Tag Archives: independent judgment
Love Your Lawyer? Bad Idea. Love Your Client? Even Worse.
A lawyer thinks you should make your lawyer your boyfriend, like his client did. Oh so wrong. Continue reading
Filed under Character, Gender and Sex, Law & Law Enforcement, Love
George Will Is Conflicted, and Telling Us That He Is Doesn’t Cure It
George Will has a conflict of interest that disclosure cannot cure. Continue reading
Filed under Family, Government & Politics, Journalism & Media
Ethics Dunces: The Nevada Ethics Commission, Which is Pretty Depressing.
Here at last may be the answer to the riddle of why state ethics commissions have so little effect on the persistent problem of unethical government. Continue reading
Filed under Ethics Dunces, Government & Politics
Unethical Quote of the Week: Detroit News Business Editor Sue Carney
The Detroit News is standing by its unethical journalistic practices, and lying about it….which is all the public should expect from a news source that crafts its criticism to keep the object of the criticism happy. Continue reading
Filed under Business & Commercial, Ethics Quotes, Journalism & Media, Professions, The Internet
“The Good Wife” Ethics: Sex With Clients Edition
CBS’s “The Good Wife,” dealt with the “no sex with clients” ethics rule adopted by most states (but not Washington, D.C.!) in a continuing subplot about the budding romance between firm tigress-partner Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski ) and ballistics expert Kurt McVeigh, played by Gary Cole. Good episode, but the legal ethics were a little muddled between the sheets. Continue reading
GlaxonSmithKline Inspires a Fun Game For Your Holiday Party: “Forcast That Ethics Scandal!”
Almost all ethics scandals and examples of outrageous unethical conduct are thoroughly predictable, whether they involve individual, organizations or institutions. Why didn’t I see this one coming? Continue reading
Avocations, Conflicts of Interest, and Country Joe West
American League Umpire Joe West has a conflict of interest. The proof? People are talking about it. Continue reading
“The Good Wife” Ethics Follies
“The Good Wife’s” legal ethics are getting worse every week. Continue reading
Ethics Dunce: Florida House Rep. Janet Long
Anyone who advocates the reverse-conflict principle, like Janet Long, no matter what their issue, isn’t interested in fairness or good decision-making.
