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I just think that the fear of the courts holds more sway for those with poor moral standards and a lack of concern for prescribed ethical rules as far as retribution is concerned, than dealing with a potentially more understanding in - house organization (from the defendant's point of view, not mine).

Not exact matches

But as DeMars says, a written set of rules will never anticipate every situation — and not every ethical quandary will offer choices in black and white.

Topics such as guaranteed basic incomes, data privacy rules and the ethical uses of technology such as military robots are all outgrowths of this latest wave of automation.

Officers and directors of Canadian corporations should invest in ensuring the existence of an ethical corporate culture as they will be expected to «play by the rules» in their international ventures.

These registrations require the advisor and the firm to follow specific rules of conduct and operations such as, client confidentiality and adhering to ethical practices.

While the ruling could end the Fiduciary Rule as law, it can not erase the awareness the DoL raised nor can it stop market forces leading the business towards a more ethical place.

While a recent court ruling could end the Fiduciary Rule as law, it can not erase the awareness the DoL raised nor can it stop market forces leading the business towards a more ethical place.

It is not weakness, doing as one is told» what Wolin labeled «Gadamer's ethical «conventionalism»: the view that, instead of making waves, we should follow the rules and procedures of the existing social order.»

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.

And being good meant trying to live in accord with the ethical teaching of scripture, whether that was understood as a narrow and highly specific code of righteousness, or more generally as following important principles such as the golden rule, loving your neighbor as yourself, and so forth.

And it is of special interest for Christians that these principles of right and wrong at which one arrives include the Golden Rule (which is stated by Jesus in the gospel of Matthew, as well as in most other major world religions) and the middle ethical requirements of the Ten Commandments (thou shalt not kill, lie, steal, cheat, etc.).

The whole domain of Western culture, in its political, economic, intellectual and ethical aspects, is seen as ruled by ideologies which have no affinity with the Christian faith.

Referencing the ethical witness of his daughters, the President made his argument on biblical grounds, specifically the «golden rule,» the idea that we should «treat others the way you'd want to be treated,» as he paraphrased Matthew 7:12.

In a lesson designed to teach the Air Force's core values to ROTC cadets, Christian beliefs such as the Ten Commandments, the Sermon on the Mount, and the Golden Rule are used as examples of ethical values, CNN has learned.

As Arkin suggests, what would make the concept of an «ethical governor» attractive is the possibility of programming it to comply with the rules of international and humanitarian law.

The 2016 rule book of ethical guidelines for the association says that prosecutors generally may not «act in a manner that could be interpreted as lending the prestige and weight of their office to a political party or function.»

Since when did it become the ethical practice of any responsible and respected lawyer committed to the rule of law, independence of the judiciary, the independence of the legal profession, constitutionalism and democracy to resort to the print and electronic media as the medium of arguing an appeal or review of the decision of a Court of law he has lost?

Ethical rules not only control ideas but extend to all categories of collaborations, such as funding, facilities, and rights for breakthrough discoveries.

From our analysis it appears that only one editor, Artemi Cerdà, violated our ethical rule that «any manipulation of citations (e.g. including citations not contributing to a manuscript's scientific content, citations solely aiming at increasing an author's or a journal's citations) is regarded as scientific malpractice.»

The reason they are promoting techniques that seem strikingly ineffective at fostering autonomy or ethical development is that, as a rule, they are not trying to foster autonomy or ethical development.

Charter school governing bodies are often subject to various business regulations, such as ethical financial practices, and public body rules, such as open meeting laws, and like all public school districts, must have an annual independent financial audit in accordance with state rules.

That would be the ethical thing to do, but as ethics are few and far between, making it a rule would not be a bad thing.

The moral and ethical responsibility of the creative nonfiction writer is to practice the golden rule and to be as fair and truthful as possible — to write both for art's sake and for humanity's sake.

The Committee will serve as mediator in ethical disputes within the membership and rule on situations involving unethical behavior.

Social inequalities can be reduced through the defense of human rights, the rule of law, participatory democracy, universal access to public services, the recognition of personal dignity, a significant improvement in the effectiveness of fiscal and social policies, an ethical finance reform, large scale decent work creation policies, integration of the informal and popular economic sectors, and national and international collaboration to eradicate the new forms of slavery such as forced labor and sexual exploitation.

This strong ethical and moral responsibility is derivable both from the universally accepted moral principles including the widely accepted golden rule which requires people to treat others as they wish to be treated, and international law including, but not limited to the «no harm» rule which is a widely recognized principle of customary international law whereby a State is duty - bound to prevent, reduce and control the risk of environmental harm to other states and a rule agreed to by all nations in the preamble to the UNFCCC, the «polluter - pays principle» agreed to by almost all nations in the 1992 Rio Declaration, human rights law which requires nations to assure that their citizens enjoy human rights, and many other legal theories including tort law.

