The public will not have the benefit of a ruling from the Erie County Board of Ethics on whether County Executive Mark Poloncarz acted improperly when a committee he chaired awarded a $60,000 grant to ...

Although it is welcome and overdue that the Supreme Court finally adopted an ethics code for its justices on Monday, the approach is seriously flawed in that it includes no enforcement mechanism.

On Monday, the Supreme Court released a Code of Conduct. As could be predicted, this document did not satisfy the Court's critics. Almost immediately, the document was torn apart: the Justices used ...

The language of the Lackawanna County Code of Ethics from 2008 contained what likely seemed like high-minded ideals. “Government service and public sector employment is a public trust, and those who ...

On Monday, the Supreme Court for the first time adopted an ethics code for its justices. The relatively short (14 pages) "Code of Conduct" was likely enacted in response to various controversies over ...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to adopt a written code of ethics is a 50-year-old story that has recently gotten lots of fresh attention — for good reasons attributable to the justices’ own poor ...

The justices of the United States Supreme Court have insisted time and again that they—unlike every other judge in the country—have no need for a formal code of conduct. They could not be more wrong.

The Student Assembly heard a second reading of Resolution 18, which proposes a new Code of Ethics for the Office of Ethics during a Thursday meeting. If passed, the code will replace the office’s ...

During the past year a steady stream of public testimonials from female jazz musicians has made clear what most new privately: Sexism and harassment are deeply ingrained in the improvised-music world.

Proposals by the International Organization of Securities Commission (IOSCO) to introduce a code of conduct for credit rating agencies (CRAs) are being welcomed by companies and professional ...

I love ya man, but let's not get all weepy-eyed over the Ten Commandments. It's a code of ethics, and a pretty good one, but it's hardly the only one out there. Sure, Judaism, Christianity and Islam ...

The latest ProPublica report detailing Clarence Thomas’ lavish lifestyle is sure to reignite calls for greater oversight of the Supreme Court, but don’t bet on reform happening anytime soon. That’s ...