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Ethical Violations - Politics
Unethical political behaviors include: breaching the public trust by manipulating facts; favoring a policy that harms the public interest; profiting personally when public tax dollars are in play; or using one's political position for personal gain.
The Union of Concern Scientists (UCS) issued a report in 2004 that accuses the George W. Bush Administration of conducting a "…well-established pattern of suppression and distortion of scientific findings by high-ranking Bush… political appointees across numerous federal agencies." (Over 5,300 scientists signed a statement agreeing with the UCS findings.)
For ONE example, the following scientific studies were either censored or had key facts removed by the Bush Administration prior to release to the media and the public: air pollution; "heat-trapping emissions"; "reproductive health"; "drug resistant bacteria"; "endangered species"; "forest health" and "military intelligence" (UCS). This is an enormously unethical policy. Why would the Bush Administration censor science on heat-trapping emissions? Likely because Bush was hesitant to admit that global climate change was as serious as it really is.
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Did he really sever ties? The Government Accounting Office reported Cheney continued to receive compensation from Halliburton while serving as vice president (Cornell University).
Example THREE: After first vigorously denying the reports that he sent "sexually suggestive pictures of himself…" to several women (he is a married man), Congressman Anthony Weiner admitted to having done what he earlier had denied. He resigned in shame. (Lillis, 2011).
Post-Employment Ethical Violations
In many private industry organizations -- and in all federal government agencies -- once a person is no longer employed by an agency, for a certain period of time he or she is not permitted to act in advocacy for another firm using leverage and connections obtained while employed by the first agency.
Example ONE: As a person leaves his federal position he or she may not "knowingly communicate with, or appear before, a current employee of the United States on behalf of any other person…with the intent to influence…
Works Cited
Cornell University. (2004). The way the Bush administration operates. Retrieved December 28,
2012, from http://www.cs.cornell.edu.
Google. (2010). Investor Relations / Code of Conduct. Retrieved December 28, 2012, from http://investor.google.com.
Lillis, Mike. (2011). Hill Poll: Politicians, Congress unethical -- and getting worse. The Hill.
Retrieved December 28, 2012, from http://thehill.com.
Summary. Retrieved December 28, 2012, from http://www.cs.cornell.edu.
U.S. Department of Agriculture. (2007). USDA Post-Employment Restrictions. Retrieved December 28, 2012, from http://www.usda-ethics.net/.
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