A propane truck falls from an overpass, killing dozens on the freeway below. When Robert Herrick, a respected trial lawyer, agrees to represent the families of the dead, a bizarre chain of events goes into motion to threaten his career, family--even his life. Facing the ruthless lawyer Jimmy Coleman, and stalked by a psychopath, Herrick can't win even if he wins. Realistic law drama, Texas size.
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.
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.
The book will serve as an invaluable resource for individuals and organizations committed to high ethical standards in all realms of medicine.
Financial conflicts of interest in academic research at the National • Institutes of Health (NIH) and on Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panels (Resnik 2007b) Politically inflammatory research on the relationship between ...
This Toolkit provides non-technical, practical help to enable officials to recognise conflict of interest situations and help them to ensure that integrity and reputation are not compromised.
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, ...
Conflict-of-interest Regulation in the Federal Executive Branch
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.