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Author | : Dennis F. Thompson |
Publisher | : Brookings Institution Press |
Total Pages | : 263 |
Release | : 2000-07-26 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0815722974 |
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More members of Congress have been investigated and sanctioned for ethical misconduct in the past decade and a half than in the entire previous history of the institution. But individual members are probably less corrupt than they once were. Stricter ethics codes and closer scrutiny by the press and public have imposed standards no previous representatives have had to face. Dennis Thompson shows how the institution itself is posing new ethical challenges, how the complexity of the environment in which members work creates new occasions for corruption and invites more calls for accountability. Instead of the individual corruption that has long been the center of attention, Thompson focuses on institutional corruption which refers to conduct that under certain conditions is an acceptable part of the job of a representative. Members are required to solicit campaign contributions, and they are expected to help constituents with their problems with government, but some ways of doing these jobs give rise to institutional corruption. The author moves the discussion beyond bribery, extortion, and simple personal gain to delve into implicit understandings, ambiguous favors, and political advantage. Thompson examines many major ethics cases of recent years. Among them: the case of David Durenberger, accused of supplementing his income through book promotions; the case of the Keating Five, accused of using undue influence with the Federal Home Loan Bank Board on behalf of Lincoln Savings and Loan owner Charles Keating; and the case of House Speaker James Wright, accused of several offenses. Thompson shows why neither the electoral process nor the judicial process is sufficient and argues for stronger ethics committees and the creation of a new quasi-independent body to take over some of the enforcement process. He offers more than a dozen recommendations for changes in the procedures and practices of ethics in Congress. The book features a listi
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Ethics |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 58 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Standards of Official Conduct |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1981 |
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Download Ethics Manual for Members and Employees of the U.S. House of Representatives Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : United States. Congress |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1414 |
Release | : 1952 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : |
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The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Ethics |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 576 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Government publications |
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Author | : United States. Congress. House. Bipartisan Task Force on Ethics |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 1989 |
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Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 1951 |
Genre | : Political ethics |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Elaine Piller Congress |
Publisher | : Wadsworth Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
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This text teaches both students and practitioners to apply the 1996 National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics to real practice experiences with clients in individual, family, group, and community settings. It covers a wide variety of practice settings as well as professional issues such as dual relationships, impaired colleagues, and interdisciplinary collaboration. This text uses a clear, five-step decision-making model, the ETHIC model, for identifying and resolving ethical issues and dilemmas.
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Office of Congressional Ethics |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 2013 |
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Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Standards of Official Conduct |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Political ethics |
ISBN | : |
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