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An example of noble cause corruption is police misconduct "committed in the name of good ends", [3] or neglect of due process through "a moral commitment to make the world a safer place to live". [4] The knowing misconduct by a law enforcement officer or prosecutor with the goal of attaining what the officer believes is a "just" result.
Corruption facilitated by lawyers is a well known form of judicial misconduct. Such abuse is called Attorney misconduct. Attorney misconduct can be either conducted by individuals acting on their own accord or by entire law firms. A well known example of such corruption are mob lawyers.
Corruption may facilitate criminal enterprise, such as drug trafficking, money laundering, and human trafficking, although it is not restricted to these activities. Over time, corruption has been defined differently. For example, while performing work for a government or as a representative, it is unethical to accept a gift.
The water shortage was the result of years of mismanagement of LA's water system — including a federal indictment of a leader and high profile resignations — as well as major operational ...
A former United States Postal Service employee in Charlotte, North Carolina was sentenced to prison for stealing more than $20 million worth of checks, federal authorities said.
Wang Bin, the former chairman of one of China’s biggest life insurers, will spend the rest of his life in jail after a court found him guilty of corruption. Chinese insurance boss sentenced to ...
This huge early publicly listed multinational company founded in 1602 fell victim to declining markets in the late 18th century, internal corruption and excessive distribution of dividends (in excess of its profits), and finally Anglo-Dutch wars. It was nationalised by the Batavian Republic in 1796 but nevertheless closed down at the end of 1799.
Graft and corruption in the court became so bad that Story appeared before the House Judiciary Committee. He resigned soon after. (1874) [75] [76] [77] Charles Taylor Sherman (R) Federal Judge of the Northern District of Ohio, was alleged to have demanded stocks in exchange for favorable rulings and threatened adverse rulings if they were not ...