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1. The Image Consultant's Role in Local Government Ethics

   ... Communications , which primarily works to control the media coverage and preserve the reputation of companies and brands, but also ... act by a bad actor. An adversary trying to use the media for leverage. Sometimes the odds are against you. The roles in the drama ...

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

2. Legal Ethics vs. Government Ethics

   ... the Detroit Free Press made two FOI requests for all documents relating to the settlement, and the corporation counsel oversaw ... of the settlement and the possible existence of additional documents before he sent [his subordinates] to represent the City at a hearing ...

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

3. Conflict of Interest

   ... partner) is an officer or director. Comment: The central point of an ethics code is that city officials and ... violated the provisions of this code. Comment : An official or employee who is forced to recuse himself or herself ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-16 20:59 - 9 comments

4. Ethics Proceeding Confidentiality Takes a Hit in Utah, Logically Enough

   ... allowed, but everything the EC does, from meetings to documents. The Tribune editors point to an essential problem with such ... it comes to ethics codes. Thank goodness for the news media. The criticisms of the bills worked. The sponsor of the bills, Sen. John ...

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

5. Detroit and the Loyalties of Local Government Attorneys

   ... The Detroit Free Press asked for all the settlement documents, but the city law department, acting under the guidance of the division chief, only provided the newspaper with the public documents, knowingly withholding documents solely to protect the personal ...

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

6. Some Questionable Missouri Ethics Reform Provisions

   ... action. It also allows an investigation based on news media reports, where no one has an interest in filing a complaint. ... lose her job. And what about revelations to the news media? There was a case involving the executive director of the Philadelphia ... was asked about an investigation of the matter. A "no comment" alone to the question would likely be taken as a confirmation of ...

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

7. Lessig on the Effects of Elected Officials' Dependency Problem

   ... permit applications, grant applications, all those documents that, for most of us, simply exist. Those documents that get very little press, and whose authorship is not accomplished ...

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

8. Restorative Justice in Government Ethics

   ... There is also a strong desire among the public and the news media to see politicians as untrustworthy rather than to find a way to ... would be told in a way that the public, including the news media, could understand far better than something resembling a trial. And the ...

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

9. Gifts

   ... of the legislative body. Comment : The first sentence of subsection 4a is difficult, even if the ... on the city's informal oversight resources (citizen and media), since such gifts would be out of the jurisdiction of official boards. ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-16 21:02 - 0 comments

10. Why It Is Important To Ensure That Legislators Show Up to Work

    ... easy ways to get this information across:  through the news media and through one's website. Cook's website has no press releases, ... illness or her absences. There are very few mentions in news media available online. Cook is herself doing what no civil or criminal ...

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

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