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The Torch Bearer, a 1916 American silent film; The Torchbearer, a 2005 Czech animated short film; The Torchbearers, a sculpture at the University of Texas at Austin; Torchbearers International, a network of Bible schools; VAW-125, a United States Navy squadron known as the Torch Bearers; A person who carries the Olympic Torch
Government ethics constitutes the application of ethical rules to government. It is that part of practical jurisprudence , or the philosophy of law , that governs the operation of government and its relationship with the people that it governs.
Ranulf Flambard [a] (c. 1060 – 5 September 1128) was a medieval Norman Bishop of Durham and an influential government official of King William Rufus of England. Ranulf was the son of a priest of Bayeux, Normandy, and his nickname Flambard means incendiary or torch-bearer, and may have referred to his personality.
Jurisprudence, also known as theory of law or philosophy of law, is the examination in a general perspective of what law is and what it ought to be.It investigates issues such as the definition of law; legal validity; legal norms and values; as well as the relationship between law and other fields of study, including economics, ethics, history, sociology, and political philosophy.
The Ethics Reform Act of 1989 was introduced by Representative Tom Foley (D-WA) to provide for government-wide ethics reform. Improvements to the 1978 act included civil penalties for appointees violating post-service employment regulations, and widening the net to include all employees of the Executive Department who hold a commission from the ...
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Political ethics (also known as political morality or public ethics) is the practice of making moral judgments about political action and political agents. [1] It covers two areas: the ethics of process (or the ethics of office), which covers public officials and their methods, [2] [3] and the ethics of policy (or ethics and public policy), which concerns judgments surrounding policies and laws.
The Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110–81 (text), 121 Stat. 735, enacted September 14, 2007) is a law of the United States federal government that amended parts of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.