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  1. Summer Reading: Richard Painter on Ethics Reform I

    ... subject to ethics rules." Painter advocates what he calls "default rules," that is ethics rules that apply to contractors, but which can ... boards and commissions. Such a letter would be sent to the council with respect to the nominees it is required to approve. Painter ...

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

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    ... style to notify your vistors of downloadable content and files. To use this style, enclose your text within the following html: <p ... style to notify your vistors of downloadable content and files. To use this style, enclose your text within the following html: <p ...

    donmc - 2010-01-22 11:24 - 0 comments

  3. City Ethics Support

    ... style to notify your visitors of downloadable content and files. To use this style, enclose your text within the following html: <p ... style to notify your visitors of downloadable content and files. To use this style, enclose your text within the following html: <p ...

    donmc - 2015-04-28 15:55

  4. The Perils of Nepotism

    ... strength of patrimonial groups. Tribalism ... remains a default form of political organization, even after a modern state has ...

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

  5. Nudging and Government Ethics

    ... with a choice, we are more likely than not to go with a default option, be that a mobile ringtone or a pension plan. Yes, nudging is ...

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

  6. A Miscellany

    ... According to an article on al.com , a Huntsville council member got a job with a city-owned utility. In a ... have violated the ethics code. He had withdrawn from every council discussion and vote involving the utility, but some of his constituents ... inspector general. Failure to report will be considered a default on their contract. This is good news. It is important to get ...

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

  7. Government Ethics and the Limits of Mental Bandwidth

    ... example, if an employee does not choose a pension plan, a default plan is chosen for him. The employee can opt out, but inaction will not ...

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

  8. Online Ethics Training and Information Materials

    ... of what you can find on a number of local government ethics sites, as well as on the sites of state ethics commissions with jurisdiction over local officials. I am ...

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

  9. A Miscellany

    ... supervisor wanted to give $100,000 of his discretionary funds to his wife’s charity project. Then he thought the matter through, and ... make use of them. They act as if transparency was not the default value of our democracy, as if they were living in some other country ...

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

  10. The Chick-fil-A Controversy Is Really a Government Ethics Issue

    ... ethics reforms, after the city's special ethics task force files its second report. Related blog posts: Council Fiefdoms He ... and It's Legal (in Chicago) Chicago Ethics Task Force Files First Report Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City ...

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

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