Codes of Conduct

'Get it together': Marine posted shutdown frustrations days before death

One of the American service members whose family is now being denied death benefits due to the government shutdown took to Facebook in the days before his death to voice his frustrations with Washington, his hopes for the future and his dedication to the military.<p>“I am waiting for the moment they …

U.S. Dept. of Defense

Factory Making Amazon Products in China Violated All Kinds of Labor Laws

Factory workers in China tasked with building Amazon’s popular Echo speakers and Kindle e-readers are exposed to horrendous work environments and …

Tech Trends

Dozens of Customs staff probed over serious misconduct

New Zealand Customs staff have been caught using and selling drugs, committing fraud and accessing information without the right clearance, it's been …

Corruption

Harsh rule opens the door to some odd calls

<b>Nour El Sherbini on the attack against Camille Serme in the World Series Finals</b><p><b>Camille Serme is punished for opening the court door in Dubai</b> <br>By …

Squash

Sowing Seeds of Israel-Hatred at Jewish Summer Camp

Parents, your long list of worries over sending your kids to summer camp has expanded in unexpected ways. This season, at least some counselors will …

Israel

UFC 225 Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts: Yoel Romero's pay reduced after missing weight

CHICAGO – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 225 event took home event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $303,000.<p>The program, a …

MMA & UFC

ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar faces max ₹25 crore fine if found guilty

ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar can also ask for a settlement by paying a fine and without admitting to any wrongdoing in the Videocon loan case. …

ICICI Bank

"On the whole, in the face of the above allegations, we are of the view that if same is found to be true, the aforementioned action of the Deputy Speaker is in flagrant disregard of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers and the Public Procurement Act and as such appropriate sanctions and or prosecution should be made against him to serve as a deterrent to other like-minded individuals."

The Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC), a coalition anti-corruption organizations, has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes …

Corruption

City of Joburg to lay complaint against City Press for allegedly violating press code of conduct

City of Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba has assured residents that the city faces no financial distress nor is it in need of a bailout, and intends …

Codes of Conduct

Chicago Fire kick Sector Latino out of Toyota Park

The Chicago Fire's match against the New England Revolution this past Saturday, June 9 was not another game. It was the first one in which the team's most prominent supporter groups were absent.<p>The reason? The Fire decided to close section 101, reserved for Sector Latino, due to recent acts of …

Codes of Conduct

Contractors still control garbage management

The strike threatened by garbage contractors on Monday is being cited as a reminder that the city’s solid waste management system system is still at …

Waste Management

'If you can't trust your kids' - bank chief warns on small biz loans

Regulators and small business advocates want a $5 million threshold, banks are keen to limit it to $3 million. The issue is a key sticking point in …

Financial Services

Delta, UPS, Coke tackle human trafficking issue

Some of Atlanta’s biggest companies are using different approaches to tackle the issue of human trafficking, from Delta Air Lines training flight …

Human Rights

Feature: More Chinese choose "zero waste" lifestyle - Xinhua

By Xinhua writer Luan Xiang<p>BEIJING, June 10 (Xinhua) -- Saizi lives in a small village in northern Beijing with her parents and two dogs. They used …

Sustainability

Former Tory candidate quit party due to ‘uncomfortable lurch to the right which caused Islamophobia scandal’

A former Conservative parliamentary candidate who quit the party over its treatment of black and minority ethnic communities has said that, as the …

United Kingdom

Google’s ethical AI

It sounds straightforward for Google to vow that its AI will never be used in weapons. But how can it be sure that other uses of the technology will …

Northwestern University

Queerphobic Rhetoric Disrupts ATX TV Fest Panel

One man's repeat hate speech left attendees conflicted

LGBTQI

Fixing rates under Arogya Karnataka may take longer

Fixing of rates for various procedures in private hospitals, under the recently launched Arogya Karnataka, may take longer as the State Health …

India News

Underpaid and exhausted: the human cost of your Kindle

In the Chinese city of Hengyang, we find a fatigued, disposable workforce assembling gadgets for Amazon, owned by the world’s richest man.<p>Five o’clock in the morning and the young woman’s eyelids are drooping. All night she has been removing spots of dust from Amazon smartspeakers with a …

Law (UK)

Football players sue the University of Minnesota over alleged gang rape

Nine current and former University of Minnesota football players sued the school for gender and racial discrimination Friday, accusing the school of using them as “scapegoats” during an investigation into an alleged gang rape in 2016.<p>Five players had consensual sex with the woman, according to the …

Sexual Harassment

Twitter users outraged to learn David Simon, creator of 'The Wire,' has reportedly been banned

David Simon, creator of HBO's <i>The Wire, Generation Kill, Treme, The Corner,</i> and more, was reportedly banned from posting on Twitter after wishing …

Internet

SAG-AFTRA And TV Networks Move To Eliminate Casting Couch

<b>Updated 3:35 p.m. ET</b><p>The largest actors' union in the U.S. has reached a tentative agreement with four television networks to try to eliminate the so-called casting couch, and prevent sexual harassment and assault. SAG-AFTRA struck a new deal with ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox, which limits private meetings …

Sexual Harassment

‘No respect for us… The hospital was a mess while we were away’

Beginning May 18, close to 3,000 government nurses from across Chhattisgarh went on strike, for better pay. On June 2, 607 nurses were …

Codes of Conduct

Teen employee at Amherst Chuck E. Cheese's injured in apparent scuffle with co-worker

A 17-year-old employee at the Chuck E. Cheese's in Amherst — which in recent months has drawn scrutiny for disputes turned violent — was taken to …

Crime

Pro-Tory Facebook group filled with Islamophobic abuse

Angry Rees-Mogg says he was signed up without consent<p>A controversial pro-Conservative Facebook group has been exposed as containing Islamophobic, homophobic and racist comments about public figures including Sadiq Khan, Diane Abbott and anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller.<p>Comments include demands to …

UK Politics

10 Unusual Death Rituals From Around The World

Of all the uncertainties in life, death is one of the few things, if not the only one, that is certain. (Some people don’t pay taxes, after all.) …

Archaeology

Think your kid's tech obsession is a problem at home? Look how it affects school

A teacher at C.A. Johnson High School said she was attacked after taking a student's cellphone away during class because he was listening to music on …

Social Media

Bullying claims rock Melbourne theatre company Red Stitch

And a male ensemble member was the subject of a complaint of inappropriate behaviour towards a female employee. Management conducted mediation with …

Sexual Harassment

Nuala McAllister issues statement over alleged misconduct probe

Belfast's former Lord Mayor has apologised for distributing a leaflet that a group of her fellow councillors said alleged corruption in City Hall’s …

Belfast

Nunes' ties to winery in sex-harassment suit violate House ethics rules, complaint says

A complaint against Rep. Devin Nunes with the Office of Congressional Ethics demands an investigation into whether the congressman violated the House …

Devin Nunes