improper behavior

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had two years back conducted a detailed scrutiny to probe allegations of impropriety in ICICI Bank extending loans to Videocon Group but found no proof of any "quid pro quo" or reciprocal benefits, according to RBI documents. The RBI had undertaken a scrutiny in ...

In testimony before a jury Owens alleged other sexually improper behavior by Duran at City Hall. Duran also has faced criticism from some local residents for his solicitation of major donations for the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles, whose board he chairs, from contractors and developers doing business ...

Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney talks to reporters at the White House on March 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta). WASHINGTON -- Rep. Keith Ellision (D-Minn.) is asserting that Office of Management and Budget and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Mick ...

Wynne calls issues of sexual impropriety 'systemic,' hopes victims are taken seriously. The Ontario premier was at a Catholic elementary school Tuesday morning to tout her government's pledge to spend $2.2 billion on free childcare for preschoolers until they enter full-day kindergarten. Kathleen Wynne ...

DENVER – Two Colorado Department of Corrections employees have been cited after they were caught engaging in improper behavior in a vehicle parked outside a 7-Eleven 30 minutes before they were supposed to be at work, according to a report from the Denver Police Department obtained by 9Wants ...

Former Panamanian comptroller Alvin Weeden was even more harsh in his criticism, telling La Prensa that the request to Varela was “a great impropriety and an act outside of moral foundation,” adding that he considered it “an attack and a violation of national sovereignty that must be rejected.” ...

Roger Gabb, who supported Britain's withdrawal from the EU, stepped down quietly last month as a director of SCL, one day after Christopher Wylie testified before parliament. Why he resigned is unclear. Originally posted on April 9, 2018, at 3:55 p.m.. Updated on April 10, 2018, at 7:27 a.m.. Thomas Frank. BuzzFeed News ...

"Based on that conversation, the officers have no reason to suspect any legal impropriety." The exact nature of the "morally inappropriate relationship" is not known, and Page declined to share more details in a Wednesday phone call with the USA TODAY NETWORK-Tennessee. The Executive Committee ...

At least 19 women have accused President Donald Trump of sexual assault, harassment, or misconduct, a particularly glaring black eye in light of the #MeToo movement. The latest is that we, the public, may actually hear the sordid details of trysts with porn star Stormy Daniels and ex-Playboy model Karen ...

As in the California Legislature, three members resigned over improper behavior, and by February, the House voted unanimously for two major changes. The first amended House rules to ban members from having sexual relationships with their staff members and to ban House offices from using public ...

ICICI Bank chairman Sharma backs Chanda Kochhar, says no impropriety in Videocon deal. ICICI Bank Chairman M K Sharma mostly reiterated the ICICI Bank's statement of yesterday, wherein the board had backed MD and CEO Chanda Kochhar, seeking to quell the report that the loan was given ...

President Trump has abused the power of his office in ways that are unprecedented and suggest possible impropriety. For example, he has chosen not to put his personal assets into a blind trust. These choices raise the concern that he might (consciously or unconsciously) allow potential personal gain to ...

Firms Walk a Tightrope Investigating Sexual Impropriety at Universities. The laws governing the disclosure of witness names are not well understood by law firms clamoring to engage in the growing and lucrative field of campus investigations, and there is no widespread agreement over how those rules ...

Governor-elect Eric Greitens and his wife, Sheena gave a press conference on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016, to talk about the incident the night before where Sheena was robbed at gunpoint in the Central West End. Greitens said he was glad the police found the suspects before he did. Photo by J.B. Forbes, ...

In this March 14, 2018 photo, Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner poses for a portrait in his New York office. Wenner feels the #MeToo movement shows an absence of due process. He said he feels that mere accusations of sexual impropriety are threatening careers, many times without corroboration with ...

MOSCOW -- A closed session of the Russian State Duma's ethics commission has exonerated senior lawmaker Leonid Slutsky of wrongdoing in connection with accusations by three female journalists that he sexually harassed them. Commission chief Otari Arshba said after the decision on March 21 that ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A 2015 memo from the former chief of staff of the Kentucky House Republican Caucus says a GOP lawmaker was accused of making “unwanted verbal advances” on a female courier. The memo from Brad Metcalf says the woman filed a formal complaint against Rep. Jim Stewart ...

