Not exact matches
Nestlé, which has been designated as the «Least
Ethical Company» globally, is infamous for practices including destruction of water resources; aggressive marketing of infant formula and
other baby foods in
violation of the World Health Organization's International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and subsequent WHA resolutions; trade union busting and infiltrating public interest organizations critical of Nestlé's predatory practices.
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.
The paper and
other news organizations reported this appeared to be a
violation of the journals»
ethical guidelines.
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.
Managing trust accounts — handling
other people's money — is one of the most sensitive things lawyers do, and one of the most common sources of
ethical violations.
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=.
Mr. Meier represents a full range of clients, including executives and companies faced with internal corporate fraud or
other white collar investigations, public officials and
other professionals under investigation for alleged corruption or
ethical violations, private individuals alleged to have committed serious felonies, sexual assaults, or death - related crimes, and students facing disciplinary proceedings at academic institutions.
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.
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.