Sentences with phrase «charged with ethics»

If so would you be in danger of being charged with an ethics violation or some other contrived offence if things went haywire?

e. Do you believe that KBA officials when charged with ethics offenses, should receive special treatment denied to lawyers.

In a case that's already made headlines because of the issue of gender in school sports, a New Jersey judge has been charged with ethics violations for allegedly acting belligerently after her daughters were expelled from their parochial school during litigation against the school.

I also represent lawyers charged with ethics violations.

Last month the North Carolina bar charged him with ethics violations, citing improper comments he made to reporters.

Not exact matches

The department is often tasked, for example, with making sure every employee gets a copy of the company Code of Ethics, with taking charge of ethics training, and with updating the company's Conflict of Interest policy.

At many large companies, the HR Department is in charge of ethics — or at least that part of ethics that isn't bundled with Compliance.

Clergy often charge that such an ethic is inherently conservative, a compromise with an unjust status quo.

Third, I will treat in detail the Hartshornian stance regarding abortion, a stance with which I agree, both to illustrate the aforementioned connection between moderation in metaphysics and moderation in ethics as well as to combat the charge that virtue ethics, because it focuses more on the character of agents than on their acts, is incapable of treating the really difficult issues in applied ethics.

Women who advocated nonviolence as the superior social ethic for dealing with conflict felt the need to defend themselves against the charge of antifeminism by the militants.

Fifa has announced Claudio Sulser, head of the ethics committee, will not take charge of the hearing as he shares Swiss nationality with Bin Hammam's presidential rival Blatter.

Not so much over the public lying, but the dubious ethics of the CEO having sexual relationships with interns, and the reckless damage the President did to his administration, legacy and party were all fair charges against him.

His campaign has focused heavily on ethics and anti-corruption measures, a theme that he hopes resonates with voters after the ouster of disgraced former Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who was convicted on corruption charges in December.

That would have made sense, since ethics — and bringing it back to Albany — is a big part of Cuomo's gubernatorial platform, and to connect himself with a guy who has been charged with 13 different ethics violations isn't exactly in keeping with his message.

The most recent allegation comes at a time when Northern Manhattan elected officials — including Rangel who has been charged with 13 ethics violations and Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez who is accused of improperly «touching» a Council staffer — are already doing their fair share of fighting back.

The six - member board of the umbrella New York Empowerment Zone, which includes Rangel, unanimously approved the money to Dominicana on June 29 — just weeks before the House charged the embattled Democratic lawmaker with a litany of ethics violations.

Percoco is not charged with any federal crimes in connection with his use of the government offices, but the practice violates state laws and codes of conduct set up by the state ethics commission.

The online home - sharing site today will file a formal complaint with a state ethics panel charging that the ShareBetter campaign, a coalition of unions, lawmakers and other Airbnb opponents, has engaged in illegal and unreported lobbying.

In the past week, three agencies announced they were investigating Assemblywoman Naomi Rivera for putting her lovers on the public payroll, and a state ethics panel charged Assemblyman Vito Lopez with sexually harassing female aides.

The state GOP last week filed a complaint with ethics regulators over Percoco's appearances in the governor's office in 2014 when he was in charge of Cuomo's re-election campaign and not working for the state.

As House Democratic leaders reportedly are pushing Rep. Charlie Rangel to make a deal with the ethics committee before charges against him are unveiled Thursday, Gov. David Paterson said this morning he is fully behind the embattled Harlem congressman and his bid to retain the seat he had held since 1971.

A House investigative committee is charging Rangel with ethics violations, stemming from a nearly two - year investigation into his finances, his failure to report rental income from a villa he owns in the Dominican Republic, his use of multiple rent - stabilized apartments, and his efforts to fundraise for a City College center named after him.

«With 13 ethics charges and federal charges likely, it's time for Charlie Rangel to end his political career and for Andrew Cuomo to be defeated in November.»

The House Committee on Standards and Official Conduct — which has been investigating the allegations levied against Rep. Charlie Rangel — has charged the so - called Dean of the New York Delegation with several ethics violations.

Today, the ethics panel charged her with breaking House rules by using her position to get federal bailout money for a bank with ties to her husband.

Long - time New York Congressman Charlie Rangel has been formally charged with 13 counts of violating House ethics rules... including not paying taxes on rental income from the Dominican Republic.

