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Ethics & Corruption

Reports about design professional practice ethics and investigations and civil and criminal cases related to bidding and building, including political donations, organized crime, conflicts of interest, bribery, embezzlement, bid-rigging and relationships with clients and the public.

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10/14/09	U.K. Recruiters Face Big Fines By Peter Reina As the biggest cartel member, Hays plc, London, was fined $48 million by the government's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) late last month.
08/12/09	Controversy Over Old Job Costs Hardin Construction New Work The University of Georgia Athletic Association has dropped Hardin Construction Co. as prime contractor on an $18.6-million expansion of an office and practice facility building in Athens, Ga.
07/15/09	U.K. Bridge Maker Is First To Be Cited By Peter Reina British steel-bridge manufacturer Mabey & Johnson Ltd. pleaded guilty on July 10 to corrupt practices in Jamaica and Ghana between 1993 and 2001 and violating United Nations’ sanctions against trade with Iraq in 2001 and 2002.

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07/15/09 Two Plead Guilty To Supplying Faulty Concrete to CA/T Project
07/10/09 U.K. Bridge Firm Admits Overseas Corruption
05/27/09 Stimulus Windfall Could Boost Fraud
05/13/09 Corps of Engineers Official Indicted On Corruption Charges in Iraq
05/06/09 U.S. Valve-Firm Executives Indicted for Global Bribery
04/23/09 Internal Review Clears Society of Ethics Violations
04/22/09 Illinois Boosts Project Funding But Not Without Major Reform
04/22/09 Probe of New York Utility Yields Two More Construction Arrests
04/15/09 Internal Review Clears Society of Ethics Violations
04/09/09 ASCE Ethics Committee Clears Staff and Members
04/01/09 Brazilian Kickback Probe Hits Contractor's Executive Suite
01/28/09 World Bank Debars Seven Contractors
01/23/09 World Bank Debars Seven Contractors On Philippine Roadbuilding Project
01/23/09 Shaw Group Unit Fined $6.2 Million For Recordkeeping Improprieties
01/21/09 Con Ed Construction Officials Arrested in Contractor Scheme
01/15/09 NYC Utility Employees Arrested in Contractor Bribe Scheme
01/05/09 Rigger Faces Manslaughter Charges In Deadly NYC Tower Crane Collapse

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