Turner said prior to Thursday's meeting that he felt he should no longer sit on the subcommittee or be involved with the bid process to avoid the appearance of impropriety or favoritism. “I talked to legal and we felt that this is the right thing for me to do,” Turner said. John Rhorer, the board's lawyer, said ...

Former Madison County sheriff's investigator Roland Campos appeared in court today for a hearing on whether a local judge would recuse himself from the case. Madison County Jail. Judge Chris Comer made the decision to recuse after hearing concerns about an "appearance of impropriety." The optics ...

A 2015 memo from the former chief of staff of the Kentucky House Republican Caucus says a GOP lawmaker was accused of making "unwanted verbal advances" on a female courier. The memo from Brad Metcalf says the woman filed a formal complaint against Rep. Jim Stewart with the Legislative ...

David Rohrer, deputy county executive for public safety, and Fairfax County Executive Bryan Hill outline their findings from an internal investigation of the county's Fire and Rescue Department during a March 13 briefing at the Public Safety Headquarters in Fairfax. (Photo by Brian Trompeter). Facebook ...

Little Rock-based Naturalis Health has filed a lawsuit against the state Medical Marijuana Commission to appeal the company's denial of a marijuana-cultivation license and to temporarily prevent the state from issuing those licenses to other companies. The suit, filed Tuesday afternoon in Pulaski County Circuit Court, ...

For the first time since the #MeToo movement started, a Maryland state lawmaker is publicly accusing a lobbyist of improper behavior. Sen. Cheryl Kagan, D-Montgomery County, released video Tuesday that she said captures an "unwanted and inappropriate" encounter with lobbyist Gil Genn.

The sounds of discordant tunes from men within the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari appear endless. While the country was still to come to grips with the recall of the sacked Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, the recall of the suspended Executive ...

Members of a PAC sub-committee have found that the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence was not in favour of the 80:20 gold import scheme launched in 2013 during the tenure of the then finance minister P Chidambaram, sources claimed here after officials of the finance ministry shared details with the ...

Despite Moore's horrendous campaign, including shocking allegations of sexual impropriety involving much younger women, the state's GOP power structure overwhelmingly supported his candidacy, because to them it was more important to place an unfit Republican in the seat than to relinquish the seat ...

It's a sad fact that contributing to a community isn't always met with unalloyed approval and support. That's as true in the open source world as anywhere else. If you create an open source project, you'll come into contact with people who either don't know how to behave reasonably or don't care to. Problem ...

A longtime high school swimming coach in Orono, put on paid leave earlier this month, had previously been fired from another school following allegations that he engaged in "improper behavior" with female swimmers and made "sexually suggestive" and "inappropriate" comments, according to court ...

According to the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, the shareholders say media disclosures about Wynn's alleged sexual impropriety have tanked the stock. They say the first story ran January 26 and the stock has dropped 18% since. The shareholders note in their lawsuit there's a Code of Business Conduct and ...

Jeff Kruse, a Roseburg Republican accused of sexual impropriety, should resign. "I personally think he should (resign), but I'll let the process run out," Kotek said. The investigation into those allegations will wrap up soon, according to legislative leadership. Kotek is the highest-ranking member of the ...

The skyline of Austin, Texas, where Texas Monthly is headquartered. Photo by KBaucherel via Pixabay. Texas Monthly is hiring an ombudsman. The magazine's move comes in response to a CJR story, published on January 26, that reported on an apparent deal made by Texas Monthly Editor in Chief Tim ...

Perry Coneybeer, who left college at age 19 to work full-time at corporate file digitizing startup Ripcord, is alleging improper behavior by Ripcord CEO Alex Fielding. Coneybeer also alleges she was fired in retaliation for reporting a fellow employee to human resources. In a Medium post published today, ...

The president of Mauritius, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, resigned from the ceremonial position on Saturday, her lawyer said, amid accusations of financial impropriety that triggered a dispute between her and the prime minister. The president's lawyer Yousuf Mohamed told local Radio Plus that she had decided ...

Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE), the global sports apparel giant, has seen its president, Trevor Edwards, and Jayme Martin, a vice-president and general manager of global categories, depart amid claims of improper behavior, according to multiple U.S. press reports. Edwards, the second-most important executive at ...