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Don McClintock
... the website www.cityethics.org as the basis for City Ethics Inc. - a non-profit established with the goal of making it easier to establish effective ethics programs in Cities and ...
donmc - 2018-01-31 19:02
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Chicago Ethics Task Force Files First Report
... As I said in my blog post about the announcement of the task force's creation, "four months, including the holiday season, is a ... program. It recognizes how important it is for an ethics code to include, not only refer to, state laws. And the report is, for the most ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Other ethics related resources on the web
Sites Focusing on Ethics in Public Service and Character Education Council ... ethics, elections, campaign finance, lobby laws and freedom of information. The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara ...
donmc - 2023-08-02 14:37
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Maricopa County 1 - Local Government Association Officer-Campaign Contributions
... Phoenix. My research into what is going on raised all sorts of interesting issues. I'll deal with them in multiple blog posts. First, ... officer positions in the National Association of Counties (NACo), a membership organization, including misuse of office and personal use ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Appropriateness of Business and Union Gifts to Government
... County, home of Indianapolis. Democrats favor two satellite sites for early voting (in addition to the City-County Building), but the ... auto workers union offer $50,000 to pay for the satellite sites. I oppose the acceptance of gifts to local governments from ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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State Ethics Mandates for Local Governments
... and Cass R. Sunstein (2008), which argues skillfully for default options, since people are lazy or, in this situation, it's in their self-interest to do nothing? A state could require a default ethics program that would take effect by the end of the following year, ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Carla Miller - President, City Ethics
... Ethics Commission, helped to draft the City’s first ethics code, served as its first Ethics Officer (as a volunteer), fought for (and won) ... (ASPA), National Association of Counties (NACO), the National League of Cities , International Public Administration ...
donmc - 2021-08-23 12:36
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Penalizing Ethics Proceeding Transparency
... is an essential part of government ethics, it should be the default position. In other words, unless there are very serious reasons to ... rights also need to be taken into account. When someone files a complaint, there has to be a serious reason to limit his right to speak ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Settlement Agreements
... agreements out of my first draft of the City Ethics Model Code, but I have just added a provision, Section 213(5) . The language is ... some states (and at least one city) make settlement the default or preferred approach. Arkansas’ code requires a written Offer of ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Best Practices from the Book "Local Government Ethics Programs"
... in the government. 3. Transparency as the default position of the ethics program, with respect to advice, disclosure, and ... minimis” interests, benefits, or violations in an ethics code, leaving what is “de minimis” up to the ethics commission with respect ...
Robert Wechsler - 2013-06-20 08:35 - 0 comments