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1. Chicago Ethics Task Force Files First Report

   Body:  The Chicago Ethics Reform Task Force report was published yesterday . Well, at least Part 1 was published. As I said in my blog post about the announcement of the task force's creation, "four months, including the holiday season, is a ...

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

2. Other ethics related resources on the web

   Sites Focusing on Ethics in Public Service and Character Education ... ethics, elections, campaign finance, lobby laws and freedom of information. The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara ... A forum for research and discussion in all areas of applied ethics. U.S. Office of Government Ethics The Office of ...

   donmc - 2023-08-02 14:37

3. 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

4. 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

5. Retired Citizens of Florida Speak out on Ethics

   ... Ethics president, Carla Miller, worked with Integrity Florida (Dan Krassner) and the Florida Alliance for Retired Americans ... have to sit on their hands and do nothing unless a citizen files a complaint. Also, the resolution calls for the creation of independent ...

   cmiller - 2012-06-20 07:14 - 0 comments

6. 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

7. Settlement Agreements

   ... most state ethics codes do. I left settlement agreements out of my first draft of the City Ethics Model Code, but I have just added a ... 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

8. 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 ... at least one additional alternate member. 3. An annual report of the ethics commission, including recommendations to the local ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2013-06-20 08:35 - 0 comments

9. The Economic Crisis - Public vs. Private Interests Once Again

   ... for government ethics professionals. It takes our eyes out of the trees -- individual government officials' conflicts of interest -- and ... It means the public sector must come back not just in the default mode when the private sector fails, but actively and constructively so ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2008-09-23 07:49 - 0 comments

10. Font Sizes - a test...

    ... Heading level 5 Heading level 6 This is a test of the "Paragraph" setting in this template. This is Cited text... This ... </ul> Makes a bulleted list using the default bullet type: text text text <ul   ...

    donmc - 2012-07-26 17:40

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