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Summer Reading: The Righteous Mind III: The Social Nature of Moral Judgment
... can share their outside viewpoint with an official whose blind spots prevent her from seeing the situation clearly. They can provide her with ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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How and Why to Bring Budget Transparency to a City Near You
... as much about preventing bad apples from stealing the public blind. It's about preventing officials from playing with budget numbers so that they can fool the public blind, and cover up a number of serious problems, including false budget items, ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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NJ's Ineffective Local Government Ethics Program Is Up for Renewal
... them. All aspects of information, counseling and website content should parallel that of the State Ethics Commission." This ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Classic Fiefdom and a Problem with Long-Term Municipal Representation
... becomes too close with an agency head. He should discuss the blind spots this creates and educate others, perhaps even trying to get the law ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Indirect Benefits, Expertise, and the Responsibility for Poor Ethics Advice
... of time volunteers have able to spend, without having deep content expertise and knowledge – is a bad model." A better model, and a ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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What Is Free Speech?
... e-mails among board members, for instance (see Rangra v. Brown , 566 F.3d 515 (5th Cir, 2009)). And What About ... the airwaves with mean-spirited ads that contain little content of value to voters? Is there anything more dystopic than many of our ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A New Local Ethics Program's First Matter Raises Some Important Issues
... to explain their reasoning, show their work. All seem to be content to point out the problems and offer nothing to solve them. ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 4 comments
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Soft Landings and Other Revolving Door Matters
... seats on corporate boards and other velvety-soft landing spots, in many cases earning multiples of what they made in government. John ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Ethics Commissions: Independence and Managing Staff
... as was the case here, and the commission turns a blind eye to allegations of a leak on the part of the executive director, trust ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Another Side to Disclosure
... with the local government, they should effectively blind themselves to donors and let potential donors know this. This can ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
