Consanguinity by degress : inconsistent efforts to restrict nepotims in State Government
By: WHITE, Richard D., Junior
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ArticlePublisher: 2000State and Local Government Review 32, 2, p. 108-121Abstract: Most state governments enforce antinepotism laws prohibiting public officials form appoitment relatives to governmental positions. However, states define nepotism quite differently, and no two states restrict nepotism in the same way. Lawmakers passed many of the current antinepotism laws at the turn of the century,when women did not constitute a significant part of the workforce. Restrictions on nepotism now apply in situations not originally contemplated by their drafters. This article examines the implications of restrictions on nepotism, compares state efforts, forecasts where restrictions on nepotism are headed, and offers recommendations leading to more consistent state nepotism policy
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Most state governments enforce antinepotism laws prohibiting public officials form appoitment relatives to governmental positions. However, states define nepotism quite differently, and no two states restrict nepotism in the same way. Lawmakers passed many of the current antinepotism laws at the turn of the century,when women did not constitute a significant part of the workforce. Restrictions on nepotism now apply in situations not originally contemplated by their drafters. This article examines the implications of restrictions on nepotism, compares state efforts, forecasts where restrictions on nepotism are headed, and offers recommendations leading to more consistent state nepotism policy
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