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1. Turning a Predicament into a Problem

   ... that it is human nature to deny one's own weaknesses, one's blind spots, one's corruptibility, one's ability to be pressured, one's lack of moral ...

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

2. ELEPHANTS, ETHICS AND ENIGMAS

   ... PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES The Blind Men and the Elephant is an ancient Hindu fable that illustrates the ...

   donmc - 2012-01-23 14:02 - 0 comments

3. An Arrogant Response to an Ethics Report

   ... reputation and reliability of the speaker, rather than the content of the speech, is what people do when they can't adequately respond to the content. The mayor also spoke of how proud he was to be included with the ...

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

4. The Ethics Elephant

   From Wikipedia . The story of the blind men and an elephant appears to have originated in India, but its original ... Century poem by John Godfrey Saxe. Buddha used the simile of blind men in his teachings. In various versions of the tale, a group of ...

   donmc - 2007-09-07 00:02

5. Should Legislator-Lobbyist Communications Be Subject to the Legislative Immunity Privilege?

   ... from the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee in S.E.C. v. Ways and Means Committee argues (on pp. 30, 34-37) that communications ... the Committee's views on the necessity for, and appropriate content of, legislation. The Protection of Confidential Information ...

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

6. Institutional Corruption Conference I: Duplicitous Exclusion

   ... exclusion enabled by deceit." Ann Tenbrunsel, co-author of Blind Spots (see my blog posts on this book ) and a member of the second panel ...

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

7. The Virtuous Circle of Ethics Laws and Legislative Immunity -- And the Legislators Who Stand Outside of It

   ... issue is how the legislator will participate and vote, the content of his or her legislative activity. On the other side of the circle, ... activity. Ethics enforcement has nothing to do with the content of legislative activity, which is what concerned the authors of the ...

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

8. A Miscellany

   ... social media could constitute a meeting), records retention, content rules for comments on council members' sites or blogs, and letting the ... , which includes many of the same issues, as well as content restrictions, identification requirements, and the like. Leave ...

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

9. Spring Reading: "Perlmann's Silence" and Self-Justification

   ... denials and explanations of conduct. It aids and abets our blind spots. It is a sign of weakness, anxiety, and fear more than of poor character ...

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

10. When an EC Is Dependent

    ... of his legal defense fund, through either transparency or a blind trust. The ethics commission's draft opinion opts for transparency. A blind trust in this situation would require that the public's trust be blind, ...

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

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