Albany, NY — The state ethics commission is cracking down on receptions held by lobby groups at the state Capitol, and has charged three groups, including the trial lawyers and a police association with violating a new law that bans gifts worth more than an ordinary cup of coffee.

Records show that nearly 300 state executive agency employees were arrested, hit with ethics charges, or investigated by the state inspector general's office since 2005, including 213 since Cuomo took office, the Daily News recently reported.

With just over an hour to go until the ethics committee hearing on charges pending against him was scheduled to get underway, Rep. Charlie Rangel has reportedly cut a deal that will require him to admit wrongdoing and avoid a potentially humiliating public trial.

Stevens conviction (and, REPO's, acknowledge that for what it is - a conviction on ethics charges), along with the McCain / Palin trainwreck, is great news!

She left Wasilla with a 20 + million dollar debt, she was found guilty on ethics charges and she fleeced the taxpayer with her little per diem trick.

As far back as a student leader in my school days, I was once arrested and charged for inciting students, and here we are, an officer of the law is defiling his code of ethics and Ghana is expected to believe there is nothing wrong with what this gentleman has begun, which is a time - bomb; I WILL PETITION THE IGP, IF NOTHING IS DONE WITHIN THE NEXT 72 HOURS on this gentleman.

After the Moreland Commission fiasco it would seem Gov. Cuomo can see the merit of making sure anyone appointed to the ethics review panel, as members of a review commission charged with reporting on the workings of the ethics regulators be above politics.

A coalition of good - government groups on Monday urged Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders to not stock a review commission charged with reporting on the workings of the ethics regulators with the «usual suspects» who will rubberstamp any findings.

Maffei has refused to join his upstate House colleague, Rep. Mike Arcuri, in calling for Rangel to resign rather than go forward with his fight of the 13 ethics charges he faces.

Sutton's statement comes one day after the House ethics committee charged the 80 - year - old Democrat with multiple violations.

A House investigative committee on Thursday charged New York Rep. Charles Rangel with multiple ethics violations, dealing a serious blow to the former Ways and Means chairman and complicating Democrats» election - year outlook.

Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel said Friday he looked forward to clearing his name next week at a meeting of the House ethics committee, which has indicated the 40 - year congressional veteran will be charged with serious violations.

Cuomo said the deal represented the latest improvement to state ethics laws under his watch, and was in response to the arrest and indictment of former speaker Sheldon Silver, a Manhattan Democrat charged with taking $ 3.9 million in kickbacks disguised as legal fees.

The ethics office — an independent, nonpartisan entity charged with reviewing allegations of misconduct against members, officers and staff — is concentrating on his investments in Innate Immunotherapeutics.

That same attitude, however, ultimately caught up with DeLay as a series of ethics charges badly wounded him politically — forcing him to give up his post as majority leader and ultimately to resign from Congress during the 2006 election.

Finally, with the ethics and influence charges swirling around former House Speaker Tom Delay (and the effort to redistrict in Texas), Santorum should tell his own story.

Governor Cuomo is once again crusading for stronger ethics laws, now that the Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, charged with running a massive corruption scheme, has resigned from his post and been replaced.

In 2010, Obama said he hoped that Rangel, a decorated Korean War veteran, would retire «with dignity» as the embattled congressman was fending off ethics charges that later led to a humiliating censure by the House.

Here's a recording of Gov. David Paterson's interview with 98.7 KISS FM yesterday morning, during which he defended Rep. Charlie Rangel from fellow Democrats — including President Obama — who have suggested the time has come for the embattled congressman to stop fighting the ethics charges he faces and go away quietly.

She left behind 30 + frivolous ethics charges launched by Soros - backed groups which threatened her family with bankruptcy... a cool half - million in lawyers fees - her salary could not cover.

Bharara has said he never broke ethics rules while talking about Silver, who is charged with pocketing more than $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks while serving as one of the most powerful politicians in the state.

Interference from the governor's office has been the subject of an inquiry by the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara, related to the governor's decision to close down an ethics panel called the Moreland Commission charged with investigating public corruption.

Now the onetime assemblyman, Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D - N.Y.), finds himself charged with 13 violations of ethics rules of the House of Representatives.

Rangel has had an up and down relationship with President Obama, who suggested in 2010 that ethics charges against Rangel were «very troubling» and that he hoped the veteran lawmaker could end his career «with dignity.»