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1. Second Edition of Free Resource Book on Local Government Ethics

   Local Government Ethics Programs 2.0: A Resource for Ethics Commission Members, Local Officials, Attorneys, ... books, articles, essays, reports, advisory opinions, training materials, and ethics and court decisions. We welcome feedback ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2022-07-19 16:45 - 3 comments

2. Ethics Watchdogs, Motives, and Georgia's Ethics Program Problem

   ... a handle on him. In other words, laziness. He has been an ethics and non-ethics watchdog in Georgia for many years, filing numerous ... and/or city level, so that officials get proper ethics training and guidance, and disclose their conflicts and deal with them ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 3 comments

3. Ethics Commissions

   ... is the place to discuss the establishment and the role of an Ethics Commission. The most important issue here is an Ethics Commission's ... Northwest. But there appears to be nothing about the SEC on-line. There is also talk of a regional ethics commission in Northwest ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2009-06-09 06:02 - 5 comments

4. Louisiana Ethics Reforms

   ... Reform Package Contact Your Legislator to Support LA Ethics 1 Read our White Paper for more information ... to public records . Make governmental ethics training mandatory for elected officials, top public-sector employees, and ...

   donmc - 2007-04-28 14:07 - 0 comments

5. Florida

   ... constitution was revised in 1968 to require that a code of ethics for all state employees and non-judicial officers prohibiting conflict ... goals for employee conduct. The Code mandates ethics training for city employees and officials, and it creates a unique system of ...

   donmc - 2012-01-23 10:28 - 1 comment

6. Tennessee's Model Ethics Codes Fail to Create Local Ethics Programs

   ... been six years since I last wrote about local government ethics in Tennessee. In a January 2007 comment to the forum on recusal , I ... (who could also be county commissioners), with nothing about training, advice, or disclosure (except for disclosure of conflicts). And ...

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

7. Houston Ethics Reform I: The Ethics Commission and What People Are Saying

   ... the Houston council passed a number of amendments to its ethics ordinance. They were billed as a big step forwards, but I do not agree. ... An ethics commission has two other principal roles, training and advice. Training is to be provided by the city attorney, according ...

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

8. Book Excerpt 2: A Checklist of Ethics Commission Activities

   ... the most useful sections of my new book Local Government Ethics Programs . Summer is upon us, and most ethics commissions that do not ... commissions can and should be participating in. 1. Training . Create or improve ethics training, for officials and for ethics ...

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

9. Ethics Code ≠ Ethics Program

   ... can never be said too often that the quality of a government ethics code is meaningless. What matters is how the ethics program actually ... 2012. And now, the city is going to require annual ethics training. This is clearly an ethics program that is going somewhere. ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments

10. Houston Ethics Reform II: The Ethics Provisions

    ... Body:  There are several problems with Houston's new ethics provisions, in addition to what I pointed out in my last blog post. Some ... two extremely difficult areas, which require far more training than ethics commissions generally get. It's true that all these ...

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

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