Sentences with phrase «including nepotism»

Several charter schools have been linked to ethics scandals, including nepotism and embezzlement.

Mr Clarke's report highlighted a «disconcerting pattern» in the schools, including nepotism in staff appointments, bullying of senior teachers, a «strategy of harassment to oust the head teacher» and the «reinforcement of Muslim identity to the exclusion or disparagement of others».

Behavioral biologist Dario Maestripieri launches from this example into a spirited, insightful narrative that explores the ways our interpersonal relationships resemble those of our primate cousins, suggesting evolutionary roots for a range of social behaviors including nepotism, cultivating friends, and climbing the corporate ladder.

Theresa Hopkins - Staten, vice chairwoman of the board, cautioned the Booker T. Washington Academy and urged school officials to include a nepotism clause in its bylaws.

Not exact matches

The result will be to free morality from a host of evils — parochialism, bias, tribalism, xenophobia, nepotism and other forms of excessive in - group bias (including irrational bias toward members of our own species in exclusion of all other species).

In response to a proposal from County Executive Joanie Mahoney to limit outside income for full - time elected officials, legislators let loose a flurry of their own proposals, including some that target issues like nepotism and pension padding.

He admitted «it is sad to note that thirty - eight years on, the vices of corruption, nepotism, cronyism, etc., which led to the eruption of June 4th in 1979 have slowly crept back into our everyday life and arguably surpassed the obnoxious period preceding the June 4 event,» adding «our nation is once again grappling with the canker of widespread, extreme corruption that has permeated the whole of our society, including officialdom.»

Milkshake and Mother of George both feature friends of mine, so I almost included those, just out of nepotism.

For charges brought for inefficiency, the arbitrator can only consider the following: (1) whether the evaluation failed to adhere substantially to the evaluation process, including, but not limited to providing an corrective action plan; (2) there is a mistake of fact in the evaluation; (3) the charges would not have been brought but for considerations of political affiliation, nepotism, union activity, discrimination as prohibited by State or federal law, or other conduct prohibited by State or federal law; or (4) the district's actions were arbitrary and capricious.

The famed Michelle Rhee came in as chancellor in 2007 after the district's school board was stripped of powers due to gross mismanagement over the previous four decades, including financial corruption, nepotism, and union heads going to jail for embezzlement.

Charter schools had become a bone of contention among lawmakers as some questioned the accountability of charters after high - profile problems with the Hartford - based Jumoke Academy that included financial miscues, nepotism and concern about a former chief executive officer who had lied about having a doctorate degree before admitting that he did not.