The Citizens Action Coalition, the Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter, Save the Valley, and Valley Watch want the IURC to study how the Edwardsport project has been affected by "fraud, concealment or gross mismanagement" on the part of Duke and its contractors and "improper communications, conflicts of interest, undue influence, or other misconduct" by officials of the State of Indiana and Duke Energy.
"The voters are entitled to know as much as possible about each candidate so they can be sure there are no conflicts-of-interest, improper dealings, or private agendas in play".
Conflict-of-interest rules.
"Those improper practices created significant conflicts of interest and saddled homeowners, taxpayers and investors with millions of dollars in unfair and unnecessary costs".
Violation of business ethics occur everywhere, in differing magnitudes, and in many forms; greed, fraud, larceny, personal abuse, conflicts of interest, improper employment practices, abuse of power, and bribery to name a few.
Long-term planning and methodical approaches in the design of studies of early application of medical devices can mitigate conflicts of interest or improper research oversight that could result in harm or injury to study subjects.
WASHINGTON — The State Department's inspector general will conduct a special investigation of the handling of the pending decision on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline in response to reports of improper pressure on policy makers and possible conflicts of interest, according to documents released on Monday.
One critic of the legislation, Ron Pollack, executive director of the advocacy group Families USA, said he had spoken to AARP officials often as the Medicare bill was being developed and did not "feel that their decision was predicated on conflicts of interest or other improper factors".
And Mr. Hevesi reiterated his attack on Mr. Vallone, calling $2 million in mailings the City Council sent out in the last year, many of them featuring Mr. Vallone, "an improper abuse of public office," and asking the Conflicts of Interest Board to investigate.
Andersen, which no longer audits public companies, comes in for its share of criticism as well, for not correcting improper accounting and for not addressing its own potential conflicts of interest.
