The researchers offer a number of tips to discourage the minor stuff, like putting in place a firm set of ethical guidelines and calling workers out for the small things, like taking home too many office supplies.
We need a firm set of national planning guidelines for fracking so that the industry can develop in a considerate way," he says, but admits the public is deeply hostile: "If it is to be a major source of energy and rolled out across the country, we need to win public support".
What's even more surprising about Goldman's role working for El Paso is that it came just six months after the firm issued a new set of guidelines by its "business standards committee".
A member broker must be an individual contractor working for a brokerage firm and must follow a set of guidelines, most of which are designed to protect the consumer.
In the U.S., the Association of Corporate Counsels (ACC), which represents in-house lawyers who typically hire outside law firms for specialty work, has introduced a new set of guidelines for law firms and corporate counsels.
"Personally, I don't believe anyone will ever be 100% happy with the way these regulations were going to be written, but I have to tell you, [our firm] appreciates this well-thought-out set of guidelines," Gonzalez said, predicting "a good and positive outcome".
In the absence of laws or firm regulations, the states rely primarily on a set of guidelines and standards, many of them codified in the federal highway agency's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices — the bible of traffic safety for road builders.
A newly issued set of guidelines for auditors ought to reduce the cost of complying with section 404 for other firms.
