Sentences with phrase «ethical violations by»

As a clinical psychologist, I am required by Standards 1.04 and 1.05 of the APA ethics code to take steps when I become aware of possible ethical violations by other psychologists.

We reported ethical violations by the Department of Health, and the Office of Professional Medical Conduct, and they acknowledged wrongdoing, but it wasn't «that much!»

The Ministry of Trade and Industry engaged in serious ethical violations by allowing its credibility as a public agency to be used to amass profit for a private non-profit organization which it can not hold to public standards of accountability as well as by using the name of the President of the Republic as a means to make such profit;

Brought to statewide attention because of her whistleblowing on ethical violations by state Republican Party leaders, [1] she won election in 2006 by first defeating the incumbent governor in the Republican primary, then a former Democratic Alaskan governor in the general election.

It is simply not credible that Mr. Agata, who was Governor Cuomo's lawyer and represented him on ethics issues, can objectively investigate potential ethical violations by the governor or his political enemies.

A spokesman for Silver says he's «confident that the commission found no legal or ethical violation by Speaker Silver or his staff.»

«As we have said throughout, we are confident that the commission found no legal or ethical violation by Speaker Silver or his staff,» Michael Whyland said.

1.04 Informal Resolution of Ethical Violations When psychologists believe that there may have been an ethical violation by another psychologist, they attempt to resolve the issue by bringing it to the attention of that individual, if an informal resolution appears appropriate and the intervention does not violate any confidentiality rights that may be involved.

For the attack from the citadel, the allegations of ethical misconduct by psychologists contained in the Petition to the APA are consistent with my professional obligations under Standards 1.04 and 1.05 to take appropriate action «when psychologists believe that there may have been an ethical violation by another psychologist» (Standard 1.04).

Not exact matches

We were therefore stunned and outraged to learn of the fraudulent circumvention and violation of the Firm's compliance policies and ethical standards by Andrew Caspersen, who was a member of the Secondaries Group at Park Hill since January 2013.

Our Campaign for Ethical Marketing action sheets target violations by any company.

«Just in the last three months, three Assembly members have been kicked out of the Assembly after being convicted of felonies or ethical violations,» she said in announcing her candidacy, as reported by The Buffalo News.

An international team of experts convened by the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues will also explore the best ways to ensure gross ethical violations do not occur in medical research in any part of the world.

The purpose behind these guidelines is to promote (i) honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships; (ii) full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that the Trust files with, or submits to, the SEC and in other public communications made by the Funds; (iii) compliance with applicable governmental laws, rule and regulations; (iv) the prompt internal reporting of violations of the Trust Code to an appropriate person or persons identified in the Trust Code; and (v) accountability for adherence to the Trust Code.

Violations of the MAPP shall be determined by Ethical Products in its sole discretion.

Anybody with an education in the sciences can tell when a credentialed charlatan is violating scientific method, «cherry - picking» data, manipulating computer simulations (climate models) to «draw the curve, then plot the points,» concealing his raw observational data sets from properly skeptical examiners, corrupting academic peer review (both to suppress the publication of colleagues» studies casting doubt upon the reviewing officers» pet hypotheses and to ensure that the submissions of «The Team» do not suffer impediments to publication), and concerting all these violations of professional ethical standards by way of back - room confabs and some of the most incredibly stupid e-mails this side of Enron's «Smartest Guys in the Room.»

I believe that the leaking of this draft is entirely legal, that the taxpayer funded report report is properly in the public domain under the Freedom of Information Act, and that making it available to the public is in any case protected by established legal and ethical standards, but web hosting companies are not in the business of making such determinations so interested readers are encouraged to please download copies of the report for further dissemination in case this content is removed as a possible terms - of - service violation.

Regardless of the unbounded ethical duties derived from imperfect obligations, if the climate change causing activities of some people are violating the human rights of others by interfering with life, health, or basic security, among other things, protected by human rights, a case can be made that those who can make reductions in GHG emissions targets that are nevertheless interfering with the rights of others should take steps to prevent human rights violations even if they are complying with just allocations.

The rule also explains that a lawyer who has supervisory authority over nonlawyers is responsible for the ethical violations committed by such nonlawyers.

101 Incidents of ethical violations resulting in professional discipline and even criminal prosecution are on the rise.102 Faced with declining profit margins, firms have been accused of «overworking files» and overstaffing projects in an effort to increase billable hours.103 And they have bent the rules governing conflicts of interest.104 One survey indicated that one - third of the 30,000 clients interviewed felt dissatisfied with the representation they received from their attorneys, citing primarily a failure to communicate and inadequate attention given to their cases, suggesting that law firms are under pressure to increase their case loads without hiring new associates to staff them.105 The recent decline in professionalism is even further evidenced by a decline in pro bono commitment.106 Thus, new graduates face even heavier workloads, increased pressure to meet high billable requirements, and fewer pro bono opportunities.

It appears that Edmond is serious about making ethics at Best Buy «transparent,» to the point that she regularly posts about (and seeks comments on) the latest ethical or internal violations committed by Best Buy employees, and about some of the company's more aggressive ethical guidelines.

For a case study examining how Model Rule 5.1 provides little incentive to lawyers to report or take action regarding ethical violations committed by other lawyers in a firm, see Thomas A. Kuczajda, «Self Regulation, Socialization, and the Role of Model Rule 5.1,» Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics 12 (1998 - 1999): 119 - 149, http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/geojlege12&div=13&id=&page=.

It is within the legal profession itself, in the form of an ethical inquiry into whether the distinction was violated by the authors of the torture memos, and what to do about it if such a violation took place.

I would never have noticed, but for the title of The Indiana Lawyer's story as reported by Olvia Covington, «Social media create potential for ethical violations.»

In 1994 the Village Voice investigated several California CPCs in Care Net, the largest network of centers in the country, and found gross ethical violations at an affiliated adoption agency, where director Bonnie Jo Williams secured adoptions by warning pregnant women about parenthood's painfulness, pressuring them to sign papers under heavy medication and in one case detaining a woman in labor for four hours in a CPC.

Deliberate relationships with expert witnesses such as the one sought in the below should be recognized as ethical violations and banned by state bar ethics rules.

It's unlikely, however, that if someone were to advertise that employment discrimination issues or estate planning could be done by nonlawyer «equal professionals» who would recruit a «team lawyer» to represent the nonlawyer's client, attorney licensing regulators and UPL committes would not immediately recognize and respond to the unlicensed practice of law, the facilitating by lawyers of the unlicensed practice of law, and the advertising free - for - all that («appearance of impropriety») implies multiple other possible ethical violations.

Further, as public standards, they have the public's welfare at heart and are generally supported by policies and processes that ensure compliance and punish those who commit ethical or standards violations.