Sentences with phrase «better ethics laws»

The governor has argued that his office was only trying to help the commission — not to keep it out of politically sensitive territory but to keep Moreland's investigators from blundering in ways that would be counterproductive to the goal of getting the Legislature to pass better ethics laws.

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Disclosure is consistent with public policy, in the best interest of the Company and its shareholders, and critical for compliance with federal ethics laws.

The boardroom trends that are «hot» right now, says Richard Leblanc, associate professor in law, governance and ethics at York University, are those that are examining «over-boarded [and] over-tenured directors,» as well as tackling board diversity and experience.

For those concerned that men, women, children, and their future happiness are being seriously wounded in all this — and that grave damage is being done to medical ethics and law — a good place to begin examining the whole «T» phenomenon is Ryan T. Anderson's recently published study, When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment.

Who needs ~ a «work» day to fall BETWEEN the High Day Sabbath... and the WEEKLY Sabbath ~ if the proper DUTIES of the ~ High Day Sabbath ~ pertained precisely the ~» work» ~ of the particular ~ High Day Sabbath ~ «according to the customary ethics of the Jews» — THE LAW — DEMANDED such ~» work» ~ shall be done by the faithful, «good and just» «disciple» and «honourable counsellor» of the LAW — such as Joseph and Nicodemus who «themselves», have «waited for the Kingdom of God» and these, very «three days» in its messianic «GLORY»?

They based our laws on ethics, which have their foundations in logic and the greater good, and not morals, which are religiously prescribed rules.

Who better to talk about the possibility of following God's law in all cases or the viability of situation ethics?

Theologians refer to the Christian ethic of love of God and neighbor as a law of love that signifies the sacrificial quality required of those who, in the name of Jesus Christ, seek the good of their neighbors.

It places pleasure above love, health and well - being above the sacredness of life, the participation of special interests groups in governance above democratic representation, women's rights above motherhood, the empowerment of the selfish individual above any form of legitimate authority, ethics above morality, the right to choose above the eternal law written in the human heart, democracy and humanism above divine revelation — in a nutshell, immanence above transcendence, man above God, the «world» above «heaven».

But Faustian bargains aside, there is also the formal issue: to see Jewish ethics as itself one particular expression of behavior that is inherently good or evil forces Jewish law to justify itself before a bar that will compel Judaism to betray its origins in God's will.

According to this dialectic, ethics and cult are to be relegated to the realm of the law and put in dialectical contrast with Jesus, who, as bearer of the good news, brings the long line of promise to completion and thus overcomes the law.

And it means that faithful Catholics who believe in colorblind equality before the law, the dignity and value of every human life at all stages and in all conditions, marriage rightly understood, and an ethic of love that recognizes the truths built into us by the Creator and confirmed by reason will be considered... well, deplorable.

At the Law Offices of Rosenstein & Associates, we pride ourselves in the delivery of the highest level of expert legal advice and services to our clients, guided not only by the principles of professionalism and solid ethics, but also with the goal of providing our clients throughout the Temecula Valley and elsewhere, with the best legal advice available anywhere.

Good - government organizations are pushing the bill, too, after lawmakers and Cuomo did not agree to any ethics law changes in the state budget as initially proposed by the governor.

After good - government groups criticized the ethics legislation he signed into law this week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday acknowledged more work needed to be done the issue.

If the House ethics inquiry finds the congressman broke the rules and / or the law in some way, well... that's a different story altogether.

What Albany needs desperately is a vastly improved independent ethics investigation body, the elimination of outside income for elected officials and better campaign finance laws that give challengers a fighting chance to oust entrenched incumbents.

In light of the corruption trials of two former legislative leaders taking place this week and New York State's D - minus grade in how it handles issues of integrity from a national comparison study, New York's leading good government groups today called upon the New York State legislature and governor to complete the job of reforming our laws governing public ethics.

In January, the governor unveiled a «comprehensive package» of ethics and good government reforms, which included appointing a chief procurement officer, expanding the Freedom of Information Law to the state legislature, and closing the «LLC loophole,» which essentially allows corporations to exceed campaign donation limits.

With one good - government leader calling this session Albany's «Watergate moment,» a lawmaker from the Hudson Valley has introduced an ethics reform package trying to create distance between those who seek to influence the law and those who make the laws.

Our current county ethics law is actually a good law, but it can be strengthened.

He grew up in Delaware and attended Amherst College and then Yale Law School as well receiving a master's degree in ethics from Yale Divinity School before going into law practiLaw School as well receiving a master's degree in ethics from Yale Divinity School before going into law practilaw practice.

Cuomo has sought ethics and disclosure measures, as well as campaign finance reform laws virtually every year since taking office.

But have to just say that all the good govt clowns simply just don't get it that the guys who report all their law firm income (that's the big ethics push) will be the most ethical of the bunch.

As Cuomo pursues new ethics legislation in the state budget that would create new private income and client disclosure laws as well as the submitting of receipts for travel reimbursement, some lawmakers have called for similar pushes on the governor himself.

