[PDF] Government Ethics Reform eBook

Author : Richard W. Painter
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 14,60 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Law
ISBN : 0195378717

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This volume analyzes government ethics law from the perspective of an academic critic and that of a lawyer who was the chief White House ethics lawyer for two and a half years. Richard Painter argues that the existing ethics regime is in need of substantial reform.

Author : New York (State). Commission on Government Integrity
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 746 pages
File Size : 12,6 MB
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 9780823213283

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Reports issued by the Commission from its inception on Apr. 21, 1987 until the conclusion of its work on Sept. 18, 1990. Includes bibliographical references.

Author : Robert North Roberts
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 12,15 MB
Release : 2001-06-30
Category : History
ISBN :

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The most comprehensive and up-to-date encyclopedia of political ethics controversies, investigations, reforms, and the people involved in them from the beginning of the Republic through the year 2000. Annotation. From Abscam to Whitewater, this work offers 264 cross-referenced entries on controversies, personages, and reforms related to the issues of public ethics from 1775 and the resignation of Secretary of State Randolph due to allegations of bribery through to the year 2000. Also included are entries on organizations, concepts, and legislation related to the subject. A brief timeline precedes the main body of the work.

Author : Robert North Roberts
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,86 MB
Release : 1988-03-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :

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This book presents an overview of the political occurrences that have affected the regulation of conflict of interest in government. Exploring the far-reaching consequences of the conduct and misconduct of past administrations, this provocative study traces the development of standards-of-conduct regulations and the implementation of regulatory laws, beginning with the Truman presidency, followed by the Eisenhower years, the New Frontier, the Ethical Nightmare of the Nixon administration, Carter and Ethics Reform, and Ronald Reagan.

Author : Beth A. Rosenson
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,62 MB
Release : 2005-03-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781589014671

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Although the linking of "ethics" and "politics" may seem more like the ingredients for a comedian's monologue, it is a sober issue and one that affects every American—especially when it comes to state politics, where the cynical might say ethics can never survive. To find examples of the latest corruption du jour, all one has to do is turn to the newspaper, or switch on the local newscast (think Illinois and New Jersey). Scandals have been ubiquitous since the beginning of the Republic, but it wasn't until 1954 that ethical self-regulation began to move legislatively beyond bribery statutes to address deeper issues—those which, in New York Governor Thomas Dewey's words, skulked in the "shadowlands of conduct." Rosenson begins her exploration with that moment when New York became the first state to enact a general ethics law, setting standards and guidelines for behavior. Unforgiving and illuminating, she examines the many laws that have been enacted since and the reasons that many of these law came into being. It is crucial to the functioning of a democratic government to understand how and why ethics laws vary across legislatures, and it is surprising to discover that many states have become far more stringent than the U.S. Congress in laws and regulations. Using both qualitative historical sources and rigorous statistical analysis, Rosenson examines when and why, from 1954 to the present, legislators have enacted ethics laws that seem to threaten their own well-being. Among the economic, political, and institutional factors considered that have helped or hindered the passage of these laws, the most consistent was pure scandal, abetted by the media. To have good government, one must be able to trust it, and this book can help all citizens understand and find their way out of the shadowlands into the light.