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Brain-computer interfaces could allow soldiers to control weapons with their thoughts and turn off their fear – but the ethics of neurotechnology lags behind the science

Imagine that a soldier has a tiny computer device injected into their bloodstream that can be guided with a magnet to specific regions of their brain. With training, the soldier could then control weapon systems thousands of miles away using their thoughts alone. Embedding a similar type of computer in…

The Conversation

Despite ban on lobbyists’ campaign money, Lightfoot took $68K from lobbyist’s companies. Now, she’s giving much of it back.

The move Friday to give back money from Carmen A. Rossi’s companies came in response to Sun-Times reporting on an ethics order issued in 2011 by Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

Chicago Sun-Times

Rishi Sunak wrong to ‘wipe the slate clean’ on Braverman breach of standards, report finds

Committee calls for legal action against ministers who use ‘revolving door’ to private-sector jobs

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MPs want ex-ministers to face legal action if they break ‘revolving door’ rules

The terms governing ministers’ employment prospects on leaving their Whitehall roles should be expanded, a parliamentary committee said.

The Independent UK

Forty potential ministerial code breaches never investigated, report reveals

Next ethics adviser, when appointed by Rishi Sunak, will probably face calls to open at least two complex cases

The Guardian - UK

Lopez wants Ethics Board, IG to investigate Fire owner’s $25K contribution to Lightfoot

Ald. Ray Lopez said he believes the contribution from billionaire Joe Mansueto, founder of Morningstar, Inc., “represents a gross & familiar abuse of power and, at minimum, a potential violation” of the city’s ethics ordinance.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ethics 'not a priority for Rishi Sunak' despite bullying scandals, say Labour

ETHICS are not a priority for the Government, Labour have said, highlighting Rishi Sunak's broken promise to appoint a propriety adviser.

The National (Scotland)

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Supreme Court defends Samuel Alito as members of Congress demand answers after 2014 leak allegations

Top Democrats says the court’s latest response is ‘an embodiment of the problems at the court around ethics issues’ after justice is accused of leaking major contraception case in 2014

The Independent UK

Supreme Court counsel says no evidence of Alito ethical lapse in 2014 case

WASHINGTON — A U.S. Supreme Court official said he sees no indication Justice Samuel Alito violated ethics rules after a New York Times story said a 2014 dinner party at the justice’s home allegedly produced a leak about the outcome of a major case over religious rights and contraceptives.

Tribune News Service

Letter: 'Nothing to suggest' Alito violated ethics standards

The Supreme Court says in a letter to Congress that there is “nothing to suggest” that Justice Samuel Alito violated ethics standards following a report that a 2014 decision he wrote was leaked in advance of its announcement

The Independent UK

US Rep. Kai Kahele of Hawaii may have ‘misused official resources,’ ethics report says

WASHINGTON — Outgoing Hawaii Democratic Rep. Kai Kahele may have “misused official resources for campaign or political purposes,” according to the Office of Congressional Ethics, which recommended that the House Ethics Committee probe further.

Tribune News Service

Ethics report: Rep. Kai Kahele may have ‘misused official resources’

Outgoing Hawaii Rep. Kai Kahele may have misused official resources in campaign social media posts, the Office of Congressional Ethics says.

Roll Call

Candidates snub Sunak’s ethics adviser role left vacant for five months

Concern that PM wants to keep same remit as for Christopher Geidt, with no enhanced powers

The Guardian - UK

If greed can ever be good, that philosophy didn’t work at FTX’s charity

The ‘ethics stuff’ was just a front, says the bankrupted cryptocurrency billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried

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Could the Qatar World Cup be a turning point for ethics in sport?

Letters: Dr Mike Diboll on our complicity in human rights abuses, Karl Eklund on apartheid South Africa, Antony Barlow on the UK’s own failings, and Stan Labovitch on why he won’t boycott watching the World Cup

Daily Mirror

MP breached ethics code over Russian pal's £150k loan for his mortgage deposit

David Warburton took a £150,000 loan to help fund a buy-to-let mortgage from a Seychelles-based firm belonging to Roman Joukovski. He will not face punishment after he apologised

Roll Call

Ethics office raps Rep. Carolyn Maloney over alleged Met Gala solicitation

New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney may have violated House ethics rules by seeking a ticket to the Met Gala, an ethics office report says.

Evening Standard

Mark Noble interview: ‘I know West Ham probably better than anyone... I’m ready for this new job’

Mark Noble’s tutor at Harvard University will perhaps, if she reads the introduction to his autobiography, be more impressed with the financial enterprise than the dubious ethics of an earlier money-making deal.

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Daily Record

'Drain the swamp' Angela Rayner savages Dominic Raab during fiery Commons exchange

The Deputy Labour leader asked Dominic Raab when a new independent ethics adviser was going to be appointed.

Fortune

Why the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX has split A.I. researchers

The close ties between A.I. and the 'Effective Altruism' movement that Bankman-Fried belonged to, are now in the spotlight.

Reason

Review: Be Your Own Boss in Space With 1993's Wing Commander: Privateer

The video game merges free market trading with exciting space combat, and your ethics and goals are up to you.

The Independent UK

OAS launches external ethics probe into chief over romance

The Organization of American States has launched an external probe into allegations that Secretary General Luis Almagro may have violated the organization’s code of ethics while carrying on an intimate relationship with a staffer

Irish Mirror

Leo Varadkar cleared of ethics investigation after sharing GP contract with friend

At the time, Mr Ó Tuathail was the president of a rival GP organisation

The Independent UK

MPs table bill to force Rishi Sunak to appoint new ethics watchdog OLD

Prime minister is yet to fill the ethics advisor post which has been vacant for 145 days

The Independent UK

US supports calls for external ethics probe into OAS chief

The head of the Organization of American States is facing a call from the Biden administration for an external probe into possible misconduct tied to his intimate relationship with a subordinate

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