Cuomo did win ethics legislation in recent years that included new income disclosure laws for state lawmakers and statewide elected officials as well as new crimes for bribery and public corruption.

That's why Paterson vetoed the quarter - of - a-loaf ethics law that the Legislature was able to dupe the so - called «good government groups» into endorsing.

Sen. Mark Grisanti is putting his large campaign war chest to good work, releasing a 30 - second TV ad today that gives the Buffalo Republican credit for the tax code overhaul, last year's ethics law and the long sought UB2020 legislation.

A circulating ethics law proposal could find its way onto the ballot as well.

But Skelos later backed off that stance, saying it would be hard to prove and better to fix up the laws governing the ethics commission instead.

To clean up the government and restore trust with New Yorkers, we need to pass a new ethics law that mandates transparency and full disclosure as well as a law that calls for a real independent monitor.

After Libous» conviction of a single felony count of lying to the FBI about using his public post to get his son, Matthew, a job at a politically connected law firm — a decision that automatically ejected him from his Senate seat — six good government groups renewed their call for a special legislative session to address ethics reform.

New York's leading good government groups gathered at Manhattan's Foley Square Wednesday to call on the New York State legislature and the governor to take immediate action to reform public ethics laws.

Nancy Schauffler, who has filed an Article 78 lawsuit challenging the Cucina expansion that the ethics complaint charged Magarelli and McKenna with favoring, stated that it «just doesn't look good» for a Town Board to rewrite a law that two of its members were found to have violated.

A crescendo of voices across the state — from good government watchdogs to lawmakers — expressed outrage and demanded stronger ethics laws and campaign finance reforms.

But other good - government types said that as an elected law enforcement official DiFiore will still be raising fund - raising dollars — a less - than - ideal arrangement for a top ethics watchdog.

Governor Cuomo could, as good government groups have suggested, compel the legislature to return for a special session to overhaul ethics laws, though the governor has made it clear in the past that he has no intention of doing so.

Among the ideas excluded from any final budget deal: creation of a database that the public could search for how much every recipient of economic development spending got and how many jobs they created; end the ability by limited liability companies to skirt campaign donation limits; give back certain contract pre-approval powers to the state Comptroller, the state's fiscal watchdog; strengthen the state's criminal laws to better define bribery of public officials; and create an independent watchdog agency to police ethics issues in Albany.

The second requires economic - development «entities» to obey the Freedom of Information law as well as ethics and open - meetings rules.

Hoylman states that despite incremental improvements in ethics reforms following landmark legislation last year, Albany's pay - to - play culture will not end until campaign finance laws are changed as well.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will call for an overhaul of Albany's ethics laws, including an end to outside income and per diem payments, and an increase in legislative pay, in a speech to the good government group Citizens Union on Monday evening.

Spitzer, the political scientist, said he believes ethics reforms has the best chance of the three issues of becoming law because it has the most room for compromise.

While Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and much of the Albany establishment opposed the measure, many good - government types said a constitutional convention would be the best way to break down institutional corruption in Albany by forcing changes in campaign finance and ethics laws that state legislature would never approve.

Dr. Teich is responsible for the Association's activities in science and technology policy (including the AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program, the Congressional Science and Engineering Fellows Program, and a new Research Competitiveness Program) as well as programs in science and ethics, law, religion, and human rights, a Program of Dialogue between Science and Religion, and a Center for Science, Technology, and Congress.

Dr. Teich is responsible for the Association's activities in science and technologypolicy (including the AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program, the Congressional Science and Engineering Fellows Program, and a new Research Competitiveness Program) as well as programs in science ethics and law, human rights, a Program of Dialogue between Science and Religion, and a Center for Science, Technology, and Congress.

As a scientist who has never had extensive ethics training, the other of us (Wendy Law), an SEP postdoctoral fellow, attended ethics courses at the University of Washington and Georgetown University, as well as teacher professional development workshops on using ethics in the classroom offered by the Washington Association for Biomedical Research and by UW's High School Human Genome Project.

There are several manifestations of the slippery slope in law as well as ethics.

«Even if companies have all the best intentions and if the code of ethics works excellent in our part of the World, different systems and laws in combination with procurements and language barriers cause erosions into the code rendering it rather counterproductive in countries with greatly varying circumstances,» says Maira Babri, doctoral student at the Umeå School of Business and Economics (USBE) at Umeå University in Sweden.

The results of Maira Babri's study show that the code of ethics works best at the company's Swedish headquarters where it is implemented in guidelines signed by all employees and where it relates to both laws and agreements.

It is the largest interdisciplinary stem cell meeting in the world, featuring more than 250 prominent scientists, business leaders, investors, philanthropists, regulators, policy - makers, economic development officers, patient advocates and experts in law and ethics, presenting the latest scientific discoveries, commercial and innovation opportunities, legal and regulatory solutions, and best practices.