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Tuesday, May 29th, 2012

Posts Tagged ethics

Mayor Bloomberg trust donated big to Louisiana education board elections

By | 10.25.11 | 8:47 am

A fund called The Michael R. Bloomberg Revocable Trust, of which the principal trustee is New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, donated $100,000 to a Baton Rouge-based political action committee just days before a pivotal Louisiana election that decided the make-up of the state’s main K-12 board of education.

U.S. reviews protection standards for medical study participants in light of ethics violation discoveries

By | 02.28.11 | 10:35 am

This week the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues is discussing its safety and protection standards for people who participate in federally-funded scientific studies. It’s a sensitive topic for the government, as late last year information surfaced that from 1946 to 1948, the U.S. Public Health Service More…