Sentences with phrase «ethical rules about»

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The basic ethical principle here is that private establishments get to make their own rules about the tone they want to set.

This is especially obvious if you view religion as essentially a source of ethical rules for human behaviour rather than theological truths about God and make the techie assumption that content equals rules; then, if all your churches come up with the same rules, they must all be based on the same content, and thus they must ultimately all be the same.

[3] When the Crown is the client, regular ethical principles about confidentiality beg the question: who guards the guardians of the rule of law if information is undisclosed?

If you believe that an existing client owns property that could be used as security for your fee, treat any request for a security agreement as a business transaction and follow the ethical rules (ABA model rule 1.8 (a)-RRB-, especially giving the client an opportunity to consult independent counsel about the transaction.

Even when it is clear which ethical rules apply, differing cultural and legal backgrounds may mean that lawyers involved in the same arbitration may act differently based on conflicting ideas about what is professional and ethical conduct.

When I first met Liam in Sydney at the start of Elevate Services» barn - storming of Australia a few years ago he shared with me «I don't worry about the obstacles that ethical rules and regulation pose; the market will always find a workaround within these constraints».

Much has been written about the ethical duties of a lawyer regarding technology, a duty found in Rule 1.1 (competence), Rule 1.6 (confidentiality), Rule 1.5 (ethical billing) and Rules 5.1 and 5.3 (supervisory responsibilities).

Until now, uncertainty about ethical rules have inhibited lawyers from using them.

If a judge puts an entirely public profile on social media, it would seem there is no ethical rule precluding a lawyer from reading the public profile and utilizing information learned from it so long as the use of the information is in accordance with the ethical rules (i.e., you can't communicate ex parte with the judge about the subject of your case just because they posted on Facebook about a topic of mutual interest).

Unethical however hardly means directly unlawful / illegal, so I have often wondered about the legal mirror of those ethical rules.

Beyond the fact that you'll be judged by how you handle the mistake, it is likely that you'll run afoul of your state's ethical rules if you aren't honest about the mistake with your client.

There is nothing inherent about being a lawyer or about not being a lawyer that makes a person more or less ethical, or more or less able to understand and follow ethical rules.

If none of the above convinces you about the ethical challenges of the billable hour perhaps have a go at applying The Golden Rule:

I've wondered about this ethical rule, too.

Case studies / stories about the work you do (or have done) for clients: Sometimes testimonials are inappropriate (or they may be prohibited by your jurisdiction's ethical rules).

While we will work mostly from the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, required reading will also include scholarship on the unique ethical and moral dilemmas of social justice lawyers, and students will be encouraged to think critically about the rules of Professional Responsibility and their application in social justice contRules of Professional Conduct, required reading will also include scholarship on the unique ethical and moral dilemmas of social justice lawyers, and students will be encouraged to think critically about the rules of Professional Responsibility and their application in social justice contrules of Professional Responsibility and their application in social justice contexts.