Sentences with phrase «ethics issued by»

He has been awarded an AV rating by Martindale - Hubbell legal directory, the highest rating for competence and ethics issued by that publication.

Mr. Rafferty has been awarded an AV rating by Martindale - Hubbell legal directory, the highest rating for competence and ethics issued by that publication, and reserved for attorneys designated as outstanding in their field.

He has an «AV» rating by the Martindale - Hubbell Law Directory, the highest rating for competence and ethics issued by that publication, and reserved for attorneys designated as outstanding in their field.

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We've debated the ethics of 3D - printing guns before, so this isn't really a new subject, especially for the «maker» community, which has generally addressed the gun - printing issue by distancing itself as much as possible from the hardcore, gun - printing evangelists like DEFCAD.

«I see the memo as the CFTC cautioning its employees on the ethical issues that could be raised by their trading in cryptocurrencies, encouraging them to consider and seek advice from the CFTC ethics team before trading in cryptocurrencies, noting that employees may not transact in cryptocurrencies if they have nonpublic information about them from their work at the CFTC, and advising that those who participate in CFTC dealings related to cryptocurrencies may not trade in them for conflict of interest reasons.»

Interviewed by The Globe and Mail on issues relating to business ethics and Alan Eagleson, April 16, 1998.

The second questionable way in which minorities in the once mainline churches try to re-form the churches is by identifying true Christianity with the adoption of what are perceived as radical positions on various contemporary issues of personal and social ethics.

The Relevance of Cosmic Unity In the lead letter of the same issue of Philosophy Now the prominent anti-reductionist philosopher of ethics and of science Mary Midgely makes a point often made by Edward Holloway (though he might not have used the word «choice»), namely that «simple logic surely shows that natural selection can not be the universal explanation because «selection» only makes sense a clearly specified range of choices — an idea to which far too little attention has been given.»

The meeting began on a Wednesday night at the bucolic campus of the University of Saint Mary of the Lake in Mundelein, Illinois, and the frank discussion quickly moved into a variety of topics including several difficult ones such as the Council of Trent, which is particularly anti-Protestant but still binding for Catholics, and the Catholic doctrine of the church as the prolongation of the incarnation of Christ (presented by Father Thomas A. Baima, the Catholic co-chair of the event), as well as social issues ranging from care for the poor, abortion, and the recent developments in gender and sexual ethics in the West.

James M. Gustafson faithfully develops Niebuhr's legacy when he insists that «deity is the primary object of concern for theological ethics» and that the issues of theological ethics are structured by what one experiences, believes and expresses about God and God's relations to the world.

By social ethic I do not mean something opposed to a personal ethic, but one which is concerned with the issues between groups and nations where the decisions taken alter the lives of multitudes of people and the direction of history.

We come now to an issue with which many discussions of economic ethics begin — namely, the nature of a just economic order and the principles by which such justice is to be judged.

So if the int» l community is calling Christian communities into check — it's sad that Christian ethics have to be called into question by what you call the «world» — apparently on some issue they have enlightened moral ethics... as unbelievable as this is.

This and similar definitions of «ethics» which leave the matter in the simple world of pragmatism and «science» (whatever she means by that) we still have language which can not automatically release us from the issue of eugenics.

All who hold that the whole of reality is rooted in, guided by, and accountable to a God who alone is truly universal and fully just will be interested in how theological ethics treats these issues.

After learning about the various theories of ethics the student will work through select issues that could cause ethical dilemmas, referring to the guidance offered by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners» documents «Code of Professional Conduct» and «Clinical Competencies», and the International Lactation Consultant Association «Standards of Practice».

Senate Democrats are trying to push the Republican majority into supporting a host of ethics reform measures and are attempting to force the issue by using a Senate rule to get a hearing on the matter.

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.

Formal advisory opinions are required to be made public, though the 2011 law that created the ethics watchdog panel prevents it from releasing informal advisory opinions, which are issued by JCOPE's staff.

She lamented how Albany is changing — «not necessarily for the better» — as she cited ethics issues and the legislature's power «being usurped by the governor.»

Here's the report released by Reinvent Albany that calls on Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo to issue 11 executive orders that will improve government transparency and reform ethics in keeping with the sweeping pledges he made during the campaign.

Cuomo has strongly emphasized the minimum wage issue in the first weeks of the year, while ethics has largely fallen by the wayside.

Former Assemblyman and senior fellow at the Demos foundation, Richard Brodsky, says if there is another convention, it won't be motivated by concern about legislative ethics, but by social issues that people care more about, like schools, and pension benefits.

