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The Most Ethical Business in the World Is ...
7:15AM 12/06/2011
Company News, Investing, General Electric , American Express, Starbucks, Target Corp, Best Buy
Earlier this year, Ethisphere published its fifth annual list of the World's Most Ethical Companies. You'll be interested in which ones made the top of the list, but what's more important is how -- and how well they do by doing good.
Warren Buffett's Blind Spot: David Sokol's Dishonest Business History
12:30PM 4/01/2011
Company News, Columns, People, Berkshire Hathaway, Investment
David Sokol, once considered a likely successor to Warren Buffett as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, resigned this week from Berkshire under a cloud of possible insider trading charges. But these recent ethical lapses are hardly the worst of Sokol's business transgressions.
Potential Buffett Successor David Sokol Resigns Under Stock Trading Cloud
9:45AM 3/31/2011
Company News, People, Investing, Goldman Sachs , Moody's Corp, Berkshire Hathaway, Citigroup, Market News
David Sokol, widely viewed as the heir apparent to famed investor Warren Buffett, abruptly resigned Wednesday. What investors want to know now is who's still in the running to succeed Buffett as CEO. Here are four possibilities.
'Dirty Tricks' Lawyers Targeted in Ethics Complaint
11:20PM 2/25/2011
StopTheChamber, a group critical of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, says it was the target of a planned dirty tricks campaign. The group has filed an ethics complaint against three partners at the Hunton & Williams law firm.
The state Public Integrity Commission fined him more than $62,000 for accepting five free tickets to the 2009 World Series opener at Yankee Stadium. It's the latest chapter in the long and dubious history of politicians getting wooed at sports events.
Gallup Survey: Americans Trust Nurses, Distrust Car Salesmen
8:45PM 12/03/2010
For the ninth year in a row, nurses topped the list of professions that Americans consider the most ethical, according to a new Gallup poll released Friday. Who do Americans trust least? Car salesman and members of Congress.
WikiLeaks Diplomatic Document Dump Yields No Surprises
2:48PM 11/30/2010
Despite all the media fervor over WikiLeaks massive document dump of decades of U.S. diplomatic correspondence, the leaked material hasn't revealed anything new. But while it may not harm national security, the leak could deal a serious blow to mainstream efforts to increase government transparency.
Ethical Failure at Breakingviews Tarnishes Thomson Reuters
4:27PM 10/19/2010
In a scandal that raises troubling questions about journalistic ethics in the Web era, writers for Breakingviews, a media property owned by Thompson Reuters, failed to disclose that they owned shares in companies they wrote about.
A sign of the times? Crowd converges to scoop up 'free money'
10:30PM 10/06/2010
An armored truck dropped boxes of cash on a downtown Indianapolis street and a frenzied money grab ensued, with drivers stopping short, bolting from their cars and scurrying away with armloads of cash clutched to their chests. Reports say a few homeless people stood by, not partaking, but people...
Rep. Charles Rangel, the New York Democrat who has represented Harlem for four decades, will face a rare trial before the House Ethics Committee on 13 charges that he misused his position as the powerful Chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee.
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