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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 ... program." The task force managed to draft an 83-page report in a little less than five months, which is a major feat. The report ...

   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 ...

   donmc - 2023-08-02 14:37

3. Gwinnett County Ethics Reform II - Recommendations by the Vinson Institute and the Grand Jury

   ... In this second of three blog posts on ethics reform in Gwinnett County, Georgia, I will look at recommendations for ethics reform made by a grand jury in its October 2010 report , and by the Carl Vinson Institute ...

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

4. Gwinnett County Ethics Reform I - The Failure to Follow Formal Processes

   ... The boom years of the Oughts were very good to Gwinnett County , a suburban Atlanta county of 800,000 that grew by a third in ... ethics, and Gwinnett County appears to be no exception. A grand jury report unsealed in October (a searchable copy is attached; see ...

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

5. Gwinnett County Ethics Reform III - County Officials' Response to Ethics Recommendations

   ... Body:  This third of three posts on ethics reform in Gwinnett County, Georgia looks at the county officials' response to the ... of Government at the University of Georgia, and in the grand jury's October 2010 report . Responses to the Vinson Institute's ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment

6. Ethics Watchdogs, Motives, and Georgia's Ethics Program Problem

   ... Anderson, but the goals of a brand new organization called Gwinnett Ethics . Gwinnett County is a suburban Atlanta county that has been struggling with ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 3 comments

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Settlement Agreements

    ... 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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