All Articles tagged ethics

• General
  October 11, 2024 EDT
  A CODE TOO EASILY BROKEN: CONTINUING CONCERNS REGARDING THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT’S NEW CODE OF CONDUCT
  Benjamin Pomerance

  This Article praises the Code of Conduct adopted by SCOTUS and highlights areas to amend to restore trust in the Court and ensure uniform ethical standards apply to all judges.

• General
  August 30, 2022 EDT
  Serving Two Masters? Public Ethics and the Regulation of Financial Conflicts of Interest in the Administrative State
  Jordan Peterson

  This Article offers a critique of the regulations governing financial conflicts of interest and uses data on the personal finances of executive branch officials to assess conflicts of interest.

• General
  April 15, 2018 EDT
  CLIENTS, COUNSEL, AND SPOUSES: CASE STUDIES AT THE UNCERTAIN JUNCTION OF THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT AND MARITAL PRIVILEGES
  Jared S. Sunshine

  This article highlights the uncertainties faced by attorneys when mutliple forms of privilege are implicated.

• General
  April 08, 2016 EDT
  CRASHING INTO THE UNKNOWN: AN EXAMINATION OF CRASH-OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS THROUGH THE TWO LANES OF ETHICS AND LAW
  Jeffrey K. Gurney

  This article considers the nature of the decisions made by a algorithm writer in creating the crash-optimization algorithm and how they implicate serious ethical and legal questions.

• New York Appeals
  March 03, 2013 EDT
  ALBANY‘S DECADE OF CORRUPTION: PUBLIC INTEGRITY ENFORCEMENT AFTER SKILLING V. UNITED STATES, NEW YORK‘S DORMANT HONEST SERVICES FRAUD STATUTE, AND REMEDIAL CRIMINAL LAW REFORM
  Andrew M. Stengel

  After the Supreme Court's decision in Skilling v. United States and the prevalence of corruption in New York state government, Penal Law section 200.25 should be vigorously enforced.

• General
  January 01, 2012 EDT
  ENSURING PUBLIC TRUST AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL: INSPECTORS GENERAL ENTER THE MIX
  Patricia SalkinZachary Kansler

  This article concludes with a recommendation that municipalities should consider whether the establishment of an inspector general office can assist in not only furthering a commitment to ethical government.

• General
  January 01, 2010 EDT
  ETHICS OF LAWYER SOCIAL NETWORKING
  Steven C. Bennett

  This article addresses some of the ethics issues lawyers may face when they use social networking tools.

• General
  January 01, 2005 EDT
  ASPIRING PARENTS, GENOTYPES AND PHENOTYPES: THE UNEXAMINED MYTH OF THE PERFECT BABY
  Andrea D. GurmankinPeter A. UbelElizabeth BangerGlenn McGee

  This study considers whether different groups would select traits in their children.