Read more ethics stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/47/ethics.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:01:40 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74655/ethics-panel-charges-sanford-with-37-violations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSouth Carolina's ethics commission has hit Mark Sanford with 37 violations for using state funds for inappropriate travel expenses, including a trip to see his Argentine mistress. Besides the governor's South American trysts, Sanford also bought business-class tickets for state travel—South Carolina requires officials to fly cheaply—and, in...http://www.newser.com/story/74655/ethics-panel-charges-sanford-with-37-violations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 14:25:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73834/spitzer-to-give-ethics-lecture-at-harvard.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Harvard University ethics center is hosting a lecture by none other than Eliot Spitzer tomorrow. The disgraced governor will speak about when it's right for the government to intervene in the markets. Despite the intellectual theme, his former madam tells the Daily News that Spitzer is a "man without...http://www.newser.com/story/73834/spitzer-to-give-ethics-lecture-at-harvard.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 17:12:08 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73246/lawmakers-get-sweet-deal-on-world-series-tix.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFederal lawmakers have been getting tickets to sold-out World Series through a perk that has some ethicists crying foul. Some 75 tickets for this series have been sold to 15 lawmakers and their aides at face value by Major League Baseball and the teams. No ethics rules are being broken...http://www.newser.com/story/73246/lawmakers-get-sweet-deal-on-world-series-tix.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 6:59:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72015/gop-slow-pedals-effort-to-oust-rangel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRep. Charlie Rangel, the ethically challenged head of the House Ways and Means Committee, has become yet another millstone for New York Democrats, whose electoral chances are already sagging under an unpopular governor. Several candidates want him gone, and are tacitly supporting GOP efforts to get him booted from his...http://www.newser.com/story/72015/gop-slow-pedals-effort-to-oust-rangel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 8:04:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71879/dems-helped-shape-health-industry-ad-campaign.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAides to President Obama and Max Baucus met with a variety of lobbyists for corporate health care companies on April 15, to help form two industry coalitions and launch a multimillion-dollar ad campaign, Politico has learned. Though both sides insist no quid pro quo was laid out, some participants say...http://www.newser.com/story/71879/dems-helped-shape-health-industry-ad-campaign.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 11:19:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71275/new-trouble-for-rangel-ethics-panel-widens-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe House ethics committee is expanding its yearlong investigation of Charles Rangel to look at amended financial disclosure forms he filed earlier this year. Rangel, who chairs the Ways and Means Committee, filed the reports in July to account for $600,000 in previously undisclosed assets, reports Politico. The development...http://www.newser.com/story/71275/new-trouble-for-rangel-ethics-panel-widens-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Oct 2009 17:05:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70783/ensign-may-have-busted-ethics-rules-after-affair.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSen. John Ensign says his affair with an aide was a strictly personal matter but he may have trampled on ethics rules and federal criminal law during his efforts at damage control, according to the New York Times . Ensign helped his mistress' husband, Doug Hampton—another senior aide— join a...http://www.newser.com/story/70783/ensign-may-have-busted-ethics-rules-after-affair.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 5:27:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66495/sanford-flew-to-hair-cut-kids-games-on-state-dime.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMark Sanford has repeatedly violated South Carolina law by using state aircraft for personal trips, an AP investigation has found. Records reveal that the philandering governor has used state planes to travel to dental appointments, his children's sporting events, and political party gatherings. One one occasion, Sanford used a state...http://www.newser.com/story/66495/sanford-flew-to-hair-cut-kids-games-on-state-dime.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Aug 2009 1:24:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66469/paulson-still-dogged-by-ethics-queries.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs a former Goldman Sachs exec, Henry Paulson vowed to avoid any potential conflicts of interest when he was appointed President Bush’s Treasury secretary. But seven months after he left office, the nagging questions surrounding Paulson’s tumultuous term in office suggest he may not have succeeded, Gretchen Morgenson and Don...http://www.newser.com/story/66469/paulson-still-dogged-by-ethics-queries.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 09 Aug 2009 11:28:59 CDT