Ministers’ Business Appointments and Criminal Misconduct

The Role of Criminal Law in Policing Corporate Misconduct

In the early 1990s, I spent a couple of years as Chief of the Criminal Division in the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. One of my principal responsibilities was to hear “appeals” from defense lawyers, usually, although not exclusively, in white collar crime cases. These lawyers felt that their clients should not be indicted, or that the plea offer they had rece...

Customer-Driven Misconduct: How Competition Corrupts Business Practices

C among firms yields many benefits but can also encourage firms to engage in corrupt or unethical activities. We argue that competition can lead organizations to provide services that customers demand but that violate government regulations, especially when price competition is restricted. Using 28 million vehicle emissions tests from more than 11,000 facilities, we show that increased competit...

Misconduct in Research and Publication

Dear Editor, I read the recent publication on “Misconduct in Research and Publication” with great interest[1]. I agree that misconduct in research and publication is not uncommon. Nevertheless, it is rarely mentioned. In fact, there are many incorrect conceptions among researchers on publication ethics. The milder examples are attempts to report only the “positive outcomes&rdq...

European Conference of Ministers of Transport Council of Ministers

The Ministry and Its Ministers

the central Health Department of this country to the position it ought to occupy if he were allowed to hold office for a mere matter of three, or perhaps six, months. In face of these rapid changes not only is continuity of policy impossible, but vigour and initiative are out of the question. The fleeting incumbent of the office is fortunate if he is able to acquire a preliminary general acquai...