The phrase "a finding of misconduct" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal, academic, or professional contexts when discussing the results of an investigation or review that concludes that someone has engaged in inappropriate or unethical behavior.
Example: "The committee's report included a finding of misconduct against the employee, leading to disciplinary action."
Alternatives: "a determination of wrongdoing" or "an assessment of misconduct."
Section 304, which has proven troublesome to apply because of its vagueness, also requires a finding of "misconduct," which the commission has not made.
In a report issued last week, Justice Shea rejected a finding of misconduct on other charges, including that Judge Holzman should have disqualified himself from cases in which Mr. Lippman was involved during two years when Mr. Lippman helped with the judge's re-election.
Due to the high impact that a finding of misconduct would have not only on Terry, but also on Sara and her university, the diligent implementation of due process is especially important.
In most cases, despite a finding of misconduct, convictions were permitted to stand, and rarely was the misconduct reported or disciplined, even though some prosecutors were repeat offenders.
"I may be called on, if there's a finding of misconduct, to pass upon whether there ought to be a sanction against somebody or not and, if so, what it should be.
Our results suggest that a finding of misconduct by the ORI significantly reduces research productivity.
During the first 11 months of 2008, the Police Department declined to pursue 35percentt of the cases in which the independent Civilian Complaint Review Board issued a finding of police misconduct.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has opted not to impose a finding of prosecutorial misconduct on Justice Department lawyers for their handling of a case against Blackwater security guards involved in a 2007 shooting in Baghdad.
After months of mounting claims of problems and a finding of research misconduct by Obokata by a RIKEN committee, Nature retracted the studies on 2 July.
When there's a finding of research misconduct, the case is reviewed by all of the scientists in Garfinkel's division, as well as by attorneys.
When the NSF-OIG completes an investigation and writes a report, they make a recommendation to the NSF administration, but it's the deputy director who makes the decision whether to declare a "finding" of research misconduct.
