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  1. Juggling Two Types of Ethics Reform in DuPage County (IL)

    ... Chicago (its largest town is Naperville), is juggling two ethics ordinance revision processes, one for the county, the other for the ... to have attracted some controversy. County Ethics Ordinance The county board is not seeking major ethics reforms. The ...

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

  2. Ethics Reform in Annapolis

    ... Baltimore and Washington, D.C. With respect to government ethics, the county for which it is the county seat, Anne Arundel County, has a relatively good ethics program , complete with an executive director, which is very unusual ...

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

  3. When a Department Engages In Ethics Advice and Enforcement

    Body:  What should an ethics program do when an agency or department takes ethics advice and enforcement into its own hands? This issue has arisen ... by the finance director and in accordance with the county ethics code." The finance director suspended an employee for two weeks ...

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

  4. Second Round of Chicago Ethics Reforms I - Good Ideas

    Body:  The second round of Chicago ethics reform recommendations , based on the ethics task force's second report (attached; see below), have been proposed by ...

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

  5. Louisville's Middling Ethics Reforms

    ... , Baltimore , and now Louisville have come up with ethics reforms in the past week or so. Baltimore's reforms were disappointing, ... spent two years working on, or fighting about, the city's ethics reforms. The city started out with a decent although minimal ...

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

  6. Ethics Commission: Jurisdiction, Powers, and Duties

    This is the place to discuss the Ethics Commission's jurisdiction, powers, and duties. The most controversial matter here is over whom an Ethics Commission should have jurisdiction: elected officials, unionized ... bringing partisan politics into the process. 207. Ethics Commission: Jurisdiction, Powers, and Duties. 1. The Ethics ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 10:07 - 1 comment

  7. Yorba Linda's Proposed Ethics Ordinance Falls Short

    ... It's not an unfamiliar story. Council candidates promise ethics reform . They are elected, and actually fulfill their promises with a proposed ethics ordinance. But there's not really much to the proposed ethics ordinance, ...

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

  8. Misinformation and the Lack of Ethics Training in Mississippi

    ... Body:  Misinformation is rampant in local government ethics. And the less people understand it, the easier it is for the ... the mayor and another council member was to propose an ethics code so that officials would treat each other and the public with ...

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

  9. 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 they really a government ethics issue? ...

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

  10. Philadelphia's "Ethics Agenda": Making Ethics Central to a Mayoral Campaign

    ... knows how to take a stand and make a difference. It has made ethics a central issue of the upcoming mayoral election by putting together a four-page Ethics Agenda and asking all mayoral candidates to commit to its ethics ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-16 12:29 - 0 comments

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