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Criminal Misconduct and the Constitution

2018
I provide reasons to regard to courts’ power to apply the misconduct offence to the conduct of Members of Parliament as a vital measure of last resort to deter and punish corruption at the highest level. In relation to matter of free speech in Parliament, we must place absolute trust in parliamentarians not to abuse parliamentary privilege; but when it
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SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT: Criminal inquiry on scientist urged

Chemical & Engineering News Archive, 1990
A Congressional subcommittee has raised the stakes in the ongoing probe into allegations of scientific misconduct surrounding a paper published four years ago by Nobel Laureate David Baltimore, Tufts University immunologist Thereza Imanishi-Kari, and their coworkers. Secret Service agents testified last week before the House Energy & Commerce Committee'
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The Limits of Criminal Misconduct

2018
I turn my attention to the theoretical or moral justification for the offence of misconduct in public office. I argue that the offence of misconduct in office is only tenuously connected to the ‘harm principle’ justification for criminalization. I suggest that the offence is better explained by what I call the ‘role’ theory of criminalization.
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Using Criminalization and Due Process to Reduce Scientific Misconduct

The American Journal of Bioethics, 2005
The issue of how to best minimize scientific misconduct remains a controversial topic among bioethicists, professors, policymakers, and attorneys. This paper suggests that harsher criminal sanctions against misconduct, better protections for whistleblowers, and the creation of due process standards for misconduct investigations are urgently needed ...
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Balance safety, success when evaluating applicants’ misconduct, criminal background

Recruiting & Retaining Adult Learners, 2019
You want to keep your current students safe but you also recognize the value of removing barriers that tend to prevent potential students with criminal records from pursuing the education that could give them a fresh start. To achieve the proper balance between these two goals, you'll need an approach that ensures the safety and success of applicants ...
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Corporate Misconduct in the View of Prospective Criminalization

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2019
The paper focuses on different theoretical approaches towards establishing corporate criminal liability in the national legislation of the Russian Federation. The central part of the paper examines different theoretical and practical views on the introduction of corporate liability in general, and in the Russian Federation in particular.
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Principles of Criminal Liability for Corporate Misconduct

2009
Abstract The concept of corporate criminal liability is relatively new. Under traditional concepts of English law, it was thought that a corporation could not commit a crime because it is an artificial entity. Rather, only human beings who were capable of acting with an evil mind, i.e., criminal intent, were capable of committing a crime.
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Criminalizing white-collar misconduct

Crime, Law and Social Change, 1996
Robert Tillman, Kitty Calavita, Henry Pontell   +2 more
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Editorial: Disclosure, Hearsay and Previous Misconduct – Progress in the Criminal Law?

Medicine, Science and the Law, 1997
A seminar covering these topics, the fifth in the series organized by the Academy and jointly sponsored by the Law Society and the Criminal Bar Association, was held in the Morrison Hall, Grays Inn, on the evening of 10 December 1996. Opened by Anne Rafferty QC, Chairman of the CBA, and presided over by Lord Mustill, the Law Lord, the seminar attracted
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The Dentist Accused of Criminal Misconduct

Dental Clinics of North America, 1982
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