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September 5, 2007

The Daily Record: The task at hand: creating a culture

From: http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=48985 Article published on: September 6, 2007 by Max Marbut Staff Writer Having an effective ethics program in any environment is all about enhancing communication. That’s how Carla Miller, the City’s recently-appointed ethics officer, desc…

Ethics Codes & Reform July 31, 2007

Justification and Its Effect on Ethical Reasoning

One of the 'latest things' in politics today is Drew Westen, a psych professor who advises the Democrats that they should be paying more attention to emotions than to policies (as, many say, the Republicans have been doing), because people's emotional reactions have a great effect on how they vote.…

Ethics Commissions & Administration July 19, 2007

Ethics Professionals Need to Defend Their Own

Louisiana legislators do not seem to like the state Board of Ethics. Earlier this year, two of them sued the Board of Ethics, based on a decision it made. Now the Legislature has passed a bill clearly intended to get rid of the Board's chief counsel, Gray Sexton. The first version of the bill, Hous…

Ethics Codes & Reform May 2, 2007

Ethics Pledge for Boards & Commission Members

(Draft - personalize for your organization!) All board members and applicants shall agree to comply with the organization's ethics code and the ethical guidelines on conflicts adopted by the Board on______. Members of the board shall not discuss, advocate, or vote on any matter in which they have …

April 28, 2007

Louisiana Ethics Reforms

This article is sourced from: http://www.laethics1.com/Package/ReformPackage.asp A growing, statewide coalition of organizations has contributed to the development of this initiative and is supporting the following reform package in the 2007 session of the Legislature: Reform Agenda:Reform Package …

April 22, 2007

Let's strip corruption of dignity - Prof Mensah-Bonsu

From: Ghana News Online Professor Henrietta Mensah-Bonsu of the University of Ghana says corruption can only be eliminated if people face up to it and strip it of "the dignity conferred on it with fond names" for the society to see it for what it is. She expressed regret that people approve of pett…

April 10, 2007

Attacking the "Business as usual" in Indian Government Corruption...

An excellent idea for a grass-roots campaign to get some control of corrupt government employees in India. Gandhi smiles on anti-bribe scheme Ashling O'Connor, Mumbai The Times 10 April 2007 IN the secret language of corruption in India, an official expecting a bribe will ask for Mahatma Gandhi to …

Ethics Codes & Reform March 29, 2007

Life Without an Ethics Code

In Isle La Motte, Vermont, according to a recent article in the Burlington Free Press, the longtime town clerk and treasurer diverted $100,000 of town funds to her own use. Before the town learned of this, its Selectboard (the town's elected executive board) had arranged to allow her to pay back th…

Transparency & Disclosure March 27, 2007

Government Ethics for Citizens

Personal interest vs. public interest is central to government ethics. We tend to think, however, that it's central to them (officials) not to us (citizens), and that we have nothing to learn from this sort of ethics. Well, we're wrong. Take flu shots, for instance. People get flu shots because the…

March 19, 2007

Blaming Those Who Call for Ethical Conduct - Quote of the Day

Connecticut House Speaker James A. Amann has been receiving a great deal of criticism for asking lobbyists for contributions to the charity he works for as a paid fundraiser (including criticism from me: see my blog entry on fundraising problems). He has insisted that his solicitations are legal, a…

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