An Obligation Not to Be Complicit in Misconduct at Other Governmental Levels
An investigative piece in yesterday's New York Timesraises an interesting issue regarding complicity in ethical misconduct: is there an obligation not to be complicit with misconduct at a different...
View ArticleRisk and Government Ethics
Thinking in terms of risk is a great way not to take responsibility for your actions, including your inactions. As soon as you start thinking about the chances that, overall, you might win or lose from...
View ArticlePoor Contractor Contingency Fee Incentives
The last time I discussed contingency fee arrangements in local government contracting was 2007 (the focus then was on attorneys). A front-page story in today's New York Times shows clearly that I have...
View ArticleMO Municipal Ticket Fixing Systems
More from St. Louis County municipalities. According to an article in Sunday's St. Louis Post-Dispatch, several of these municipalities — with the connivance of municipal court judges, local...
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Broad Responsibility for Ethical Misconduct
A couple of weeks ago, in a City and State column, veteran NYC reporter Wayne Barrett hit the nail on the head regarding the responsibility for failures to deal responsibly with conflicts of interest,...
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