Sentences with phrase «see public ethics»

In the United Kingdom, thanks to the powerful influence of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, we tend to see public ethics primarily in positive terms: as standards to be upheld not as criminal corruption to be prevented.

Not exact matches

Dick Dadey, Executive Director of Citizens Union, said: «Public leaders» meetings on ethics reform are so necessary to ensure that big effective solutions are considered, negotiated, and agreed to, as New Yorkers wait to see how our state's political leaders propose preventing the growing problem of corruption.»

Haven, with NYPIRG, believes, based on his study of the new law that set up the ethics commission, that the public likely won't see details of any donations to the Committee to Save New York from 2011.

«Aside from the fact that there's no ethics reform anywhere to be seen, we're going to have a budget that is clearly going to miss the deadline and enacted with messages of necessity, which give legislators and the public minimal time to review its contents,» he said.

The impression that Albany's ethics watchdogs are not actually independent has been festering for years as Cuomo has seen to it that three of his former longtime employees have headed the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE).

«Public leaders» meetings on ethics reform are so necessary to ensure that big effective solutions are considered, negotiated, and agreed to, as New Yorkers wait to see how our state's political leaders propose preventing the growing problem of corruption,» said Dick Dadey, executive director of Citizens Union.

Good government groups see the pension forfeiture measure as a token reform and have pressed for the closing of the «LLC loophole» that allows businesses to create multiple limited liability companies to donate virtually unlimited amounts of campaign cash; public financing of candidate campaigns; the end of lump sum appropriations in the budget; limits on political contributions by companies with business before the state; limits on legislators» outside income; and a renovation of Albany's ethics watchdog, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (Jpublic financing of candidate campaigns; the end of lump sum appropriations in the budget; limits on political contributions by companies with business before the state; limits on legislators» outside income; and a renovation of Albany's ethics watchdog, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JPublic Ethics (JCOPE).

Taking away the pensions of public employees convicted of a felony is something DeFrancisco said he can see passing because of the public outcry for ethics reform in the state.

Horner, legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, said he was glad to see rank - and - file members of both chambers talking about ethics, in contrast to what he called «the cricket sounds that we've hearing over the past few weeks when it comes to ethics — no RV driving around the state, no town meetings about ethics.»

A number of insiders see Bharara's announcement in January that he did not have enough evidence to indict anyone on the untimely end of The Moreland Commission on Public Corruption as a way to take some pressure off of Cuomo to allow him to take the initiative on ethics in his State of the State address.

In March, advocate general Yves Bot issued a preliminary judgment limiting patents involving embryonic stem cells, on the basis that they «would be contrary to ethics and public policy» (see «European Court of Justice rejects stem - cell patents»).

Although the commission saw no need to call for a moratorium on synthetic biology, it asked for careful risk monitoring, government oversight, public dialogue, ethics education, and «a continued culture of individual and corporate responsibility and self - regulation by the research community.»

Keeping in mind «ethics matter» and that professional duties to the court ought not be mere high - sounding rhetoric — here is an example of what the public and perhaps students might see as ethically and professionally problematic.

See the Lawson studies at: CORRECTIONS: TOUGH ON CRIME PHILOSPHY by ROBERT G. LAWSON Discussion of the effect of Tough On Crime sentencing policies on the public - and CORRECTIONS: TURNING JAILS INTO PRISONS - BY ROBERT G. LAWSON — Collateral Damage from Kentucky's War on Crime3) Ethics Code for Governors Executive Office Staff: We suggest that the Governor impose a simple ethics code for all members of his executive office, that mandates respect for the law, particularly the Merit System.