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Confident Palin:
'You Got to Read the Report'

She says she didn't abuse her power as Alaska governor

Oct 11, 08 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin says she did not abuse her power as governor, despite the findings of an ethics investigation, CNN reports. “If you read the report, you will see that there was nothing unlawful or unethical about replacing a cabinet member,” she said. The report, however, did not fault... More »

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ethics • Alaska • Election 2008 • Troopergate • Sarah Palin • Walt Monegan • Mike Wooten • report

 Sensitive Swiss
 Ban Plant Humiliation 

Genetic research must not violate the dignity of wheat

Oct 10, 08 5:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Swiss scientists eager to carry out genetic experiments on plants can’t be rash—they must first consider the how their actions make that tulip feel. Government-backed ethicists studied the effects of such experimentation on plants’ dignity; they found that it was wrong to hurt plants for no reason, or... More »

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ethics • genetic testing • genetic modification • Switzerland • plants • genetic research

Rangel Won't Step Down
From Tax Panel

Says Pelosi in favor of him staying as chair
of Ways and Means

Sep 16, 08 3:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - New York Rep. Charles Rangel will remain in his post as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee while an ethics investigation takes place, the New York Times reports. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi supports the move, said his attorney, and Rangel "believes that the facts should prevail,... More »

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ethics • Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Charles Rangel • House Ways and Means Committee • political scandal • chairman

Interior Dept. Scandal Rocks Drilling Debate

Lawmakers, voting next week, question ability to handle lease revenues

Sep 11, 08 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Revelations that Interior Department employees were literally in bed with Big Oil have given fresh ammunition to congressional Democrats seeking to limit offshore drilling, the AP reports. Lawmakers say serious question have been raised about the agency's integrity after investigations found that employees responsible for collecting oil and gas royalties... More »

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ethics • Department of the Interior • Bill Nelson • scandal • offshore oil

Palin Was Warned Over Troopergate

Governor's ethics adviser urged her
to apologize

Sep 11, 08 3:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - An attorney who acted as an informal ethics adviser to Sarah Palin urged her to apologize for her role in firing Alaska's safety commissioner before it grew into a scandal, the Wall Street Journal reports. "The situation is grave," he wrote shortly before Palin was picked for the... More »

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ethics • Alaska • Troopergate • Sarah Palin • Todd Palin • Mike Wooten

Sex, Ethics Scandal Rocks Interior Dept. Oil Agency

Probes reveal sex, drugs, improper dealings in 'culture of ethical failure'

Sep 10, 08 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - It's not quite the Interior Department Gone Wild, but it's not that far off, either. A dozen current and former employees of the departmental agency that deals with oil and gas royalties have been accused of having sex with reps of the energy industry, illegally accepting gifts, using cocaine in... More »

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ethics • Department of the Interior • drug use • government contracts • corruption charges • Inspector General

House Dems Told to Pony Up for Kanye Show

Senate rules OK the freebie; House says it's an ethics violation

Aug 27, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tonight's Kanye West concert at the Democratic Convention is the unlikely source of an ethics quandary, ABC News reports, as Senate Democrats attend for free while the House is making staffers pay up. Under new rules intended to reduce the influence of lobbyists, members of Congress aren't allowed to take... More »

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ethics • Senate • Democratic National Convention • House of Representatives • Kanye West • Senate Ethics Committee

ANALYSIS

Social Responsibility Costs Calif. Pension Funds Billions

Keeping pension money out of tobacco, emerging markets has cost billions

Jul 15, 08 7:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - California's plan to put state pension funds in socially responsible investments means those funds are worth billions less than they would be if they'd been allowed to invest in tobacco companies and emerging markets, BusinessWeek reports. The initiative, launched in 2000, also pushed investment in California real estate—where the... More »

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ethics • investing • California • investment • pension funds • CalPERS • CalSTRS • Phil Angelides

OPINION

 Big Pharma
 Sickens Universities 

It's too easy for drug companies to skirt lax academic regulations

Jun 22, 08 6:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Weak legislation allows professors to collect huge under-the-table payments from Big Pharma, and it’s time to fight back, Dan Greenberg writes in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Pharmaceutical companies pay professors to shill drugs and lend their names to industry research, and the only oversight is an honor-system mechanism... More »

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ethics • pharmaceutical companies • pharma • university • academia • pharmaceutical industry • academic research

analysis

 Ten House 
 Races to
 Watch 

GOP, Dems getting ready to duke it out in several key races

Jun 18, 08 2:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Time profiles the top 10 House races to watch this fall:
  • Calif., 11th District: Dem Jerry McNerney bested an ethically questioned rep in 2006. He’ll get an incumbency boost this time, but opponent Dean Andal has plenty of money.
  • Conn., 4th District: Chris Shays is one of
... More »

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ethics • Tom DeLay • House of Representatives • gas prices • Election 2008

