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1. Chicago Ethics Task Force Files First Report

   Body:  The Chicago Ethics Reform Task Force report was published yesterday . Well, at least Part 1 was published. As I ... responsibly with conflicts. The report focuses more on ethics training than on anything else, and it has some good ideas about it. ...

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

2. Other ethics related resources on the web

   Sites Focusing on Ethics in Public Service and Character Education Council ... ethics, elections, campaign finance, lobby laws and freedom of information. The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara ...

   donmc - 2023-08-02 14:37

3. The Appropriateness of Business and Union Gifts to Government

   ... County, home of Indianapolis. Democrats favor two satellite sites for early voting (in addition to the City-County Building), but the ... auto workers union offer $50,000 to pay for the satellite sites. I oppose the acceptance of gifts to local governments from ...

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

4. State Ethics Mandates for Local Governments

   ... and Cass R. Sunstein (2008), which argues skillfully for default options, since people are lazy or, in this situation, it's in their self-interest to do nothing? A state could require a default ethics program that would take effect by the end of the following year, ...

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

5. Penalizing Ethics Proceeding Transparency

   ... is an essential part of government ethics, it should be the default position. In other words, unless there are very serious reasons to ... rights also need to be taken into account. When someone files a complaint, there has to be a serious reason to limit his right to speak ...

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

6. Summer Reading: Richard Painter on Ethics Reform I

   ... and costly. Citing a General Accounting Office report from 2008 , Painter argues that contract employees have influence, even ... subject to ethics rules." Painter advocates what he calls "default rules," that is ethics rules that apply to contractors, but which can ...

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

7. Best Practices from the Book "Local Government Ethics Programs"

   ... in the government. 3. Transparency as the default position of the ethics program, with respect to advice, disclosure, and ... at least one additional alternate member. 3. An annual report of the ethics commission, including recommendations to the local ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2013-06-20 08:35 - 0 comments

8. Settlement Agreements

   ... added a provision, Section 213(5) . The language is based on that of several state ethics codes and rules, especially those of Ohio and ... some states (and at least one city) make settlement the default or preferred approach. Arkansas’ code requires a written Offer of ...

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

9. The Economic Crisis - Public vs. Private Interests Once Again

   ... for government ethics professionals. It takes our eyes out of the trees -- individual government officials' conflicts of interest -- and ... It means the public sector must come back not just in the default mode when the private sector fails, but actively and constructively so ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2008-09-23 07:49 - 0 comments

10. Font Sizes - a test...

    ... is Cited text... This is Code Numbering options on ordered lists */ This is a list item This is a ... </ul> Makes a bulleted list using the default bullet type: text text text <ul   ...

    donmc - 2012-07-26 17:40

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