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Corporate Ethics In A Devilish System, Kent Greenfield Jan 2008

Corporate Ethics In A Devilish System, Kent Greenfield

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.


Sarbanes-Oxley's Insight: The Role Of Distrust, Renee M. Jones Jan 2008

Sarbanes-Oxley's Insight: The Role Of Distrust, Renee M. Jones

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.


The Impact Of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act On Non-Shareholder Constituents: A Silver Lining, But Will It Endure?, Lisa M. Fairfax Jan 2008

The Impact Of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act On Non-Shareholder Constituents: A Silver Lining, But Will It Endure?, Lisa M. Fairfax

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.


The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002: Setting A Baseline For The Adoption Of Enterprise Ethics, Dean Krehmeyer Jan 2008

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002: Setting A Baseline For The Adoption Of Enterprise Ethics, Dean Krehmeyer

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.


Culture Is The Key To Employee Adherence To Corporate Codes Of Ethics, Lisa Hope Nicholson Jan 2008

Culture Is The Key To Employee Adherence To Corporate Codes Of Ethics, Lisa Hope Nicholson

Journal of Business & Technology Law

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Drafting Attorneys As Fiduciaries: Fashioning An Optimal Ethical Rule For Conflicts Of Interest, Paula A. Monopoli Jan 2005

Drafting Attorneys As Fiduciaries: Fashioning An Optimal Ethical Rule For Conflicts Of Interest, Paula A. Monopoli

Faculty Scholarship

The American Bar Association recently revised the ethical rules that govern lawyers. Its Ethics 2000 Commission proposed a number of changes to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, including revisions to the rules that affect how the profession handles conflicts of interest in the area of attorneys who draft instruments that name themselves as fiduciaries. The intersection of these changes, with their subsequent clarification by an ABA opinion issued in May 2002, has broad implications for attorneys practicing in this area. Given the increasing elderly population, the trillions of dollars that they are transferring to their baby-boomer children, and the …


'What's Love Got To Do With It?' - 'It's Not Like They're Your Friends For Christ's Sake' : The Complicated Relationship Between Lawyer And Client, Robert J. Condlin Jan 2003

'What's Love Got To Do With It?' - 'It's Not Like They're Your Friends For Christ's Sake' : The Complicated Relationship Between Lawyer And Client, Robert J. Condlin

Faculty Scholarship

Should lawyers love their clients and try to be their friends? Highly regarded legal scholars have defended the “lawyer-as-friend” analogy in the past, although usually on the basis of a more contractual understanding of friendship than the understanding currently in vogue. These past efforts were widely criticized on a variety of grounds, and after a period of debate, support for the analogy appeared to wane. That is until recently, when other scholars, looking at the topic from a more religious perspective, have asserted a refined version of the friendship analogy as the proper model for lawyer-client relations. It is this …