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1. Blind Spots IV — Egocentrism

   ... Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It (Princeton University Press), point out that egocentrism is in our ... is that our judgment is clouded, for example, our judgment about whether our conduct would be viewed as unethical. The authors have found ...

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

2. The Temptations of Asset Forfeiture

   Body:  It's been six years since I last wrote about how asset forfeiture is a serious temptation to engage in ethical misconduct. I was planning to write about it again in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on the subject, ...

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

3. An Insufficiently Bid Contract in Essex County, NJ

   Body:  It's not every day that an article about an insufficiently bid county contract appears on the front page of a ... years ago, and by seeing that their officials care more about their supporters and political allies than they do about the public. ...

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

4. False Statements in Elections

   ... false statements can be far more serious:  false statements about citizens, about the budget, or about laws and rules. It is odd also because speech in ...

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

5. Local Government Dependency on Drug Asset Forfeiture in Texas

   Body:  The drug war is not really about drugs, it's about addiction. And dependency is what powers addiction. As it turns out, ...

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

6. Ethics Education

   This is 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...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 10:08 - 2 comments

7. Campaign Finance and Favoritism Issues Involving Politicians' Charities

   Body:  It seems so mean-spirited to talk about the conflicts of interest that arise from politicians’ charitable activities, but the revelations about the Clinton Foundation show, in big numbers, what happens so often, in ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-12-21 08:24 - 0 comments

8. Blind Spots VII — Indirect Blindness and Moral Compensation

   ... Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It , a new book by Max H. Bazerman and Ann E. Tenbrunsel (Princeton ... law firm. Indirect Blindness The authors talk about a tendency they call "indirect blindness ... the tendency not to notice ...

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

9. Blind Spots II — Motivated Blindness

   ... Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It , have found that people have a tendency "to overlook the ... their clients, the participants assimilated information about the target company in a biased way. … Auditors became more like their ...

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

10. The Conflict at the Heart of the Local Election Process

    Body:  Last October, I wrote a blog entry about why parties should fight elections, not referee them. An indictment ... votes before they are recorded. There's a lot of talk about the weaknesses of computerized voting machines (and this is certainly one ...

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

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