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Taking State Laws Into Account When Drafting Ethics Provisions
... is important to take state laws into account when drafting ethics provisions, especially in local governments that do not have home ... are two situations in the news where this was not done, and ethics reform has been undermined. Dealing with the state laws from the ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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D.C. Ethics Board's Flawed Recommendations for Reform
... I wrote a blog post about the District of Columbia ethics board's first public forum seeking recommendations for ethics reform. On April 17, the ethics board published a report that makes ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Regional Ethics Commissions via Interlocal Cooperation Agreements
... between cities and towns in the county to give the county ethics commission jurisdiction over the municipalities' ethics training, advice, disclosure, and enforcement. The agreement is ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Situational Ethics Is Inappropriate in a Government Ethics Context
Body: The term "situational ethics" derives from a particular theory of a priest named Joseph Fletcher, but it is more generally understood to mean dealing with ethics in terms of a particular situation and particular goals (ends-oriented ethics). In other words, it is ethics that allows for different rules in ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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An Ethics Board Chair Who Should Not Have Been on the Board Refuses to Discuss His Own Conflict
... painful to see the chair of a major county board of ethics refusing to even speak to the press about his own possible conflict of ... in October. What was WGN asking the Cook County (IL) ethics board chair about? According to the WGN report, over the last two ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Maryland Local Ethics Requirements
... for states to encourage the creation of local government ethics programs by drafting model ethics codes. It's also a good idea for states to require minimal local ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A City Attorney Wearing Too Many Ethics Hats
... a local government attorney wear when it comes to government ethics? This question arises out of a state bar grievance filed against ... council member alleged that the city attorney violated legal ethics rules by providing legal advice to her before an inspector general ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Voiding Contracts, Transactions, and Permits Where There Is an Ethics Violation
... of permits, contracts, or other transactions. City Ethics Model Code §106 , like the Connecticut law, does provide for ... of a contract or other transaction resulting from an ethics violation (a violation based on a finding by the local ethics commission). But it does allow the local legislative body to ratify the ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Summer Reading: Richard Painter on Ethics Reform I
... Painter's Getting the Government America Deserves: How Ethics Reform Can Make a Difference (Oxford U.P., 2009) may be about the federal executive branch ethics program, but this excellent book also has a lot to offer to local ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Very Problematic Fort Worth Ethics Reform Proposals
... Weekly , Peter Gorman looked at the state of government ethics in Fort Worth and, most important, some proposed changes to its ethics program that take it in the wrong direction. Since it was the only ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
