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More Articles from Ethics Information: MORE RESOURCES: Site: Yahoo! News Search Results for ethics Leonard Fleck, professor of medical ethics, talks health care (Detroit Free Press) Leonard Fleck is a professor of medical ethics and philosophy at Michigan State University and author of the recently published "Just Caring, Health Care Rationing and Democratic Deliberation," by Oxford Press. Here are excerpts of an interview on the subject with Free Press medical writer Patricia Anstett. Sports reflect, affect ethics (Deseret News) Ethics and athletics. Do those rhyming words go hand-in-hand, or is the term "sports ethics" an oxymoron? Who pays the costs of ethics complaints? (The Salt Lake Tribune) Opponents of an embattled ethics initiative fear the measure could pad the pockets of private attorneys representing legislators accused of misconduct -- all on the taxpayers' dime. Officials resist ethics proposal (The Spectrum) ST. GEORGE ? Southern Utah?s elected officials spoke up this week against a citizen?s initiative designed to create an independent ethics commission and code of conduct for the Legislature. Shad Plank: Will lawmakers actually act on ethics reform? (Daily Press) This week, House Speaker William J. Howell officially embraced the need for ethics reform in Richmond when he announced the end of the House investigation into Del. Phil Hamilton. Sanford Attorney: Four Flights Not Disclosed To Ethics Investigators (WSPA Spartanburg) Gov. Mark Sanford?s lawyer has told the South Carolina Ethics Commission that required disclosures weren?t filed on four of 61 flights investigators questioned as part of their investigation of the governor?s travel and campaign finance practices. Sheriff Cleared Of Ethics Charges (ABC 26 New Orleans) Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre has been cleared of ethics charges stemming from his sale of devices designed to keep drunken drivers off the road. Lafourche sheriff exonerated of ethics violations (WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans) THIBODAUX ? A panel of three administrative judges dismissed ethics charges against Lafourche Sheriff Craig Webre, ruling he did not use his office to make money selling devices designed to keep drunken drivers off the road. In a 13-page written decision rendered Tuesday, the judges say the state Ethics Board ?failed to introduce a scintilla of evidence? proving Webre used his position as ... SC GOP defense fund could raise ethics questions (Spartanburg Herald-Journal) Published: Friday, November 27, 2009 at 11:18 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 27, 2009 at 11:18 a.m. COLUMBIA ? A legal defense fund set up by the South Carolina Republican Party might require an opinion from the State Ethics Commission, the agency's chief attorney said. Ethics council calls for end to anonymous hospital births (Deutsche Welle) Germany's ethics commitee says that women should not be able to give birth anonymously. A new system of confidentiality could be on its way. Site: ethics - Google News Republican National Committee targets Dem ethics in new ad - Washington Post (blog)
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