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| Texas Ethics Commission (TEC) |
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| the body that is in charge of compiling the Texas Ethics Code, this was voted in by voters in Texas, there was a constitutional amendment establishing the TEC on Nov. 5, 1991 |
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| 3 powers of the TEC (areas of oversight) |
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| 1) Political contributions, expenditures, and advertisements 2) Lobbyist registration, activities, & reports 3) personal financial disclosure of state officers and conduct of state officers & employees |
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| Texas State Senator had a complaint filed against him that he's been having secret meetings & improper expenditures in relation to bringing Medical School to Austin |
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| 3 Philosophical Approaches to the study of ethics |
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| 1) Utilitarianism 2) Deontology 3) Virtue ethics |
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| greatest good, trying to help the most people possible. Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill are proponents. This is a consequentialist approach (consequences matter) |
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| Rules based, Golden rule, 10 commandments etc. Immanuuel Kant adhered to this. |
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| Pursue virtue such as honesty, integrity, etc. If person pursues ethical virtues then they should make ethical decisions. Aristotle pursued this. |
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| getting paid through work (reimbursement for an expense that you already enjoy outside the workplace. ex. get $100 car washing reimbursement per year but you already get free car washes but you get a receipt & submit it & get paid back for car wash you didn't pay for. The reason they do this is so you don't have to pay for car washes, not so you can benefit. This seems to be unethical. |
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| TEC fines Texas representative ALlen fletcher $6500 after failing to respond to claim of improper reporting of contributions. THe main violation is TEC sending written questions and Fletcher didn't respond. |
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| a Michigan woman won the lottery (1 million) and still kept collection food stamps. Lottery winners continue to receive food stamps or state benefits |
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| TEC has regulatory or administrative functions and civil authority and havent had criminal prosecuting ability but this faced tons of opposition. They abandoned a plan to take over criminal enforcement from Travis County Public Integrity Unit (part of Travis County DA) |
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