Tag: Ethics and Official Misconduct

Trump’s Pick for Interior Dept. Continued Lobbying After Officially Vowing to Stop, New Files Indicate

An invoice and other documents indicate that the nominee, David Bernhardt, continued to lobby after he filed official papers promising that he would no longer do so. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/climate/david-bernhardt-interior-lobbying.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

‘Predatory’ Scientific Publisher Is Hit With a $50 Million Judgment

The Federal Trade Commission accused Omics International, a publisher in India, of operating hundreds of fake research journals with deceptive business practices. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/science/predatory-journals-ftc-omics.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Drug Sites Upend Doctor-Patient Relations: ‘It’s Restaurant-Menu Medicine’

A new wave of websites turns physicians into mere gatekeepers for popular lifestyle drugs, increasing public health risks, experts say. The sites say they ease connections with doctors. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/technology/for-him-for-hers-get-roman.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

California Hospital Secretly Filmed Women During Surgery and Childbirth, Lawsuit Says

The cameras were set up in three operating rooms at Sharp Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa, Calif. as part of an effort to catch a possible thief. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/us/sharp-grossmont-hospital-recording-women.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

This Tarantula Became a Scientific Celebrity. Was It Poached From the Wild?

Controversy over a new spider species has resurrected thorny ethical questions about scientists and their specimens. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/01/science/poaching-wildlife-scientists.html?partner=rss&emc=rss