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ethics stories: 94 news summaries

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 Spitzer to Give 
 Ethics Lecture 
 at Harvard 

Former madam slams university's decision

Nov 11, 09 5:12 PM CST
(Newser) - A Harvard University ethics center is hosting a lecture by none other than Eliot Spitzer tomorrow. The disgraced governor will speak about when it's right for the government to intervene in the markets. Despite the intellectual theme, his former madam tells the Daily News that Spitzer is a "man... More »

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ethics • escort service • Eliot Spitzer • Kristin Davis • Harvard • governor • scandal • madams

Lawmakers Get Sweet Deal on World Series Tix

Critics say face-value tickets should count as a gift

Nov 4, 09 6:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Federal lawmakers have been getting tickets to sold-out World Series through a perk that has some ethicists crying foul. Some 75 tickets for this series have been sold to 15 lawmakers and their aides at face value by Major League Baseball and the teams. No ethics rules are being broken... More »

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ethics • MLB • World Series • ticket • baseball • politician • Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics • perks • 2009 World Series

 GOP Slow-Pedals Effort 
 to Oust Rangel 

New York Dems nervous as ethics probe drags on

Oct 19, 09 8:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rep. Charlie Rangel, the ethically challenged head of the House Ways and Means Committee, has become yet another millstone for New York Democrats, whose electoral chances are already sagging under an unpopular governor. Several candidates want him gone, and are tacitly supporting GOP efforts to get him booted from his... More »

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ethics • Congress • New York • Charles Rangel • House Ethics Committee

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Dems Helped Shape Health Industry Ad Campaign

Meeting raises questions about ties to big business

Oct 16, 09 11:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Aides to President Obama and Max Baucus met with a variety of lobbyists for corporate health care companies on April 15, to help form two industry coalitions and launch a multimillion-dollar ad campaign, Politico has learned. Though both sides insist no quid pro quo was laid out, some participants say... More »

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ethics • Barack Obama • advertising • pharma • health care industry • lobbying • lobbyists • health care reform • Max Baucus • special interests • US Senate • Obama administration • President Obama

 New Trouble for Rangel: 
 Ethics Panel Widens Probe 

Investigation will cover amended financial reports

Oct 8, 09 5:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The House ethics committee is expanding its yearlong investigation of Charles Rangel to look at amended financial disclosure forms he filed earlier this year. Rangel, who chairs the Ways and Means Committee, filed the reports in July to account for $600,000 in previously undisclosed assets, reports Politico. The development... More »

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ethics • taxes • House of Representatives • Democrat • Charles Rangel

Ensign May Have Busted Ethics Rules After Affair

Senator arranged lobbying work for senior aide after having affair with his wife

Oct 2, 09 5:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. John Ensign says his affair with an aide was a strictly personal matter but he may have trampled on ethics rules and federal criminal law during his efforts at damage control, according to the New York Times. Ensign helped his mistress' husband, Doug Hampton—another senior aide— join a... More »

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ethics • lobbying • Nevada • John Ensign • senator • extramarital affair

INVESTIGATION

Sanford Flew
to Hair Cut,
Kids' Games
on State Dime

Gov racked up $400K
in travel, some illegal

Aug 10, 09 1:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mark Sanford has repeatedly violated South Carolina law by using state aircraft for personal trips, an AP investigation has found. Records reveal that the philandering governor has used state planes to travel to dental appointments, his children's sporting events, and political party gatherings. One one occasion, Sanford used a state... More »

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ethics • travel • South Carolina • governor • Mark Sanford • travel expenses

ANALYSIS

 Paulson Still Dogged 
 by Ethics Queries 

Ex-Goldman exec coddled firm as Treasury sec, critics say

Aug 9, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - As a former Goldman Sachs exec, Henry Paulson vowed to avoid any potential conflicts of interest when he was appointed President Bush’s Treasury secretary. But seven months after he left office, the nagging questions surrounding Paulson’s tumultuous term in office suggest he may not have succeeded, Gretchen Morgenson... More »

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ethics • Wall Street • Goldman Sachs • Henry Paulson • AIG • Treasury Department • Lloyd Blankfein • bailout • conflict of interest • Wall Street bailout

Analysis

Ethics Scandal Is No Waterloo for Palin

Gov will skate past latest allegations unscathed: Nate Silver

Jul 22, 09 10:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The latest ethics complaint against Sarah Palin—investigators believe she misused her position to solicit personal legal donations—won’t leave a scratch, writes Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com. Here’s how to predict which scandals will make it big:
  • Can it be reduced to a sound bite?
... More »

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ethics • scandal • Sarah Palin • Nate Silver • Alaska Fund Trust

OPINION

 Palin's Twitter Gems 
 Take Forever, 
 Still Incoherent 

Thank goodness for Twitter time stamps

Jul 21, 09 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin’s original thoughts take a while to produce. Five of yesterday's Twitter posts—caught in a screen grab and posted by Gawker—“are all conjoined, all part of the same dipshit-y thought, which was another one of her maniacal rants about the endless stream of ethics complaints... More »

