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1. Book Review: Emil "Bud" Krogh, Integrity

   ... It took a long time for Egil "Bud" Krogh to write his book on Watergate, but it finally came out a few months ago. Krogh is not ... ethics, a program he calls the Integrity Zone (and his book is entitled Integrity ). Krogh's book has two central lesson for ...

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

2. Book Review: Jane Jacobs' Systems of Survival: A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics

   ... to think about. And we’ve been missing out. Jacobs’ book (in the form of a dialogue among a group of people) sets out two separate ... Be fatalistic Treasure honor You have to read the book to fully understand each of the values she lists. It is also important to ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2008-01-10 13:10 - 0 comments

3. A New Report and New Book on State and Federal Ethical Misconduct

   ... self-dealing. Extortion A government ethics book is big news this week. It is Peter Schweizer's Extortion: How ... commission members? In short, there is little in this book that is useful at the local level. However, it does do one useful thing ...

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

4. Rushworth Kidder's Book *Moral Courage*

   Body:  Rushworth Kidder's 2005 book Moral Courage is something all municipal officials should read. It's ... in governments. But since you probably won't read the book, here are a few of Kidder's points that will most profit municipal ... definition of moral courage, from William Ian Miller's book The Mystery of Courage : 'the capacity to overcome the fear of shame ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-03-29 22:10 - 0 comments

5. Book Excerpt 2: A Checklist of Ethics Commission Activities

   ... Here is one of the most useful sections of my new book Local Government Ethics Programs . Summer is upon us, and most ... local trainers, as well; and (5) discussing sections of this book together, as well as selecting advisory opinions from other jurisdictions ...

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

6. The Public's Trust in Government: A Book Review

   ... beyond this about the concept of trust. I just read a book called The Moral Foundations of Trust by Eric M. Uslaner (Cambridge University Press, 2002). This book's focus is on what the author calls 'generalized trust,' that is, the ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-07-23 11:55 - 0 comments

7. Book Excerpt 1: Fiduciary Duty

   ... of posts that will pull out valuable pieces from my new book Local Government Ethics Programs . One reason that ...

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

8. Best Practices from the Book "Local Government Ethics Programs"

   The second edition of the resource book Local Government Ethics Programs will be put up on the City Ethics ...

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

9. Local Government Ethics Programs in a Nutshell

   ... years of blog posts, a Model Ethics Code, and the resource book Local Government Ethics Programs . But this is far too much ... your preferred format from the images below. Right click the HTML format to open the book on a webpage in a separate tab or window. Or, to ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2015-04-20 12:05 - 3 comments

10. Summer Reading: The Righteous Mind IX: Moral Capital, Blind Spots, and Asking

    ... Body:  Moral Capital In his book The Righteous Mind : Why Good People Are Divided by Politics ... capital (as I discuss in the first of my posts on this book ) as a "moral system." In doing so, he recognizes the importance of an ...

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

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