Blair Horner, the executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, said he hoped the verdict would compel Albany «to deal
with its ethics problem.»
Not exact matches
On Monday, in an attempt to clear out any more undiscovered scandals, the Montreal - based firm announced it would provide amnesty this summer to any employee
with information regarding the company's
ethics problems.
Previous chapters in the book have dealt
with the relations of Christian
ethics to the culture of our times in reference to family life, economic relations, race relations, political structures, and the
problems of war and peace in the international scene.
What interests me about the family is not the obvious social
problems associated
with it in contemporary life; nor am I particularly interested in the
ethics of sexuality.
In discussing Old Testament
ethics, we are not faced
with the usual
problem of trying to pick out a consensus from a welter of diverging viewpoints and methods.
The
problem, Leopold writes, is that «there is as yet no
ethic dealing
with man's relation to land and to animals and plants which grow upon it.
This is the familiar
problem of «love perfectionism» and the absoluteness of Jesus»
ethics in contrast
with the necessary relativity of their application.
The
problem with basing a just war theory on the logic of an
ethic of prima facie duties is that it has nothing to do
with Catholic just war tradition.
The
problem with trying to reconcile these two conceptions of Catholic
ethics regarding war — the «peace tradition» of the religious life and the just war tradition of secular life — is precisely that they are so fundamentally different.
Niebuhr, wrestling
with the contrast between individual and group
ethics, summarized the
problem in the following way:
But to Miss Gebbie, the main
problem is that our common
ethic «misrepresents information, denies sexuality early, denies homosexual sexuality — particularly in teens — and leaves people abandoned
with no place to go.»
The
problems of personal fulfillment and of individual
ethics could also be dealt
with from this perspective.
It is a crippling reduction of revelation to place its content side by side
with the propositions arrived at by way of
problem - solving disciplines such as science and
ethics.
The
problem behind our interminable moral conflicts, Wilson thinks, is that
ethics has been too closely identified
with religion.
For this reason our deliberation must constantly glance over into the field of
ethics, while in order to be able to acquire significance it must grasp the
problem with aesthetic intensity and concupiscence.
From the starting point of the revelation of the nature and will of God that has come to man through Christ, she has dealt first
with the biblical foundations of Christian
ethics followed by their application to specific contemporary
problems, including self and society, marriage, economic life, race, the state, war, peace and others.
She is currently working on an anthology concerning approaches to environmental
problems with a biologist and has published an article on Whitehead's metaphysical system as a foundation for environmental
ethics in Environmental
Ethics 8/3.
In the name of freedom of the individual, we sacrifice them to that caricature of Christianity that some people call «the Protestant
ethic,» an
ethic that finds no way of dealing directly and massively
with large - scale social
problems.
In the end, my biggest
problem with the book — and the particular Christian eschatological vision that underlies it — is that Hauerwas never tries to imagine what real life would look like if we adopted his
ethic.
The last half of the book deals
with the major contemporary
problems of social
ethics and attempts to turn the searchlight of the Christian gospel upon them.
The
problem with our morals and
ethics is they're essentially based on nothing and constantly change.
For instance, why not send out reprints of a case study that concludes
with an agonizing
problem in medical
ethics about whether to prolong life or let die.
Buster Olney says the Rays think he is too inconsistent, which is likely code for
problems with his work
ethic.
There's been some talk about a «new
ethic of responsible parenthood,» which sounds great on the surface although I have some
problems with what's suggested on how to create that.
He recently brought together several member of the Oxford faculty who specialize in humanitarian
ethics and just war theory
with twelve humanitarian agencies to try to understand the moral
problems these agencies face and give them ethical frameworks that can be applied in the field.
«The governor is prepared to help them
with that, but he wants to see them rehabilitate themselves by reining in spending and taxes, by passing an
ethics law, by seriously addressing our economic
problems.»
This is not always a
problem, but those concerned
with the
ethics of warfare should be well aware of its likelihood as well as it potential effect on the future of combat.
Do you have a
problem with ethics reform or independent redistricting?
