Criminal defense lawyer Alex Miller is introduced to a powerful family friend only to learn that the man has been accused of crimes involving millions of dollars, a situation that brings to light devastating personal secrets.
The book will serve as an invaluable resource for individuals and organizations committed to high ethical standards in all realms of medicine.
Even the appearance of a conflict of interest can undermine essential trust between professions and the public. This volume is an accessible guide to the ramifications and problems caused by conflicts of interest.
... had accepted the $ 12,900 pay rise in February , both the Democratic Majority Leader , Robert C. Byrd , and the Republican Minority Leader , Howard H. Baker Jr. , had pledged they would support a limit on outside earned income .
This book sets a new standard for work on this perennial topic, collecting a set of practical essays by top applied ethicists on a wide variety of professions and occupations.
Conflict of interest occurs at all levels of governance, ranging from local to global, both in the public and the corporate and financial spheres.
In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application.
Conflicts of interest in both the public and private sectors have become a major matter of public concern worldwide. The OECD Guidelines define a conflict of interest as occurring when...
Stark draws on legal, moral, and political thought to analyze several decades of debate over conflict of interest in American public life.
Complementing the more normative and quantitative understandings of conflict of interest issues that dominate today, this book will be of interest to researchers in a broad range of areas including social studies of sciences and technology, ...
Federal guidance on nutrition and diet is intended to reflect the state of the science and deliver the most reliable recommendations possible according to the best available evidence.