

These rules applied to all aspects of the candidacy, including campaign financing disclosures. In other words, give no one any reason to ever question your honesty, integrity, lack of conflicts of interest, impartiality and fealty to the rule of law. In my mind, one of the most important ethical imperatives was to avoid even an appearance of impropriety. Having had the honor of running for the judiciary in the past, I understood that to even maintain candidacy for district court, one was required to swear an oath to adhere to the Texas’ judicial canon of ethics. This argument is perfectly Orwellian and insulting.
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The supposed excuse for their lapses is that the United States Code of Ethics for federal judges somehow does not apply to the highest court in the land. They accepted lavish gifts and trips (bribes), ignored clear conflicts of interest and refused to recuse themselves. Supreme Court justices acting in what any normal person would consider an unethical manner. Regarding “ I’m beyond disgusted with our Supreme Court justices (Opinion),” (June 23): I have read with amazement several articles lately about U.S. Even with the best-laid plans, miscalculation and unpredictability can either lead to tragedy or triumph when it comes to testing human limitations.Ĭondolences to the surviving family and friends of those souls aboard the Titan, now forever with the sea.īill Pond, Humble Lawlessness on the bench Other daring ventures include the hot air balloon crash in Lockhart in 2016, where 16 lives were lost, or the 1996 Mount Everest expedition, in which eight climbers perished in a blizzard. The ill-fated voyage of the Titan crew brought to the surface the danger of an insatiable hunger for exploration. The risks and rewards for those who answer the siren call for adventure remain. We need to learn from the weak safety culture that led to these tragic events. No doubt there will be a similar report on the Titan failure.

I strongly recommend that any engineering program assign the Rogers Commission Report on the shuttle Challenger accident as required reading. In the Titan failure, you can add financial and ego-satisfying motives to the CEO’s decisions to recklessly push the limits of proven technology. Engineering concerns were often not relayed to management or were ignored in the interest of maintaining the imminent launch date despite hazardous weather conditions.

Much of the shuttle debacle was directly attributable to the political pressure felt by NASA top management to meet an arbitrary schedule. However, I think that the failure of the space shuttle Challenger in 1986 is even more aligned with OceanGate’s weak safety culture and poor, erratic decision-making.
