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  1. Hiring Experts and Giving Ethics Waivers: The Henry Paulson, Jr. Story

    ... story in Sunday's New York Times. Experts in Government Whenever experts in the business world are hired by government, there are conflict of ...

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

  2. Why It is Important to Make It Clear That Conflicts of Interest Are Not Wrong

    ... "I'm a man of integrity. I wouldn't let a [fill in the blank] affect my judgment." The phrase "accused him [or, increasingly, ...

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

  3. The Effect of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Open Meetings Decision on Local Government Ethics

    ... Why should they? The Supreme Court has arguably given them a blank check, which can be ripped up only by voters again and again voting them ...

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

  4. My Use of Violent Imagery

    ... in the expression "jumping the gun." I haven't used "target" in any violent manner, but I have used the word on a few occasions in the context of being a "target" of a political attack or of bullying by local officials. I quoted ...

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

  5. Logical Fallacies I: The Ad Hominem Attack

    ... What can we do when ad hominem attacks are made? The target of the attack has the most interest in responding, but is in the worst ... a development project, how they have brought in the best experts available. They praise their personal legitimacy in order to give ...

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

  6. Intimidation in the Complaint Process

    ... practices are widely discouraged by law enforcement policy experts." It's these "experts" and their "best practices" that especially caught my attention. We're ...

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

  7. Quote of the Day

    missing target.jpg Body:  “In Albany, they’re really, really ... ordinances and amendments that pose as reform, but miss the target by failing to create an effective government ethics program. ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2013-04-02 10:56 - 0 comments

  8. Blind Spots II — Motivated Blindness

    ... 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

  9. The Conflicts of Holding an Elected Local Position and a State Job

    ... the position. The former state's attorney is right on target. The council member who once worked for the state argued that council ...

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

  10. An Anti-Ethics Reform Rant Worth Reading

    ... concludes, "ethics laws so popular among candidates target only a very narrow band of bad behavior. Behaviors which, when compared ...

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

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