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The Public Nature of Government Ethics Advice
Body: There is a section of my new book Local Government Ethics Programs (click and scroll down to subsection 9) on the need for ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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New Michigan Model Local Government Ethics Ordinance Is a Lemon
... a "toolbox" for local governments to create local ethics policies. Local government ethics is already governed by state statutes, but local governments ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 4 comments
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Are Gratuities and Rewards Government Ethics Issues?
... Update: September 6, 2010 (see below) For many local government employees, gratuities are the principal way in which an ethics code affects them, because many ethics code prohibit gratuities. But are ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments
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Spring Reading: The Government Ethics Adviser As Civics Teacher
... basis for something that I consider extremely important to government ethics, but with which many government ethics practitioners disagree: going ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Scrutinizing Strict Scrutiny in a Government Ethics Context
Body: This week the Council on Governmental Ethics Laws (COGEL) met in Washington, D.C. and, as usual, I learned about a ... strict scrutiny is inappropriate to this situation, because government officials are not like ordinary citizens. Officials have obligations ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Why Do Election Law Professionals Discuss the Latest Developments So Much More Than Government Ethics Professionals?
... not to. Which brings me to the City Ethics blog. Very few private or government attorneys who do not practice full-time in local government ethics read this blog on a regular basis. And there are very few ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 3 comments
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The Public Sea and Local Government Ethics Jurisdiction
... for Virtue in the Public Life: Revisiting the Vulgar Ethics Thesis ," involves what he calls "the modern extended state," the "vast ... out of the hands of civil servants. The result, in terms of government ethics, is the removal of patronage, nepotism, embezzlement, and ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Intelligence, Motivation, and Legislative Immunity in a Government Ethics Context
... drawer." But actually this is a real issue, at least in government ethics. It is often hard to tell the difference between incompetence and misuse ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Form of Government Ethics Issues
Body: Form of government issues are not generally considered to be part of government ethics. But they are intertwined in important ways. This can be seen ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Ignorance or Faux Ignorance re Government Ethics?
Body: What politicians say about a government ethics issue is sometimes so devoid of a basic understanding of government ethics that it's hard to believe that they are not being willfully ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments