Sentences with phrase «appearance of impropriety»

There is, at the very least, the outward appearance of impropriety in the Ballard / Lasker connections that should be addressed, especially by those seeking re-election in a town where patronage jobs are one of the top issues.

«While I am persuaded that there was nothing more going on here than some verbal jockeying between two friendly rivals,» he said, «it is my responsibility to make it plain to Messrs. Barkley and Jackson and everyone else in the NBA that on the subject of gambling, even the slightest appearance of impropriety is a serious matter.»

I am sure that through prayer and thinking you could come up with ways on how to reach those you wish to target without appearance of impropriety of any kind.

It is not even the actual scandal or wrongdoing that will happen no matter how careful we are; a move toward full - time legislators would provide an atmosphere where even the very appearance of impropriety could not survive because influence peddling would have been largely stamped out.

On Feb. 15, 2013, Spota had an assistant district attorney request a special prosecutor to take over Loeb's case «to avoid any resulting appearance of impropriety.»

Just disclose and waive the conflict, even if dual representation potentially raises appearances of impropriety.

There is a tremendous appearance of impropriety when no communications are received, only to see an accepted sale at a lower price by an agent associated with the listing company.

In an effort to avoid even the slightest appearance of impropriety, on April 25, 2016, the Park District informed the Library District that we deemed any contract, intergovernmental agreement or joint position statement with the Library District prior to referendum as potential violations of the Illinois Election Code and as such could not agree to any at that time.

These rules mitigate conflicts of interest and the appearance of impropriety that may arise in connection with the personal investments of Bank employees.

You send morality memos to your managers, warning them to avoid even the appearance of impropriety.

«I failed to exercise wise caution and to protect myself from even the appearance of impropriety, and for that I am profoundly sorry.

@ED, In many financial jobs the reasons for what you can and get you can and can't do is because there are federal regulations to avoid impropriety and high dollar scams (I'm not in any way saying you would do this, it tend so happen at really high individual levels), and the lawyers make strict company policies to make sure there isn't even an appearance of impropriety.

Illinois Press Association attorney Esther Seitz said the appearance of impropriety is only skin - deep.

According to a Cuomo spokeswoman, the governor's new top aide, Melissa DeRosa, is «actively engaged» with JCOPE, the state's ethics - advisory agency, «to ensure that even the appearance of impropriety is avoided» ahead of her starting her new position later this year.

«Our investigation continues and we draw no premature conclusions» about whether the tax breaks were improper, the commission wrote in its December report, «but it is clear that the combination of very large campaign contributions and very narrowly targeted benefits to those same donors creates an appearance of impropriety that undermines public trust in our elected representatives.»

State Senate Republican Leader Len Fasano says he has told the contractor who runs his caucus» official government website to stop performing campaign consulting jobs for GOP Senate candidates, to eliminate any «appearance of impropriety.»

The Republican state Senate leader has told a contractor, who runs the Senate Republican's official state website, to stop doing campaign work for Republican candidates - to avoid an «appearance of impropriety.»

and that has been made clear along with an announcement that 22,000 would be reimbursed to eliminate even the appearance of impropriety.

Hynes said that support «had the potential to create an appearance of impropriety,» so he called for a special prosecutor.

The Tallahassee ethics board will send a letter to the city commission warning about the appearance of impropriety.

«But it is clear that the combination of very large campaign contributions and very narrowly targeted benefits to those same donors creates an appearance of impropriety.»

He recounted when Castorina took the position of commissioner, he asked his own mother to step down from her office position with the Board of Elections to avoid an appearance of impropriety.

He advised traditional leaders on proper behaviour, saying, «You should also avoid social relationships that are improper or give rise to an appearance of impropriety that cast doubt on the institution's ability to decide cases impartially or bring disrespect to the traditional institution.»

... If the governor wants the attorney general's office to do these cases because it wants to remove any appearance of impropriety, then they should be doing them all and that way the public can be assured there's complete transparency.»

O'Halloran, who also headed the county GOP's legislative fundraising committee, said he stepped down from the county committee because he had been told that several members of the Legislature, including Chairwoman Terry Bernardo, said they would abstain from voting on the VLT issue to avoid any appearance of impropriety.

To have political bosses simply give endorsements to their friends or business associates without interviewing others creates an appearance of impropriety.»

The justices» contention was that even if cases are resolved fairly, there could be the appearance of impropriety because of Schopf's position as an elected town official.

«Our public officers law in New York demands not just the absence of impropriety but the absence of the appearance of impropriety,» said Michael Kink, of the Strong Economy For All Coalition, comprised of New York labor unions and community groups.

«However, due to Mr. Spitzer's personal and professional connections to this office, we have decided to seek recusal to avoid any appearance of impropriety,» she said.

Even if there is no actual impropriety, such sources of income give the appearance of impropriety and, in so doing, further undermine public confidence and trust in government officials.»

To be sure, every constituent contact is good PR, but the rules are very, very, very clear that the appearance of impropriety in asking for money or votes is a big NO - NO.

But Adam took the one - on - one as an opportunity to ask D'Amato for a job at Park Strategies, a request that was promptly shut down to avoid an «appearance of impropriety,» the pol testified.

«However, public servants are stewards of the public trust, and as such have an ethical duty to avoid even the appearance of impropriety,» Callaghan said.

But other legislators now say the appearance of impropriety by their lawyer - colleagues is impropriety, and call for an overhaul of the rules governing their outside work.

Karson says JCOPE has the power to ban lawmakers from engaging in outside activities that create the «appearance of impropriety,» because they or a family member would personally profit from the arrangement.

I don't even want an appearance of impropriety.»

But DeFrancisco says Agata, who became the JCOPE executive director in 2016, «has a clear conflict of interest and should resign to remove any appearance of impropriety.»

It led to a lot of accusations, and it unfortunately gives the appearance of impropriety.»

In audits of other IDAs that have done business with their board members, though, the comptroller concluded that «such transactions may create an actual conflict of interest or the appearance of impropriety.»

Luxenberg also said that throughout Silver's time there, the firm refused to handle any cases involving state government, to avoid the «appearance of impropriety.»

This brings us to yet another situation where, at the very least, one has to acknowledge the appearance of impropriety.

A chief concern that Scott found is that some types of behavior trigger accusations of «per se» antitrust violations, in which the facts are secondary to any appearance of impropriety.

Henderson said she «understood the appearance of impropriety» but «believed she had the discretion to place any student in any DCPS school.»

It's not just impropriety, it's the appearance of impropriety.