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1. COGEL Considers Certification Programs for Government Ethics Practitioners

   Body:  The Council on Governmental Ethics Laws (COGEL), an association of American and Canadian practitioners in ... one of the questions that COGEL is asking its members in a survey. However, the focus is on members, that is, those who already have jobs. ...

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

2. A Possible Cause of Action When an Official Retaliates Against a Citizen

   ... her opposition to a matter the official supports? The City Ethics Model Code has a provision that deals with an official falsely ... by getting involved in an expensive federal suit. Thanks to Patricia Salkin's Law of the Land Blog for bringing this opinion ...

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

3. Report on Annual Reports II

   Body:  Because local governments' annual ethics reports serve so many purposes -- publicizing the ethics program's existence, educating officials and the public about what an ... (we have no counties; call us deprived). Since I did a survey of all the municipal ethics codes in the state, I knew ...

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

4. Advice on Advisory Opinions

   ... officials say that there is no need for an improved ethics program in their town because no one is filing complaints. If there were ... I was reminded of this yesterday when an advisory opinion survey done for last December's COGEL conference was sent to me. Here is a list ...

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

5. Lack of Transparency and Voter Indifference Can Make a Big Difference

   ... considered minor issues not central to local government ethics. What happened the last few years in Bell, California (pop. 37,000; ... slump and cannot afford deeper cuts in state subsidies. Thanks to Christopher Bauer for bringing this matter to my attention in ...

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

6. A Minneapolis Study of Conflicts on Development-Related Boards

   ... involvement in matters coming before them. In addition, an ethics complaint alleged a violation based on a planning commissioner's ... and the EPB jointly directed the ethics officer to conduct a survey of best practices "in an effort to identify proposed changes to ...

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

7. Managing Risk and Tracking Unethical Companies

   ... Global Investments , sheds some light on this, based on a survey done last year. Before I get into the report, I think it's worth ... project. This is another example of why local government ethics is more a matter of acting professionally and responsibly than it is ...

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

8. A Couple of Good Local Government Approaches to Transparency and Citizen Feedback

   ... online surveys, check out surveymonkey.com , which is the survey software that East Haven used. To provide transparency, another ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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

9. The Many Ways in Which Lawyers Can Do Nothing About an Unethical Environment

   Body:  When it comes to government ethics, too often lawyers are nowhere to be seen, unless they are the ones ... group of lawyers trumps a judge. Local Government Ethics What does all of this have to do with local government ethics? The ... The voters threw the government out of office. But no thanks to the town's lawyers. There cannot be unethical local governments ...

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

10. 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 independence: how important it is and how best a ...

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

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