Sentence examples for perception of impropriety from inspiring English sources

"Since Enron, the slightest perception of impropriety is unacceptable".

"Now they're saying, 'You're exactly like Enron.' There's a perception of impropriety with every company in the energy sector.

"We're being very careful not to take money from someone that would create the perception of impropriety," he said.

But neither issue will receive a fair hearing in the paper of record if an avoidable perception of impropriety hardens into a bedrock belief.

Avoiding the perception of impropriety in the administration of justice is a compelling state goal, he writes, and banning personal solicitation by judicial candidates is a narrowly tailored strategy for advancing it.

And the perception of impropriety can only have been enhanced with the knowledge that, as soon as full time was called at the Royal Courts of Justice, they flew off together to the Greek island of Santorini, where, among the whitewashed villas and the olive groves, the lovestruck legal eagles "discussed the possibility of a future relationship".

One Florida county judge, Nina Ashenafi Richardson of Tallahassee, said the rule was "probably a good idea, just to avoid any perceptions of impropriety".

The governor, David A. Paterson, said in an interview he believed that his father decided to get the commission's opinion "to protect me from the perception of any impropriety.

Today, Ms. Golan said, the centers asked for an inspector general's investigation to clarify any perception of ethical impropriety on the part of Dr. Heyward or the centers.

Thomas's abandonment of stare decisis and his ethical blind spot regarding the appearance of impropriety suggest a lack of respect for his own court, a perception that is increasingly shared by those who pay attention to its actions.

It gave the appearance of impropriety".