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ethics • social networking • Sarah Palin • complaints • Twitter • tweet

Media Sucked Up to Sanford
to Get Access, Emails Show

News outlets offered aides a 'friendly' ear

Jul 15, 09 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - No surprise that a lot of media outlets tried to butter up Mark Sanford’s aides in order to win interviews with the governor when he was AWOL in Argentina. But their emails, obtained by the State, show the lengths they were willing to go to, some coming about... More »

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ethics • media • South Carolina • press • sympathy • governor • scandal • interview • Mark Sanford • media frenzy

OPINION

Pope Has
Best Take on Financial Crisis

Goldman exec touts Benedict's 6-point plan for global economy

Jul 13, 09 10:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - All of Pope Benedict XVI's gaffes and controversies have obscured his principal appeal, writes Brian Griffiths in the Times of London: he's a scholar, with an uncommon command of theology and philosophy. For Griffiths, a vice-chairman of Goldman Sachs, the pope's recent encyclical on the economy is "without... More »

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ethics • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Goldman Sachs • capitalism • Catholicism • encyclical • free markets • financial crisis

Palin's Figures on Ethics Complaints Don't Add Up

Report has lawyer costing $30K per hour

Jul 10, 09 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A spreadsheet from Sarah Palin's office detailing spending on ethics complaints and lawsuits is riddled with discrepancies, the Anchorage Daily News reports. The administrative director of Palin's office says accidental double-counting added $26,849 to the $1.9 million total. She plans to make inquiries about other parts of the... More »

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ethics • Alaska • accounting • governor • Troopergate • Sarah Palin

OPINION

 Who Killed Dignity? 
 Ask Sanford, Jacko, Palin ... 

Today's celebs would make George Washington blush

Jul 7, 09 8:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Carrying himself with honor and restraint was of utmost importance to George Washington and Americans for generations afterward—but for today’s public figures, the premium on dignity has faded, says David Brooks in the New York Times. Washington’s conduct “during times of temptation” made him “a... More »

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ethics • culture • Michael Jackson • David Brooks • Sarah Palin • George Washington • Mark Sanford • President Obama • dignity

(Newser) - Sarah Palin says she's drowning in a rising tide of frivolous ethics complaints, the AP reports. Most of the 18 complaints have been dismissed, but Palin's office says she's $500,000 in legal debt and facing accusations that "have been politically or personally motivated." Rallying to her side,... More »

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ethics • Alaska • legal fees • Sarah Palin • complaints

Business Grads Promise a More Ethical Future

MBA Class of '09 pledges to remember that greed isn't good

May 30, 09 6:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The next generation of business school grads may change the face of finance for the better, the New York Times reports. MBA programs across the country are seeing an explosion of interest in ethics courses, and at Harvard Business School a full 20% of this year's grads have signed a... More »

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ethics • business • business school • MBA • universities

Pinning Burris for Perjury Difficult: Experts

Senator says he was just placating Blago brother in taped calls

May 28, 09 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Controversy surrounding Roland Burris' appointment to the Senate has heated up after the release of his conversations with Rod Blagojevich’s brother, taped by the FBI, but a criminal case against him is still iffy, Politico reports. The possibility of perjury charges over inconsistencies in Burris’ statements is slim, experts... More »

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ethics • Congress • FBI • Senate • perjury • tape • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • fundraising • Roland Burris • Robert Blagojevich

Monkeys Pass
Altered Traits
to Offspring

Genetic breakthrough
will aid disease study,
but troubles some

May 27, 09 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Japanese scientists have produced the first genetically modified monkeys that can pass on their new traits to offspring, a research breakthrough mired in ethical quandaries. The technique is meant to be used to infect monkeys with diseases like Parkinson’s and then test treatments on them, but could eventually be... More »

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ethics • genetics • disease • animal rights • monkey • eugenics • lab rat • scientific breakthroughs • gene mutation

Murtha Aide Threatened Me: GOP Opponent

Army vet says staffer warned about a possible court-martial

May 13, 09 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - John Murtha's 2008 Republican challenger has accused an aide to the Pennsylvania congressman of threatening to recall him to active military service so the Army could court-martial him, Politico reports. Participating in elective politics while on active duty is against military policy. Russell, who retired from the Army Reserves during... More »

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ethics • John Murtha • Pennsylvania • threats • court martial • Election 2008 • Bill Russell • John Hugya

Palin Besieged by Ethics Complaints

Alaska's GOP chief: number of grievances 'unprecedented'

May 3, 09 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The world’s most famous hockey mom is skating on thin ice with some of her constituents, Politico reports. Sarah Palin has fielded more than a dozen complaints from Alaskan citizens in the last 7 months, concerning everything from the governor’s use of state funds, her political action committee,... More »

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ethics • Alaska • legal defense • governor • Sarah Palin • complaints • citizen

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