Writing About Your Kids?
Set Some Limits

Some have age limits, others won't address certain topics

Jun 8, 08 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Writers can throw themselves head-first into the nasty, permanent archive that is the Internet—but what of their kids? Emily Bazelon polled writers for Slate and found that while details may differ, the general policy is, the more privacy the better. "The blog medium has a certain kind of... More »

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ethics • online privacy • children • journalism • personal privacy • journalistic ethics

McCain Helped Donor Developer Win Contracts

Decades-old friendship built on fundraising, land deal assistance

Apr 22, 08 11:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain has repeatedly done favors a wealthy Arizona real estate developer who is a major donor, sponsoring legislation that swapped public land for his land and stepping in to speed a lucrative land deal with the Pentagon that netted him $20 million in a quick flip. The relationship with... More »

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ethics • John McCain • Senate • political donors • Donald Diamond • political favoritism

Merck Used Ghostwriters
to Draft Rosy Vioxx Studies

Company downplayed risks in medical articles on drug found to be a killer

Apr 15, 08 7:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Merck used its own ghostwriters to draft articles minimizing risks of its drug Vioxx, then found medical researchers to lend their names to the research, the Wall Street Journal reports. Merck, which pulled the painkiller from shelves four years ago over heart-attack risks, rejects the claims as "misleading."... More »

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ethics • Merck • pharmaceutical companies • Vioxx • JAMA • medical study

Fidelity Pays $8M in SEC Gift Scandal

Investor giant Peter Lynch fined $20K
for procuring tickets to concerts, games

Mar 5, 08 10:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Investment guru Peter Lynch and Fidelity Investment settled SEC charges brought against them alleging that Lynch used Fidelity traders to procure tickets to high-profile concerts and sporting events. Lynch, vice chairman of Fidelity's parent company, agreed to pay $15,948 for the tickets, plus $4,183 in interest. Fidelity will... More »

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ethics • Wall Street • SEC • Fidelity • investment bankers • probe • gift • Peter Lynch

Bush Aide Resigns Over Plagiarism

Point person on faith-based initiatives stole for his columns

Mar 1, 08 2:21 PM CST
(Newser) - A White House aide who helped establish President Bush’s faith-based community initiative resigned yesterday after admitting he plagiarized portions of columns he submitted to an Indiana newspaper, the Indianaopolis Star reports. The News-Sentinel of Fort Wayne found that 20 columns by Tim Goeglein, who had served in... More »

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ethics • newspaper • plagiarism • White House • resignation • apology • Tim Goeglein • George W. Bush

Broadcaster Rebuts McCain Lobbying Denial

Recalls meeting before FCC letters; McCain did, too, in 2002 deposition

Feb 23, 08 10:05 AM CST
(Newser) - John McCain's campaign has flatly denied that the senator met with a broadcaster or his lobbyist before writing to the FCC on his behalf in 1999. But Bud Paxson remembers the meeting; he says VIcki Iseman set it up, and may have attended, too. "Was Vicki there? Probably,"... More »

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ethics • John McCain • FCC • lobbying • Vicki Iseman • Paxson Communications

OPINION

McCain Support Comes From
All Corners

Left-wing bloggers climb on anti-Times bandwagon

Feb 22, 08 2:03 PM CST
(Newser) - One day after the New York Times reported on John McCain's "close bond" with Vicki Iseman, reaction is still developing, and not necessarily along ideological lines. Observers of the observers offer their impressions.
  • Popular liberal bloggers, "breaking with partisan patterns, are expressing discomfort," Ben Smith of
... More »

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ethics • John McCain • New York Times • Vicki Iseman • Paxson Communications • political scandal

McCain Denies Lobbyist Scandal, Attacks Times

Candidate slams article, 'smear campaign'

Feb 21, 08 7:26 AM CST
(Newser) - John McCain’s camp came out swinging at the New York Times last night, calling a “hit and run smear campaign” a report alleging that the senator had been involved in an improper and possibly romantic relationship with lobbyist Vicki Iseman eight years ago. “The New York Times... More »

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ethics • John McCain • telecom industry • lobbyists • Election 2000 • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Vicki Iseman

McCain Ties to Female Lobbyist Questioned

Candidate denies Times allegations of romance, impropriety

Feb 20, 08 9:13 PM CST
(Newser) - In his last run for the presidency, John McCain developed a close relationship with a female lobbyist that worried his advisers so much they intervened with both McCain and the woman to keep them apart, the New York Times reports. The paper cites the incident in a lengthy look at... More »

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ethics • John McCain • Vicki Iseman • Washington lobbyists

Dems Finish Frustrating
Year in DC

Despite control of Congress, cherished initiatives elude them

Dec 20, 07 5:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Democrats are leaving Washington with a decidedly unsatisfactory taste in their mouths after their first year back in charge of Congress in more than a decade, the LA Times reports. Though they can count successes with the energy bill, the minimum wage, and ethics reforms, they failed to put a... More »

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ethics • Nancy Pelosi • energy • Harry Reid • S CHIP

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