This strong ethical and moral responsibility is derivable both from the universally accepted moral principles including the widely accepted golden rule which requires people to treat others as they wish to be treated, and international law including, but not limited to: (a) the «no harm» rule which is a widely recognized principle of customary international law whereby a State is duty - bound to prevent, reduce and control the risk of environmental harm to other states, and a rule agreed to by all nations in the preamble to the UNFCCC, (b) the «polluter - pays principle» agreed to by almost all nations in the 1992 Rio Declaration, (c) human rights law which requires nations to assure that their citizens enjoy human rights, and (d) many other legal theories including tort law.

Well, except that in 5 to 10 more years, the current embarrassment of non-increasing global temperatures may have become the terminal disease of actually decreasing global temperatures as we continue to ride the solar cycle down, and all of the people who are currently «embattled» but still viewed as being noble martyrs for a cause will be treated professionally as if they have a mix of Ebola and Leprosy, especially those that bent ethical rules in order to promote something untrue.

You can download the Ethical Consumer Research Association Rules 2009 as a PDF file (for which you will need Acrobat Reader).

This question gets us right to the heart of a central issue in moral cognition and philosophy: Are there immutable moral rules — such as «thou shall not lie» — or does morality legitimately involve a trade - off between competing ethical imperatives that includes consideration of the ultimate outcomes of one's actions?

«Ethics» (as well as «ethical rules») are subjective; history has shown that they can be (and often are) manipulated politically to justify all sorts of basically horrible agendas.

Last week, the General Medical Council branded him as «a dishonest, irresponsible doctor,» accused him of flouting the rules, taking money from ambulance - chaser lawyers, having a financial interest in an alternative vaccine, breaking ethical rules of invasive tests on children and basing his entire study on only 11 of them.

If an applicable ethical rule requires a scientist to «point out weaknesses and limitations,» do you think that is the same as «point out some but not necessarily all weaknesses and limitations»?

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.

# 1 - many of the arguments derived from the language in certain ethical rules could just as easily be leveled against judges who have clerks write their judicial opinions and senior partners who have junior associates write their briefs or law journal articles.

Other applicable ethical rules, statutes, court orders, and other sources of law (or even as a prerequisite for the pro se litigant to recover attorney's fees covering the cost of ghostwriting in some states) may nevertheless compel disclosure.

And where no «referral fee» per se is paid, but some other exchange is made (such as an agreement to reciprocate with referrals back to the other attorney or where another gift is given to the referring attorney), ethical rules covering advertising, including Model Rule 7.2 may come into play.

Like you, I believe that there are strategies the LSUC could pursue which would achieve their substantive goals, strategies which accurately reflect existing (and unambiguous) legal and ethical obligations and which are consistent with constitutional requirements and principles (as I've noted above, if the current requirement around a Statement of Principle merely required acknowledgement of our actual existing obligations under the Rules, rather than a general duty to promote equality, diversity and inclusion which is found nowhere in the Rules, I suspect much opposition would melt away and the LSUC would be on far stronger Charter grounds).

The Society is adopting an approach that is proactive (what measures need to be in place to ensure lawyers comply with their ethical duties), principled (as opposed to prescriptive rules) and proportionate (the extent of the regulation should be proportionate to the risk).

The ethical and professional rules, and the solemn duty of defence counsel are not negotiable; nor is Mr. Clark's reputation as counsel who puts his client's interests above all else.

However, these attorneys are held to the same ethical rules and obligations as traditional law offices, and there are some areas that require close attention.

The Society designed and tested a Management System for Ethical Legal Practice (MSELP), which includes 10 elements based on existing ethical rules, as well as tools and resources to support enhanced quality of prEthical Legal Practice (MSELP), which includes 10 elements based on existing ethical rules, as well as tools and resources to support enhanced quality of prethical rules, as well as tools and resources to support enhanced quality of practice.

As explained in far greater detail by Dr. Bill Long on his site than I could ever include here, one of the earliest American jurisprudence precursors to our modern ethical rules was a work by Professor David Hoffman of the University of Maryland.

As you can see, social media and social media content raise serious issues for the judiciary, with regards to independence, integrity and ethical standards, admissibility of evidence, the availability of ex parte information, the extent of judicial notice, practice rules, the right to a fair trial and juror conduct.

They remember their previous professions or occupations or status as simply ordinary non-legal folk and they are less willing to accept the «that's the way it is» explanation for ethical rules in our profession.

I am not advocating the wholesale demolition of ethical rules but I would like to point out areas of regulation that need to be rethought in the modern context, as they are impeding innovation in their current form.

Also, ethical rules for judges prohibiting them from espousing discriminatory views or from affiliating with discriminatory organizations (which are present in almost every state), and similar rules for lawyers (which are present in many states, but do not prohibit representation of discriminatory organizations as clients), have generally been upheld as valid.

They affirmed that as lawyers, they will conduct all matters faithfully, honestly and with integrity; support the Rule of Law and uphold and seek to improve the administration of justice; and abide by the ethical standards and rules governing the practice of law in Nova Scotia.

As lawyers, we must govern our conduct so as not to violate the ethical rules and not to give an appearance of improprietAs lawyers, we must govern our conduct so as not to violate the ethical rules and not to give an appearance of improprietas not to violate the ethical rules and not to give an appearance of impropriety.

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).