Sentences with phrase «of ethical scandals»

(Reuters) • Pruitt is seeking extra help defending himself from an onslaught of ethical scandals through a private legal defense fund, but that may come with ethical issues of its own.

While a string of ethical scandals were still far ahead of him, embattled EPA chief Scott Pruitt proposed refashioning the logo of his agency because he felt it resembled a marijuana leaf.

Not exact matches

And as I suggested recently with regard to the Ray Rice scandal, cases involving famous men doing awful things don't necessarily help us understand the ethical subtlety of the more general problem of whether to fire employees who do bad things off the job.

A string of headline - grabbing corruption scandals are also exposing the ethical breaches that befall many parties after more than a decade in power.

The younger son of the media tycoon stepped down as the chairman of the - then BSkyB in 2012, forced out by his links to a scandal at the family's now - defunct News of the World newspaper which, among many other ethical outrages, hacked a murdered schoolgirl's phone in a search for its next story on the case, temporarily misleading the police and the girl's family into thinking she was still alive.

One by one, executives, board members, investors and even close friends slowly fell away as Uber became embroiled in a seemingly ceaseless series of legal and ethical scandals, according to interviews with more than a dozen Uber insiders, former employees, investors and others, who asked to remain anonymous because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

If you mean the latter, well: 1) Ethical and moral scandals within organized / traditional religions 2) Growing access to material and information outside of the «given» religious models of the traditional Christianity they were likely born to.

Silver, who would become the longest - serving speaker in state history next year, has survived previous ethical scandals, including widespread complaints over his handling of sexual harassment charges against former Assemblyman Vito Lopez and the earlier conviction of his top aide, Michael Boxley, on a charge of sexual misconduct.

To quote Dicker's item: «Kolb has repeatedly and conspicuously refused to criticize Silver since becoming the Assembly's GOP leader in 2009 despite a series of scandals and allegations of ethical transgressions including the speaker's highly controversial approval of a secret $ 100,000 - plus settlement paid to female staff members of former Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez, whom they accused of sexual harassment.

With so many scandals of corruption that effect and relate to constituents like me who have practically had to beg for proper representation with regard to honest, ethical city and state government leadership, I should not have to lose my pension, present and future because of false, fake and failed leadership — and the very public representatives who have collectively been the obstacle to fair labor practices and treatment, that now overshadow any corruption and misconduct by the Transit Authority and MTA.

Funston says state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, the fund's sole trustee since the 2007 scandal, is meeting all applicable ethical and conflict - of - interest standards and is acting solely for the benefit of its 1 million workers and beneficiaries.

An outside review of New York's $ 150 billion pension fund for public workers shows it fixed ethical problems that led to a «pay - for - play» scandal.

«It's also worth pointing out the Mr. Molinaro now joins a club of individuals possessing questionable ethical behavior, having been involved in various scandals, to be picked up and paraded around as a supporter by Team Cuomo.»

This year — which follows a two - decade stretch that has seen dozens of elected officials leave office due to ethical or legal scandal — there appears to be a marked shift and legislative leaders are finding themselves at odds with government reform organizations who view the convention more favorably, even those who sat out the vote in 1997.

Kolb has repeatedly and conspicuously refused to criticize Silver since becoming the Assembly's GOP leader in 2009 despite a series of scandals and allegations of ethical transgressions including the speaker's highly controversial approval of a secret $ 100,000 - plus settlement paid to female staff members of former Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez, whom they accused of sexual harassment.

Assemblyman Scarborough's arrest was the latest in a series of scandals involving New York State legislators and raised fresh questions about the effectiveness of efforts to combat ethical lapses by lawmakers, even on mundane matters like hotel - room allowances.

The «Pensiongate» Scandal is at the center of the ETHICAL and SCANDAL mess that is Albany, and Hank Morris is the mastermind ofScandal is at the center of the ETHICAL and SCANDAL mess that is Albany, and Hank Morris is the mastermind ofSCANDAL mess that is Albany, and Hank Morris is the mastermind of it ALL

Questions have been raised about why the committee watered down an original recommendation from the independent commissioner, Kathryn Hudson, for Miller to repay # 45,000, giving the impression that MPs still appear to be policing their own ethical standards despite the expenses scandal of 2009.

The governor had a number of options for addressing the central problems that contribute to New York's ethical scandals, including:

In «Roots of Betrayal: The Ethics of Christine Quinn,» Queens - based gay activist Louis Flores documented a host of ethical and legal infractions, including the celebrated slush fund scandal that prompted the speaker to push the term limit extension bill through the Council, allowing Bloomberg — and Quinn herself — to run for a third term.

This article discusses the failure of lawmakers to implement ethical reforms that would prevent bid - rigging scandals in economic development contracts.

The «clean elections» bill passed in response to the Rowland scandals nearly a decade ago has itself become something of an ethical travesty.

Who We Are As Scientists 6 October 2006 Spurred by the stem - cell scandal, a group of Korean early - career scientists organized an international conference on ethical issues in science.

Respondents in this year's survey pointed to five main causes of the field's less than favorable reputation: drug and product recalls such as the withdrawal of Avandia; safety issues such as the discovery of problems with raw material from China used in medical products; scandals, including evidence that pharmaceutical companies have failed to release data from trials whose results cast doubts on their drugs» safety and efficacy; lawsuits brought against companies that failed to warn patients of problems with their products; and ethical issues such as kickbacks for physicians promoting specific medications.

Spurred by the stem - cell scandal, a group of Korean early - career scientists organized an international conference on ethical issues in science

Or, as bioethicist Carol Levine wryly observes, «the basic approach to the ethical conduct of research and approval of investigational drugs was born in scandal and reared in protectionism» (6).

So they set out to test the phenomenon with a series of experiments, using vignettes modeled after real - life ethical scandals.