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  1. The Extent of Disclosure Necessary to Obtain Ethics Advice

    ... by a requirement to seek advice, which I advocate in my book Local Government Ethics Programs. If the council member had a ...

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

  2. The Lucifer Effect III — Debriefing and Other Ways to Deal with Situational Forces

    ... Body:  This third blog post on Philip Zimbardo's book The Lucifer Effect looks at some ways to deal with situational ... Acting at the System Level In my first post on this book , I referred to the possibility of an ethics commission treating the ...

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

  3. Lewis Hyde's New Observations on Civic Virtue, Mixing Values, and the Freedom to Listen

    ... Body:  Two years ago, I wrote a blog post about a book by Lewis Hyde entitled The Gift , which had a lot to say, ... relevance to government ethics. I just finished Hyde's book Common As Air: Revolution, Art, and Ownership , which just came out ...

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

  4. Winter Reading: The Ethics of Lobbying

    ... lobbying that I'm working on, I just finished reading a 2002 book entitled The Ethics of Lobbying from the Woodstock Theological ... of which are relevant at the local level, as well. The book is the result of a multi-year project, which included interviews ...

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

  5. Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place

    ... more on waiver processes, see the relevant section of my book Local Government Ethics Programs. There is another ...

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

  6. Chicago Task Force Second Report IV — Confidentiality and False Information

    ... Confidentiality I discuss this issue at length in my book Local Government Ethics Programs . Let me just list the arguments ...

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

  7. The Need for Ethics Oversight of COGs

    ... of a fiefdom (for more on fiefdoms, see the section of my book Local Government Ethics Programs on the topic). But this was not ...

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

  8. Summer Reading: The Righteous Mind VII: Moral Foundations

    ... Mind.jpg Body:  Jonathan Haidt in his book The Righteous Mind : Why Good People Are Divided by Politics ... than that. Continue with the next post on this book. Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics ...

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

  9. Ethics Reform Testimony in D.C. and Tallahassee

    ... and council slush funds. See the section of my book Local Government Ethics Programs on general advisory opinions. ...

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

  10. Using Confidentiality as a Smokescreen

    ... why it cannot be prevented (read the section of my new book on the confidentiality of ethics proceedings for ways of dealing with ...

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

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