Among his purposes is to restore readers' respect for politicians, whose reputation has been tarnished by Vietnam, Watergate, Iran-contra and other examples of malfeasance in office.
Based on examples of malfeasance investigated and made public by United Nations internal auditors, the report suggested that the organization was not paying enough attention to preventing corrupt behavior by its peacekeepers, particularly in conflict zones where corruption is endemic.
The activists, in a report released Monday, called the delay of $54 million in international loans to the Haitian government "one of the most egregious examples of malfeasance by the United States in recent years".
But, he added, "In a bear market, where people have lost a lot of money, it doesn't take many examples of malfeasance or executives' cutting corners before people say the whole system is broken".
Among the conclusions the authors of the article arrive at that is persuasive to my students is that we should be paying attention not to the spectacular examples of malfeasance and bad corporate behavior like Enron or Volkswagen but the "moral blind spots" and unintentional ways people commit ethical failings.
This is a glaring example of legislative malfeasance.
Already, Enron is in a class by itself as an example of corporate malfeasance.
It is possible that such a twisted viewpoint, wherein an obvious example of industry malfeasance is used to attack the scientific community, including climate scientists specifically, could arise purely from profound ignorance, rather than cynicism and malice.
No one equates Japan's ball controversy with those examples of corporate malfeasance.
Mr. Gephardt started the duel by announcing that he was filing a discharge petition, a procedure that can compel a vote on a measure, on what he said was a bill to "stamp out one of the most glaring, unpatriotic examples of corporate malfeasance".