The Assembly even failed to comply fully with a subpoena issued by its own internal ethics committee, the report said.

The aide also urged greater protections of victims» anonymity in public harassment reports issued by JCOPE or the ethics committees.

Last week, Governor Cuomo announced that he and his senior staff would tour the state in order to speak directly to the people of New York about, among other issues, creating a property tax cap, cleaning up Albany by passing ethics reform and passing a marriage equality bill.

Well, the news cycle, legislators and Gov. Andrew Cuomo seemed to all drop the issue of redrawing legislative lines by an independent commission at once with a loud thud as Albany's fruit - fly attention span turned to an ethics overhaul, a property tax cap and same - sex marriage legalization.

Legal advice on ethics issues was given to him while he was employed outside of government by an Administration official.

(CNN)- Outgoing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin may have violated state ethics laws by letting supporters set up a legal defense fund to help her battle ethics complaints, a preliminary report on the issue has found.

Following the Town Board's receipt of the letter, a majority of the council effectively rejected the finding by taking no action on the ethics panel's conclusions, which included a recommendation that McKenna and Magarelli issue public apologies for the alleged infractions.

Commissioner Fran Reiter, who was appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, said ethics reforms like eliminating outside income are necessary to solve «systemic» Albany corruption issues.

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.

In response to the good government groups» call on Tuesday, Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi told the Albany Times - Union this: «We will be discussing many ethics issues this session, including campaign finance reform, outside income for legislators and more disclosure by not - for - profits as to who actually funds them and whether they are shadow lobbyists.»

LHG: Will you support having candidates go through some type of investigatory process regarding their commitment to transparency, outside income and other ethics issues as elected officials prior to being endorsed by BDCC?

As Alan Hevesi ran for re-election in 2006, the state ethics commission found he had violated the law by using a staffer as a driver for his seriously ill wife for three years and not paying for it until after his Republican opponent raised the issue.

Looking at the bigger picture and by that I mean placing the politics, the rancor, and partisan discord aside, I feel that Grace has the type of character, intelligence, and temperament to solve local, national and international issues as demonstrated in her work ethic and on the campaign trail.

Issues of value and ethics are raised by the appearance of technologies not even imagined by earlier generations.

It is, in fact, an examination of the issue of euthanasia from a variety of perspectives — medicine, law, philosophy, ethics — and is presented by actor Tom Conti.

The debate about ethics in bio and life sciences in Germany was refueled last week: While Germany's central research funding organization, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), decided to revise its position on human stem cell research, the German government is finally reacting to heated public debates about sensitive issues by establishing a National Ethics Commission.

The ethics council finally issued its 20 - page report just before Christmas, voting in favor of allowing the import of human embryonic stem cells, under certain conditions, by a small majority of 15 to 9, paving the way for next week's final showdown.

It is dominated by Republican appointees, but some observers believe that is irrelevant because the legal issues do not involve the ethics of research involving embryos, but whether the courts should defer to the way several Administrations have interpreted Dickey - Wicker.

A new report on the ethics of Ebola, released today by the U.S. Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, takes a nuanced view of the questions about study design; the committee doesn't rule out placebo - controlled studies but allows room for other designs as well.

Be the product oil, automobiles, pharmaceuticals, or stem cells, there will be issues of pollution, safety, pricing excess, and ethics that will be decided more by the maximization of profit than by good science, open communication, and popular opinion.

Another deserving effort in promoting scientific integrity in China is to foster a healthy research environment, which includes making explicit research ethics policies, issuing a practical code of conduct, establishing a credible and authoritative national organization to supervise local units, protecting whistle - blowers, building a rigorous and fair peer review system, revising the criteria for promotion and reward to emphasize research quality rather than quantity by a researcher, and achieving zero tolerance for unethical research behaviors.

They are all registered with relevant professional bodies and are bound by standard codes of ethics covering issues such as confidentiality, continual professional development and regular reviews of professional aptitude.

These issues are not dealt with by individual ethics committees but are instead decided by the HFEA (Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority).

The focus of this course is the examination of the issues of education, law and morality and ways in which the law, by its very nature, can not be separated from ethics and morality.

While in this case the poll was conducted by a private entity, was not done at state expense and Malloy has yet to form a campaign committee, ConnCAN is a registered lobbyist and that brings a whole series of ethics issues into play.

[pullquote] For more information about author ethics in relation to self publishing, please see this excellent post by WU writer Porter Anderson, where he discusses 8 Issues in Author Ethics.

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