constitutional Approach in R.I. and the Discipline Clause
... to other states and to local governments, because the ethics program was set up pursuant to a special constitutional convention. But ... After a preliminary investigation the board will send a report to the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct...." This ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Large Contracts, Bid Rigging, and Pension Boards in Detroit
Body: What can local government ethics professionals learn from what has come out in the recent indictments ... law were to require those doing business with the city to report unethical and criminal conduct, then if they did not, they would face ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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An Ethics Pledge Proposal Turns Ugly
Body: Local government ethics can quickly become an ugly circus when officials don't really understand ... a fellow commissioner took an "ethics pledge" at a commission meeting, without any warning, and then asked that the commissioners ... with the conflict. As a 2010 New York City Bar Association report entitled Reforming New York State's Financial Disclosure Requirements ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Recusal
... disclose the nature and circumstances of the conflict to the Ethics Commission and ask for an advisory opinion pursuant to 104 and 209. ... the mayor could come up with, according to the newspaper report, is not a problem at all: that virtually all board members own property ...
Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-16 20:52 - 8 comments
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Houston Ethics Reform I: The Ethics Commission and What People Are Saying
... the Houston council passed a number of amendments to its ethics ordinance. They were billed as a big step forwards, but I do not agree. ... an impropriety has occurred, the commission is to send a report to the mayor, council, city attorney, or other appropriate agency or ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Summer Reading: Judith Shklar's "The Faces of Injustice"
... would not appear to have much to do with government ethics. But there turns out to be much relevant food for thought. The ... of the way high-level local officials deal with government ethics. They do not see their misuse of office as causing suffering. They say, ... private and public acts of injustice. … when we do not report crimes, when we look the other way when we see cheating and ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