Among the most recent
ethics panel report, the first indication that there may have been a
problem with Lee's purchases started as early as 2012 when a new treasurer for the division, Teresa Mayer - Gamboli, noted a lack of documentation.
«Laws
with too many loopholes and which do not solve Albany's mounting
ethics problem.
With a recent poll showing that nearly 90 % of New Yorkers believe that unethical behavior is a serious
problem in state government a month before former legislative leaders Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos are sentenced for public corruption, the governor and legislative leaders have an obligation to New Yorkers to reach a significant agreement on
ethics reform.
Spokesman John Milgrim says while the
ethics commission can not comment on whether or not an investigation is being conducted «To the extent a
problem is identified in any individual's financial disclosure statement, the Commission will seek full compliance
with the law.»
Fifty - two percent of voters also believe Cuomo is part of the
problem with ethics in state government and not part of the solution, versus 32 percent who disagree.
Ryan is going back to an Assembly in turmoil
with Speaker Sheldon Silver facing legal and political
problems and a major
ethics probe of the way the place runs.
Astorino clashed
with Senate Republicans during the gubernatorial campaign last year,
with the top of the GOP ticket calling for sweeping
ethics reform in Albany and knocking the majority conference in the Senate as being part of the
problem in state government.
Pataki said the Silver case suggests that government become «an insider game of fixers and moneymen»
with too many loose regulations governing
ethics — a
problem he said extends to Washington, D.C.
The governor's
ethics statement observed, «That fear of real
problems, combined
with mistrust about the government, is the toxic combination that this nation now faces.
He said voters are fed up
with a chronic
ethics problem that has seen more than 30 lawmakers leave office facing criminal charges or
ethics allegations.
Kaminsky had small leads when asked who would be better on issues of
ethics, Sandy relief and minimum wage, while McGrath was viewed as slightly better at addressing
problems with Common Core and representing the community.
With former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate leader Dean Skelos scheduled to be sentenced next month for public corruption crimes, and a recent poll showing that nearly 90 percent of New Yorkers believe unethical behavior is a serious
problem in state government, Albany's political leaders have an obligation to reach a significant agreement on
ethics reform, the good government groups said.
Schneiderman's evolution on
ethics appears to mirror that of many good government groups who say recent indictments have forced them to the realization that Albany's corruption
problem won't be cured
with small fixes.
Among the CSFR / OSFR early professional
ethics initiatives, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission asked the committee to review proposed regulations regarding issues of technical dissent
with the agency, OSFR staff surveyed 241 professional societies asking them about the extent of their organization's professional
ethics issues and efforts, and the CSFR, the President's Commission on Ethical
Problems in Medicine and Research and the group Medicine in the Public Interest cosponsored a workshop on whistle blowing on fraud in biomedical research.
Tetsuya Ishii, a bioethicist at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan, sees no
problem with how the experiments were conducted — a local
ethics committee approved them, and the egg donors gave their informed consent — but he questions their necessity.
«The
problem with Brenda Fitzgerald is like many in the Trump administration, she was very negligent at submitting her personal financial disclosure to the Office of Government
Ethics and finally worked out an
ethics agreement
with OGE very late in her term,» Holman said.
The charter calls on trial sponsors, regulators and
ethics committees to offer support to those
with communication or mobility
problems that might hamper their participation.
But the dangerous streets of the big city cause more and more
problems, and Morales finds that his
ethics are malleable as he fights to keep his company going
with the aid of his equally tough wife, Anna (Jessica Chastain).
Decisions are made under pressure,
with politics and perception being considered as much as
ethics, leading to a devastating examination of the true consequences of using violence to solve a
problem, no matter what the motives involved.
Regularly presenting kids
with judgment
problems and difficult questions to think about powers up their
ethics muscles,» says Elisa Guerra in Mexico.
The frustrations teenagers experience
with school are more a case of statistics and lack of experience than that of work
ethic or «attitude»
problems.
Teachers are recognising the
problem,
with nearly three - quarters (72 per cent) believing that social media etiquette and
ethics should be taught in schools, yet only a minority (36 per cent) do so.