Tag: Ethics and Official Misconduct

Interior Department Launches Investigation of Potential Ethics Violations Among Staff

The probe, the second in as many weeks, looks into a complaint that Interior Department staff offered agency access to former employers or lobbying clients. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/23/climate/interior-department-ethics-investigation.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…

Stanford Clears Professor of Helping With Gene-Edited Babies Experiment

Stephen Quake and two colleagues were found to have followed proper scientific protocol in their interactions with the Chinese researcher who did the work. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/16/health/stanford-gene-editing-babies.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…

Interior Dept. Opens Ethics Investigation of Its New Chief, David Bernhardt

The department’s inspector general has said that she is looking into a “wide assortment” of allegations of conflict of interest and other potential violations. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/15/climate/bernhardt-interior-department-ethics-investigation.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…

Gene-Edited Babies: What a Chinese Scientist Told an American Mentor

Stanford is investigating Stephen Quake’s interactions with He Jiankui, the scientist who performed the controversial experiment. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/14/health/gene-editing-babies.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…

Carlos Ghosn Accuses Nissan Officials of Mismanagement

In a video recorded before his most recent arrest, the former auto chief said executives responsible for the company’s slide had plotted against him. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/09/business/carlos-ghosn-nissan-video.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Trump Lawyer Tells Treasury Not to Give Democrats Tax Returns

A private lawyer retained by President Trump to fight Democratic demands for his tax returns told the Treasury Department that the request is an abuse of power. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/us/politics/trump-tax-returns.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Prosecutors Sometimes Behave Badly. Now They May Be Held to Account.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York approved landmark legislation creating a commission to investigate misconduct by prosecutors. District attorneys vowed to fight it in court. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/nyregion/ny-prosecutors-cuomo.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

For Carlos Ghosn, an Early Morning Knock Increases the Pressure, Again

In an interview, his wife, Carole Ghosn, described aggressive tactics and a thorough home search. Experts called his latest arrest in Japan an unusually forceful move. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/business/carlos-ghosn-carole-wife-japan-nissan-arrest.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

U.S. Ethics Office Declines to Certify Mnuchin’s Financial Disclosure

The Treasury secretary has agreed to recuse himself from matters that could benefit his wife’s film business. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/us/politics/steven-mnuchin-ethics-office.html?partner=rss&emc=rss